Considering switching to Full Fibre (900mb)

jimmy129

Hi,
I'm currently with BT (Fibre 100 with BT Halo 3) where i'm paying £64 a month.

I can finally get Full Fibre and Sky are offering 900mb package for £39 a month.
Would you switch?

I've been with BT Broadband for 16 years so unsure

Thanks for any advice

jimmy129

Also to note:
I'm already with Sky TV paying £76 a month for their tv package

This is the speed i get with BT


Should i try and get a TV/Broadband deal ?

iniltous

Something doesn’t look correct , presumably you are already on FTTP as F100 ( which is actually 150Mb download ) is only available on FTTP , your upload at 30Mb is bang on , but your download is a fraction of 150Mb and only half the minimum speed guarantee of 100Mb ….if this is a typical result, personally I wouldn’t be looking to get a faster speed of 900 because if you only get a third of 150Mb , no reason to think you would get near 900 on a 900 package from anyone , unless you speed test is unreliable ( other things using the connection at the same time , ran from a wireless device, dodgy speed test site etc ) , if you do only get less than 50Mb on a 150Mb service something is wrong and needs addressing otherwise any uograde in speed may be disappointing.

Your BT F100 ( without Halo 3 ) is £30 , so it’s unclear how , even if you are out of contract, you can be paying £64 a month , drop the Halo and recontract then you half the price you pay unless you take more than broadband , like telephone, calls , WiFi extenders , TV etc , in which case quoting the price without the details can be misleading.

Sky is cheaper , if their price for 900Mb is £39 , the comparable BT 900Mb service is £45 , so Sky is £6 cheaper if comparing directly.

flaneurs_lobster

iniltous said:

Something doesn’t look correct , presumably you are already on FTTP as F100 ( which is actually 150Mb download ) is only available on FTTP , your upload at 30Mb is bang on , but your download is a fraction of 150Mb and only half the minimum speed guarantee of 100Mb …

Is it possible that OP actually means that their current service is BT's Fibre 1 (FTTC)? Is an upload speed of 30Mbps possible on that service? 

iniltous

TBH , I though that the OP may have meant F1 , but as their upload is 30Mb , that discounts FTTC as the upload is 10Mb max on Essential and F1 , and 20Mb on F2 , the download speed test is  very poor unless other things are going on at the same time , or it’s over WiFi .

jimmy129

Thanks all for the replies

Here is my current broadband and cost:
Contract has just ended so i can switch anytime

jimmy129

iniltous said:

TBH , I though that the OP may have meant F1 , but as their upload is 30Mb , that discounts FTTC as the upload is 10Mb max on Essential and F1 , and 20Mb on F2 , the download speed test is  very poor unless other things are going on at the same time , or it’s over WiFi .

It is over wiFi and probably the longest distance room from the router, so speedtest isn't accurate.

Still, i can upgrade and get 900MB for a good price

housebuyer143

jimmy129 said:

iniltous said:

TBH , I though that the OP may have meant F1 , but as their upload is 30Mb , that discounts FTTC as the upload is 10Mb max on Essential and F1 , and 20Mb on F2 , the download speed test is  very poor unless other things are going on at the same time , or it’s over WiFi .

It is over wiFi and probably the longest distance room from the router, so speedtest isn't accurate.

Still, i can upgrade and get 900MB for a good price

Are there are deals for lower speeds? Almost no one needs 900mb and unless you upgrade your router you won't be able to get that speed over WiFi all over the house.

Regardless of what you do, you are paying too much at the moment 

EssexExile

Have you used the link on the BT site that takes you to the EE offerings? For me the prices were much lower. Also beware the Pay as you Go - isn't it some thing like 25p a minute? A phone call to my surgery would cost £15 at those rates!

jimmy129

housebuyer143 said:

Are there are deals for lower speeds? Almost no one needs 900mb and unless you upgrade your router you won't be able to get that speed over WiFi all over the house.

Regardless of what you do, you are paying too much at the moment 

All the deals

housebuyer143

jimmy129 said:

housebuyer143 said:

Are there are deals for lower speeds? Almost no one needs 900mb and unless you upgrade your router you won't be able to get that speed over WiFi all over the house.

Regardless of what you do, you are paying too much at the moment 

All the deals

Have you looked at EE or Plusnet? Plusnet definitely have cheaper but no phone line, and they are basically BT just with different WiFi hub.