Best ISP - For ADSL then fibre

[FunkyNige]

illmonkey said:

I'm at "enabled area", have been for 5 weeks. There are 2 cabinets on my exchange 1 is enabled, 1 is not. So hopefully soon.

Don't hold your breath, I've been in an enabled area for well over a year and my cabinet hasn't been enabled yet. Most of the rest of the town is now fibre but I'm not

[illmonkey]

FunkyNige said:

illmonkey said:

I'm at "enabled area", have been for 5 weeks. There are 2 cabinets on my exchange 1 is enabled, 1 is not. So hopefully soon.

Don't hold your breath, I've been in an enabled area for well over a year and my cabinet hasn't been enabled yet. Most of the rest of the town is now fibre but I'm not

Oh I'm not, why i've moved ISP.

I've seen cables going in 4 months ago, just enable the damn thing!

[MissChief]

You might be able to get more information at www.superfast-openreach.co.uk

[illmonkey]

thats the site i use

[joe_90]

FunkyNige said:

illmonkey said:

I'm at "enabled area", have been for 5 weeks. There are 2 cabinets on my exchange 1 is enabled, 1 is not. So hopefully soon.

Don't hold your breath, I've been in an enabled area for well over a year and my cabinet hasn't been enabled yet. Most of the rest of the town is now fibre but I'm not

Nor was mine.. However I just did my six month check yesterday and it is!!!! happy days.

[Funk]

Dromedary66 said:

As far as I'm aware they are one of the only ISPs who don't come after extremely heavy users.

BT don't do any kind of throttling or port shaping and are genuinely unlimited on their Unlimited Fibre.

[MissChief]

Funk said:

Dromedary66 said:

As far as I'm aware they are one of the only ISPs who don't come after extremely heavy users.

BT don't do any kind of throttling or port shaping and are genuinely unlimited on their Unlimited Fibre.

Other than Sky Connect (And their 'lower' Fibre and DSL products which have usage caps rather than throttling) Sky's unlimited services are exactly that. Unlimited. I Routinely did over 200GB a month on DSL and have done over 800GB Down and 200GB Up on Fibre in the past three months.

[McWigglebum4th]

Tonsko said:

Zen user for ~14 years here. Expensive, but the (UK) support is excellent, techs are good and the service does what it says it does.

No Zen are very very cheap


They are £1 a month for internet


The rest of the cost is for not having to deal with BT

[Funk]

McWigglebum4th said:

Tonsko said:

Zen user for ~14 years here. Expensive, but the (UK) support is excellent, techs are good and the service does what it says it does.

No Zen are very very cheap


They are £1 a month for internet


The rest of the cost is for not having to deal with BT

I used to hate BT and went to Sky for years. Came back to them when fibre rolled out - not without reservations it must be said - as they were better value and I didn't want to wait for Sky's fibre.

A lot had clearly changed and, touch wood, I've not found anything to complain about. No large organisation is perfect but to give credit where it's due, BT have done a good job on the whole.

[FunkyNige]

joe_90 said:

Nor was mine.. However I just did my six month check yesterday and it is!!!! happy days.

And oddly, I drove past a nearby cabinet and there was a bt guy doing something worth big cables in it so fingers crossed...

[jjones]

Zen for nearly 10 years now, it just works. No throttling, no pissing you about and in the event of an issue they are excellent.

[illmonkey]

Moment of truth this evening. 6am was a little early to get the router out of the loft!

[illmonkey]

So...

Goodbye Sky, why hello Zen!

[ThunderSpook]

When it comes to fibre I'd recommend BT. Never really had any problems and their customer service these days is actually pretty good.

I moved to EE at one point because they offered me a cheaper rate and instantly regretted it. Fortunately managed to get them to cancel my contract and took a new one out with BT (more Sainsbury's vouchers!).

BT actually tend to prioritise their direct customers traffic over others so it's quite likely that when your connection is being throttled, your neighbour with BT is fine.