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Sky will I get 500mbps???
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That sounds like old-school ADSL, not even FTTC. But moving to 30 or 60 would be a big improvement. To repeat @littleboo 's question, do you really need 500 or could you save a fair few quid by choosing something slower?Jobbydooze said:
The line can go up to 12 we currently get around 10mbps with upload of 0.26QrizB said:
What connection speed are you currently paying for? What does https://www.speedtest.net/ report as your actual speed?Jobbydooze said:
Our download and upload is terrible, two people cant stream at oncelittleboo said:Why do you think you need 500 Mbps? Do you have any issues with the speeds your current service is providing?
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As above, it sounds like ADSL. 2 x streams doesn't need anywhere 500 Mbps, the internet would grind to a halt if it did0
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QrizB said:
That sounds like old-school ADSL, not even FTTC. But moving to 30 or 60 would be a big improvement. To repeat @littleboo 's question, do you really need 500 or could you save a fair few quid by choosing something slower?Jobbydooze said:
The line can go up to 12 we currently get around 10mbps with upload of 0.26QrizB said:
What connection speed are you currently paying for? What does https://www.speedtest.net/ report as your actual speed?Jobbydooze said:
Our download and upload is terrible, two people cant stream at oncelittleboo said:Why do you think you need 500 Mbps? Do you have any issues with the speeds your current service is providing?
It;s £31 for 500 and only £3 less for 150mbps so not much in ot figured i'd go fo the faster speed as its a 2 year contract
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