Youfibre. Too good to be true?

B0bbyEwing

I'm currently on a 300mb deal with BT and as of yesterday I can leave at no cost. I'm now paying I think it's £42/month. Not sure what that'll go to in a months time when I'm properly out of contract.

Just having a look on uswitch.com at what's available & the first one that came up was this Youfibre deal. 1000mb down & up. £25/month with no increase for the whole 24 months.

It's overkill for what I need. 300mb does me just fine but I also wouldn't grumble if 1000mb was being thrown at me.

I know when I jumped from 60mb or whatever it was to 300mb I needed someone to come to the house & install new hardware.

So the important question here will be - do I need MORE new hardware installing once I get beyond a certain speed or can I just move to anyone now without requiring someone to come to the house (OH & I work same hours so the need for someone at home would require annual leave booking which I don't want to do).

While I'm now in the position to be switching, are there any 'known' providers who I should avoid, be it for their service or their router?

Speaking of router, whos will/wont fit through a letterbox?

I have been quite happy with BT speeds & their Smart Hub 2 router coverage. I'd stay with them if it wasn't for their ridiculous pricing.

Also I don't know how many ethernet ports other providers have on their router but I max out all on the BT Smart Hub 2.

QrizB

do I need MORE new hardware installing once I get beyond a certain speed

It's not speed related, but it does depend on which network the ISP uses.

BT will be running over Openreach fibre. The engineer who installed your current system will have been from (or representing) Openreach.

Youfibre is an altnet and they use their own fibre network, not Openreach's. They will want to send their own engineer to install their own ONT and router on your premises. That's another fibre, another hole in the wall, another two boxes plugged into a socket somewhere.

While I'm now in the position to be switching, are there any 'known' providers who I should avoid, be it for their service or their router?

If you don't want to move off the Openreach fibre network and switch to an altnet, you'll need to restrict yourself to ISPs who use Openreach.

iniltous

As stated , Youfibre run on Netomnia network not Openreach , so you would get a new install fitted along with your Openreach installation, so if fed from a telegraph pole , another wire (optical cable) from it to your house , another CSP ( block on the outside wall ) and another cable to another ONT into which you would plug the Youfibre router , all the Openreach kit isn’t touched by Netomnia it remains in place in case you ever returned to an OR based provider.

Generally you won’t need to buy yours new devices unless you go over 1Gb speed , even then it’s only wired devices like desktop PC’s that may need better LAN adapters if you went for higher than 1Gb speed .

As you say more speed may be nice to have but you probably won’t notice any real world difference day to day between 300Mb or 1Gb , unless you download large files

FWIW , BT is £31 for 500Mb , still more than your Youfibre offer , but £42 is more than you need to pay , you can negotiate a better price with BT once out of ‘contract’ , and other ISPs are available Sky for example (on Openreach) are £27 for 500Mb , although neither fix the price for 24 months

dnpark38

I'm on Open Reach which is the network Sky use for my service.

My neighbour got his Sky transferred to an ALT network which I think is YouFibre. On the day the Alt. wired up our street the engineers offered to transfer him and he accepted because of cheaper price.

I would be interested to see what @BobbyEwing gets in anwsers to find out how YouFibre works for myself.

B0bbyEwing

Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad I asked now because that's a huge deal breaker. I don't need more holes drilled in to the wall.

1. I simply don't need more holes drilling. I don't need alternative broadband THAT badly.
2. We have the walls tanked & it'll break the tanking. For those who say it wont, well my wall & the hole through it says differently to you. And at any rate, whether we agree on point #2 or not, I refer back to point #1.

So looks like I'm going to need to look at Openreach providers then.

Am I correct in assuming any of those listed above, I don't need anyone to come to the house? I just simply sign up on their site or a comparison site & everything is then taken care of?

flaneurs_lobster

Not all providers operate in every geographical area.

Stick your postcode into a comparison site for a list of available providers at your address.

No guarantee, but the cheaper the provider, the less likely they'll want to visit.

EDIT : I was in your position at the start of the year, signed with another broadband supplier who informed BT of the change, BT countered with £24/mth for 500Mbps. Still with BT.

dnpark38

WOW! I just did the AI search on my Browser.

"

Search Assist

YouFibre is a broadband provider that operates on the Netomnia FTTP network. It is part of the Netomnia group, which also includes other brands, but YouFibre is the primary retail arm offering services directly to customers.

Broadband Providers Using the YouFibre Network

YouFibre operates on the Netomnia FTTP network and is the primary retail brand within the Netomnia group. While YouFibre itself is a broadband provider, it is important to note that it may not be the only provider utilizing the Netomnia infrastructure. Below are some key details regarding YouFibre and its network.

YouFibre Overview

• Type: Broadband Provider
• Network: Netomnia FTTP
• Service Offering: Full fibre broadband directly to customers

Other Providers on the Netomnia Network

While specific providers using the YouFibre network are not explicitly listed, the following points are relevant:

• Netomnia Group: YouFibre is part of the Netomnia group, which may include other brands that utilize the same network infrastructure.
• Availability Check: To find out which broadband providers are available in your area, you can use an availability checker provided by Netomnia or other broadband comparison websites.

Conclusion

YouFibre is the main broadband provider on the Netomnia network, but for a comprehensive list of all providers using this network, checking availability tools or contacting Netomnia directly would be beneficial. "

flaneurs_lobster

WOW! Not overly useful since

a) OP doesn't want to use an FTTP supplier other than Openreach

b) adds nothing new to the information already on the thread

c) has a big green fuzzy blob

dnpark38

PS to my first reply.

It was Netomnia that did my Neighbours Alt network, it is not tidy like my OR installation and means he has two wires to his house from the OR pole.

It is worth knowing that the Netomnia Group as been acquired by Virgin Media.

dnpark38

@flaneurs_lobster

Think I've shown the OP if he takes up the YouFibre offer he will get a hole through a wall.

The green blob is not on my Search results which I copied and paste, so sorry about it being out of my control.

PS. I find it interesting that Netomnia has been taking over several other Alts last year and now been taken over by VM.

I wonder if like my area we have Netomnia and VM if VM will ditch their coax network.

daveyjp

£42 a month is expensive for 300mb, so there are probably deals using the Openreach network. It is possible to route a new cable without drilling through tanked walls.