virgin is coming

northernstar007

thanks for the replies all and ive taken note of the price increase at end of contract then go through the rigmarole with with a new price in 18 months
so its been in 24hrs and wow i was on fttc getting 60/17 isssh now with fttp 137/21 web pages loads straightaway and it was cheaper than the new offer for fttc
in a 14 days cooling off period and so far so good 

iniltous

TBH , the difference in performance from 60Mb down 17Mb up on FTTC to 137Mb down 21Mb  on FTTP up will not be noticeable in normal circumstances , if it’s cheaper  , fair enough, and  if you took a 500Mb or more package, then game downloads etc would be much improved , but general stuff ( video including 4K ) , browsing, email , the difference in speed is good but not enough to noticeable , its  hard to believe that it going from 60 to 140 would have a  ‘wow’ effect on you , 

moneysaver1978

I was on FFTP getting something like 250mb (both sides I think) then moved to a different place where I could only get a FTTC. Getting 55-65mb/53mb upload and had no noticeable difference despite both of us working from home Zoom, Teams, 4K tv.

The main thing for me is reliability and we have had a couple of friends who had a fair number of downtimes with Virgin. What's the point of 650mb speed if you cannot consistently maintain this?

northernstar007

a fresh rebump and update
ive had virgin in now the 137 package and love it no drop outs, full signal around the house and still 12 months left in my £26.50 per monthcontract
but today a email from openreach turns up advising me full fiber is now coming to my street, so ive went on OR website done a check on my address its now showing as planned build date between NOW and Dec26
so thats anywhere in the next 2 years
if its not here by end of contract with virgin i will have to haggle with virgin to remain on discounted price as no way i will pay there full price of £49 per month, or other option is back on fttc with plusnet which does the job 60mbs untill OR pull there finger out 
anyone got a time scale from when OR starts to peddle these emails out to them to start taking orders?

housebuyer143

northernstar007 said:

a fresh rebump and update
ive had virgin in now the 137 package and love it no drop outs, full signal around the house and still 12 months left in my £26.50 per monthcontract
but today a email from openreach turns up advising me full fiber is now coming to my street, so ive went on OR website done a check on my address its now showing as planned build date between NOW and Dec26
so thats anywhere in the next 2 years
if its not here by end of contract with virgin i will have to haggle with virgin to remain on discounted price as no way i will pay there full price of £49 per month, or other option is back on fttc with plusnet which does the job 60mbs untill OR pull there finger out 
anyone got a time scale from when OR starts to peddle these emails out to them to start taking orders?

I believe they are required to install it by Dec 2026, that's why you have that end date. 

When they installed ours we had a date July 24- September 24. That's when it went it in. I would keep an eye on it and when you have a timescale like above it should be going in.