FabGuys.com forum: Best broadband?

By *enarde OP Man
1 week ago

Barnsley

I’m fookin sick of sky it’s been a shit expensive service for years

Nothing but connectivity problems

I’ve even paid for upgraded wi Fi

It’s shite

I keep getting messages from EE and a

I’m tempted but is there better out there

In yorkshire

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By *i_guy_WBayMan
1 week ago

Whitley Bay

They are all much of a muchness as they all run on BT phone lines, the only real difference is the customer service when it breaks.

We switched to Virgin and it has been more or less trouble free for the last 15 years.

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By *os001Man
1 week ago

Oxford

I think until you get the fibre optic cabled installed in your area it will continue to be crap. I have the same issue with Vodafone.

They have upgraded some areas in the county here, just not got to my area yet!

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By *lim_sportyMan
1 week ago

stevenage

"They are all much of a muchness as they all run on BT phone lines, the only real difference is the customer service when it breaks.

We switched to Virgin and it has been more or less trouble free for the last 15 years. "

This is a good answer. Most bb operate over openreach, so the actual technical service will be the same.

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By *lexieMan
1 week ago

Just north of Southampton

Find a small independent ISP local to you where you can actually talk to a real person on the phone. Customer service is key to success with ISP's. The likes of spy, vagina, vodacrap and ST have all become bloated and useless with atrocious none existent customer service. They also hike there subsciptions at every opportunity... AVOID!

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By *tar33Man
1 week ago

North London (outer)

I'm with Community Fibre in London, £20pcm for 500 Mbps Full Fibre Broadband with free router and installation. I have several wireless nodes to provide a mesh throughout the house and it's solid as a rock.

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By *ohnnyangerMan
1 week ago

Dorking

As others have said, if you don't have a full fibre option it's all just the same. There's no word really on when they will upgrade this area, so I just stick with EE because it's not been unreliable, just dont as fast as I'd like.

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By *lexieMan
1 week ago

Just north of Southampton

"I'm with Community Fibre in London, £20pcm for 500 Mbps Full Fibre Broadband with free router and installation. I have several wireless nodes to provide a mesh throughout the house and it's solid as a rock."

Sounds good... just be careful when the contract term ends, esp if its on auto renewal! They may try and hike the subscription to eye watering levels!

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By *oodpeckerMan
1 week ago

Falkirk

BARGAIN!

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By *awihMan
1 week ago

Aldershot

Check if Toob is available in your area - they are expanding over the country. Fibre 900mbs symmetrical (both directions if you don’t understand) £29 per month for 18 months NO IN CONTACT PRICE RISES. No phone line (I got Vonage for £16 per month UK landline [01, 02, 03] and mobile calls included) which runs through the broadband, and run sky stream (2 pucks) for TV. When I ditched Virgin Media I nearly halved my bill.

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By *enarde OP Man
1 week ago

Barnsley

Thanks so far gents

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By *fcdTV/TS
1 week ago

Southend

Is it the broadband or just the Wi-Fi? If the latter, you can buy boosters or buy your own router if your ISP allows that. The usual free ones you get are pretty basic with poor performance.

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By *ames TownMan
1 week ago

Bingley

If in your area BRSK are brilliant ,full fibre to house ,great speeds .had it for 3 yrs now no problem,

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By *ocky30Man
1 week ago

Northampton

Surely it'll come down to what is available in your area, what you use it for, and ultimately what you can afford/want to pay.

Were on Virgin but the service was very unreliable in this area which is not ideal when I work from home for the majority of the time so switched to EE 900mbps and (tempting fate, I know!) but it has been fine.

All work files are stored in the cloud so a lot of up/down loading (not talking little Excel or Word docs, I do a lot of video editing for work and a single file can be over 40Gb and work with multiple files at a time), no TV arial since moving the TV so only stream and all works fine.

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By *lexieMan
1 week ago

Just north of Southampton

"Check if Toob is available in your area - they are expanding over the country. Fibre 900mbs symmetrical (both directions if you don’t understand) £29 per month for 18 months NO IN CONTACT PRICE RISES. No phone line (I got Vonage for £16 per month UK landline [01, 02, 03] and mobile calls included) which runs through the broadband, and run sky stream (2 pucks) for TV. When I ditched Virgin Media I nearly halved my bill."

Snap...

I just hope they don't get to big and lose the plot like the other Muppets! So far, so good ^

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By *orfolkbi1969Man
1 week ago

Albox, Spain

I was going to recommend Starlink (we have it here in rural Spain & its very reliable & fast) but just checked & seen that its £75 a month in the UK which is double what we pay in Spain.

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By *ondon RimmerMan
1 week ago

Islington

Small companies like Hyperoptic

and others have been busy laying new cable around here. Very fast and good prices.

Check comparison sites to see whats available near you.

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By *tar33Man
1 week ago

North London (outer)

Sounds good... just be careful when the contract term ends, esp if its on auto renewal! They may try and hike the subscription to eye watering levels!

No, they're very upfront about price increases. My £20 per month is guaranteed for 2 years, then a £2pcm increase every April. They're far better than Sky, who I was previously with.

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By *oodpeckerMan
1 week ago

Falkirk

I've been with Virgin for several years and had some sticky moments. However, being insistent that they deal with issues pays off: I now have a reasonably priced deal with speeds reliably sitting at 500-600Mbps 🙂

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By *ighthole69Man
1 week ago

SPALDING

Im in Spalding, and get 2gb super fast broadband with Lightspeed. Eero routers.

Fantastic speeds, but company a bit disorganised.

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By *3versMan
1 week ago

glasgow

3 do home Internet that relies on a wireless signal, I tried it but had issues. When it worked it was very fast though- sent it back because customer support was awful - Indian agents who were basically following a flow diagram script

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By *oy1Man
1 week ago

nottingham

Virgin media never had a problem in 15 years

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By *rCurious75Man
1 week ago

Ashby de la Zouch

"I was going to recommend Starlink (we have it here in rural Spain & its very reliable & fast) but just checked & seen that its £75 a month in the UK which is double what we pay in Spain. "

Wow.

I pay £75 for Starlink. I really don't want to support Elon, but where we are it's an essential service.

Apart from one big outage the other week, it's been rock solid and earlier was getting over 400mb.

But it ain't cheap.

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By *rueguyMan
1 week ago

notts

"Virgin media never had a problem in 15 years"

Yes, me too and when there is a problem, it's usually resolved fairly promptly.

A little more expensive but it works well

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By *ill_numbersMan
1 week ago

Leatherhead

Zen internet. UK based support team and no throttling of your connection.

Their free router is fine but I bought my own Ubiquiti one with mesh points throughout the house and garden.

It's not the cheapest but it's the best I've used.

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By *lansubNWMan
1 week ago

warrington

is it worth getting gig 1 fibre, as opposed to any other fibre - only £5 extra but do i need it for a firestick

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By *aniel sykesMan
1 week ago

Cambridge

So BB is broadband as well as bareback?

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By *airFetishMan
1 week ago

Maldon

"Zen internet. UK based support team and no throttling of your connection.

Their free router is fine but I bought my own Ubiquiti one with mesh points throughout the house and garden.

It's not the cheapest but it's the best I've used."

Zen internet without any doubt.

They are a little pricier than some, but the product is superb and just as important, if not more so (though I rarely need it) their service is absolutely fantastic.

Most people go with cheaper providers but when there is any problem you get plunged into a nightmare of "support" staff who ask stupid questions from a sheet and drive you up the wall.

Zen's staff are all in Yorkshire and they are fantastic.

No connection with them other than as a very satisfied customer for over 20 years.

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By *fcdTV/TS
1 week ago

Southend

"Zen internet. UK based support team and no throttling of your connection.

Their free router is fine but I bought my own Ubiquiti one with mesh points throughout the house and garden.

It's not the cheapest but it's the best I've used."
Agreed re Zen but as I posted earlier, is it the broadband or the Wi-Fi? Is it ok on a wired connection? 95% of the time when people complain about the broadband and connections, it’s the Wi-Fi that’s the issue.

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By *lexieMan
1 week ago

Just north of Southampton

"So BB is broadband as well as bareback?"

yer, going BB with a BBC while watching BB...

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By *ld.fuckerMan
1 week ago

Southampton

Virgin customer service is a complete nightmare. Almost totally automated so if your problem does not fit the right box it is difficult to speak to anyone.

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By *upertedMan
1 week ago

Nelson

I'm with NOWtv (I know part of Sky).

Never had a problem and always dealt with promptly with questions or concerns.

South Wales Valleys.

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By *ustOneBearMan
1 week ago

Neath

South Wales. I’m with sky as half the price of BT.

Didn’t get signal in back of house next day a booster arrived. All very easy to do. However it took 3 months before I got the bag to send my bt router sent to me. And 5 phone calls. To get the charges refunded.

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By *lexieMan
1 week ago

Just north of Southampton

"Virgin customer service is a complete nightmare. Almost totally automated so if your problem does not fit the right box it is difficult to speak to anyone. "

yur in luck... you have Toob in yur area, don't pratt around with those other muppet ISP's

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By *u2usemeMan
1 week ago

hyde

I find BeFibre good and very reasonable price

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By *amie2018cMan
1 week ago

North Cambs/W Norf

I’m now with EE and have fibre to the router. As WFH some days so much quicker ( better than at work…).

And now have moved my mobile to EE. ( sim only ) cheaper and better coverage.

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By *airyandbelliedbottomMan
1 week ago

Barrow-in-Furness

"I’m fookin sick of sky it’s been a shit expensive service for years

Nothing but connectivity problems

I’ve even paid for upgraded wi Fi

It’s shite

I keep getting messages from EE and a

I’m tempted but is there better out there

In yorkshire"

I quite like Sky but I'm sick of Youfibre sending their representatives around, every few months and you know cold callers it's almost like they don't understand the word no.

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By *rshaverxMan
1 week ago

newcastle

I must admit I use 3 on a wireless 5G signal. Absolutely brilliant get about 250mb ps on a good day works uhd tv and wireless hub. You need a good signal though. Works out at 25£ a month. No need for a cable just plug the box in in a suitable place.

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By *leepflowerMan
1 week ago

Leek

Your best bet is probably to try a few comparison sites. They can show what's available in your postcode.

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By *orfolkbi1969Man
1 week ago

Albox, Spain

Wow.

I pay £75 for Starlink. I really don't want to support Elon, but where we are it's an essential service.

Apart from one big outage the other week, it's been rock solid and earlier was getting over 400mb.

But it ain't cheap. "

Yea, I was surprised how expensive it is in the UK, its ridiculous when its using the same equipment & satellites. In Spain we pay €40 (about £35) a month. As you say, apart from that one global outage its faultless & we get over 300mb. We're in a very rural area & nothing else comes close, our previous supplier was around 20mb & dropping out regularly.

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By *rCurious75Man
1 week ago

Ashby de la Zouch

Wow.

I pay £75 for Starlink. I really don't want to support Elon, but where we are it's an essential service.

Apart from one big outage the other week, it's been rock solid and earlier was getting over 400mb.

But it ain't cheap.

That's a crazy better price. It like a lot of things, the country gets charged as much as they think that can get away with.

It's sucks but it's a absolute must.

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By *rueguyMan
7 days ago

notts

I'm with Virgin

£41.80 a month inc fast speed, unlimited landline calls and half price mobile unlimited on O2

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By *intyreMan
7 days ago

Campbeltown

I’m with EE they also gave me a hybrid connect. It’s basically a small router with an EE SIM card in it. £37 a month.

My connection goes through phases where it drops a lot. Had Openreach round multiple times, apparently there’s noise on the line…..but not coming from my property.

They said it may take them ages to find the issue and might never find it.

At the moment I’m getting about 35, but it can dip away down to 5.

I gave up reporting a fault.

Know a few people here who have Starlink, but it’s the price putting me off

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By *u2usemeMan
2 days ago

hyde

I pay £24 pm for fast fibre it's really good

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