Rural broadband speeds - 10mbps... how bad?
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xeny said:
Depends how big the game is - if it translates into needing to leave a PC on overnight to download it, you're considering the cost of the electricity cost for that as well as your time wasted waiting.
If I ever start playing computer games I’ll bear that in mind.I’m not sure though that I will if not wasting time is an important metric.
The satellite broadband is looking really interesting. There is no way I am going to cope with 10 MBPS. The only TV we ever watch is 4K streamed stuff onto an 85" that has to then upscale to 8K. Standard HD is going to be a bit rubbishy. And for business we need to be able to upload to YouTube quickly and easily as well as download content, fast and seamlessly. Not to mention rock solid connections for doing things like podcasts, etc.
The idea that we can get 50 MBPS and above via satellite, while being somewhere remote, sounds really appealing. Almost makes it sound like wireless broadband is going to be the best option for most people long before wires ever get to the countryside in some places!
The idea that we can get 50 MBPS and above via satellite, while being somewhere remote, sounds really appealing. Almost makes it sound like wireless broadband is going to be the best option for most people long before wires ever get to the countryside in some places!
MarkL73 said:
Castrol for a knave said:
though 4k can be a bit of a gamble.
hmmm.. Rural living not seeming quite so cool!Op, your biggest issue will be uploads to YT. On 10mb you are likely to have 1Mb or LESS upload bandwidth. This will make YT uploads unbearable. I know... I uses to have this. Also, when you upload anything you'll kill download speed, Inc Netflix etc.
I have 22/2.5 and its fine for 4k etc but I have to be careful limiting upload bandwidth or things go south quickly. Mainly pausing torrents so other stuff works, but also sending a big email can cause TV streaming to buffer.
Edited by Griffith4ever on Friday 29th March 09:00
Edited by Griffith4ever on Friday 29th March 09:01
I get in ok with 35mbit through a small local ISPs fixed wireless service. Basically like a WiFi access point on the outside of the house points at their mast a few miles away. It is not perfect though, sometimes drops out in really bad weather and rather expensive for the speed.
Last year I managed to get the ball rolling on getting fibre installed to our village. There are schemes to help if you aren’t in a commercially viable area. It took a bit of campaigning work but I’ve now got Openreach onboard with the government gigabit voucher scheme providing the funding so we should have fibre available within a year.
Last year I managed to get the ball rolling on getting fibre installed to our village. There are schemes to help if you aren’t in a commercially viable area. It took a bit of campaigning work but I’ve now got Openreach onboard with the government gigabit voucher scheme providing the funding so we should have fibre available within a year.
colin79666 said:
Last year I managed to get the ball rolling on getting fibre installed to our village. There are schemes to help if you aren’t in a commercially viable area. It took a bit of campaigning work but I’ve now got Openreach onboard with the government gigabit voucher scheme providing the funding so we should have fibre available within a year.
Where my dad lived the ADSL was 0.75 Mbps and one of the residents managed to get fibre using the government voucher scheme but even once they started the work it took over a year as they argued about who was responsible for digging up different parts of the road. It got there in the end but too late for my dad..:ian:. said:
Apparently gigaclear are rolling in here soon, drums fingers on table.
We have been at this house for a year and have Gigaclear with no significant problems. A few outages with one on a Sunday morning where I got the impression that one of their central routers needed a reboot but there was no one in the office.It might be worth joining the Gigaclear Faceache group in advance. There is not too much traffic but plenty of customers signing up and then dealing with installation engineers for a year before getting any service.
Actual said:
We have been at this house for a year and have Gigaclear with no significant problems. A few outages with one on a Sunday morning where I got the impression that one of their central routers needed a reboot but there was no one in the office.
It might be worth joining the Gigaclear Faceache group in advance. There is not too much traffic but plenty of customers signing up and then dealing with installation engineers for a year before getting any service.
We’re with Gigaclear, it has been excellent. Because our neighbours refused to sign the wayleave for the 3 houses beyond ours, the whole street wasn’t hooked up and I had to fight them for quite a while to get them back to run the ductwork in and then a fair bit longer to get the fibre blown through. But once connected, it’s great. It might be worth joining the Gigaclear Faceache group in advance. There is not too much traffic but plenty of customers signing up and then dealing with installation engineers for a year before getting any service.
colin79666 said:
I get in ok with 35mbit through a small local ISPs fixed wireless service. Basically like a WiFi access point on the outside of the house points at their mast a few miles away. It is not perfect though, sometimes drops out in really bad weather and rather expensive for the speed.
Last year I managed to get the ball rolling on getting fibre installed to our village. There are schemes to help if you aren’t in a commercially viable area. It took a bit of campaigning work but I’ve now got Openreach onboard with the government gigabit voucher scheme providing the funding so we should have fibre available within a year.
I contacted 24 flat owners and about 12 houses about getting Openreach on the ball (we have 22Mb/3Mb ish, at best). I was going to make the application etc. Not one bloody reply.Last year I managed to get the ball rolling on getting fibre installed to our village. There are schemes to help if you aren’t in a commercially viable area. It took a bit of campaigning work but I’ve now got Openreach onboard with the government gigabit voucher scheme providing the funding so we should have fibre available within a year.
miniman said:
Actual said:
We have been at this house for a year and have Gigaclear with no significant problems. A few outages with one on a Sunday morning where I got the impression that one of their central routers needed a reboot but there was no one in the office.
It might be worth joining the Gigaclear Faceache group in advance. There is not too much traffic but plenty of customers signing up and then dealing with installation engineers for a year before getting any service.
We’re with Gigaclear, it has been excellent. Because our neighbours refused to sign the wayleave for the 3 houses beyond ours, the whole street wasn’t hooked up and I had to fight them for quite a while to get them back to run the ductwork in and then a fair bit longer to get the fibre blown through. But once connected, it’s great. It might be worth joining the Gigaclear Faceache group in advance. There is not too much traffic but plenty of customers signing up and then dealing with installation engineers for a year before getting any service.
miniman said:
Actual said:
We have been at this house for a year and have Gigaclear with no significant problems. A few outages with one on a Sunday morning where I got the impression that one of their central routers needed a reboot but there was no one in the office.
It might be worth joining the Gigaclear Faceache group in advance. There is not too much traffic but plenty of customers signing up and then dealing with installation engineers for a year before getting any service.
We’re with Gigaclear, it has been excellent. Because our neighbours refused to sign the wayleave for the 3 houses beyond ours, the whole street wasn’t hooked up and I had to fight them for quite a while to get them back to run the ductwork in and then a fair bit longer to get the fibre blown through. But once connected, it’s great. It might be worth joining the Gigaclear Faceache group in advance. There is not too much traffic but plenty of customers signing up and then dealing with installation engineers for a year before getting any service.
k-jugglers and time wasting wnkspangles, in the finest traditions of the likes of NTL back in the day. Griffith4ever said:
colin79666 said:
I get in ok with 35mbit through a small local ISPs fixed wireless service. Basically like a WiFi access point on the outside of the house points at their mast a few miles away. It is not perfect though, sometimes drops out in really bad weather and rather expensive for the speed.
Last year I managed to get the ball rolling on getting fibre installed to our village. There are schemes to help if you aren’t in a commercially viable area. It took a bit of campaigning work but I’ve now got Openreach onboard with the government gigabit voucher scheme providing the funding so we should have fibre available within a year.
I contacted 24 flat owners and about 12 houses about getting Openreach on the ball (we have 22Mb/3Mb ish, at best). I was going to make the application etc. Not one bloody reply.Last year I managed to get the ball rolling on getting fibre installed to our village. There are schemes to help if you aren’t in a commercially viable area. It took a bit of campaigning work but I’ve now got Openreach onboard with the government gigabit voucher scheme providing the funding so we should have fibre available within a year.
Which left 30 or so miserable f
kers who refused to join in but were full beneficiaries of what he managed to pull off. Utter tossers.AC43 said:
I had a great neighbour who ran the application for us. He came round knocking on doors and I was one of the very first to commit my cash. I agreed that, if it came to it, I'd split the cost 50:50 with him. Luckily we ended up with 10 or so commits and split it between all of us.
Which left 30 or so miserable fkers who refused to join in but were full beneficiaries of what he managed to pull off. Utter tossers.
Similarly, the reason I had to fight Gigaclear to run in the ducting was that my neighbours at 10, 11 and 12 refused to sign the wayleave because they didn’t want the tarmac outside their houses damaged (I’m at 9 but Gigaclear wouldn’t do anything at all in the street without all the wayleaves). Which left 30 or so miserable f
kers who refused to join in but were full beneficiaries of what he managed to pull off. Utter tossers.It’s now ducted up to my boundary but no further and the neighbours are talking about how they can get Gigaclear to hook them up now they find that 40mb or so is quite limiting in the modern world. Given the trouble I had, I suspect their only hope is Bob and he’s dead.
miniman said:
AC43 said:
I had a great neighbour who ran the application for us. He came round knocking on doors and I was one of the very first to commit my cash. I agreed that, if it came to it, I'd split the cost 50:50 with him. Luckily we ended up with 10 or so commits and split it between all of us.
Which left 30 or so miserable fkers who refused to join in but were full beneficiaries of what he managed to pull off. Utter tossers.
Similarly, the reason I had to fight Gigaclear to run in the ducting was that my neighbours at 10, 11 and 12 refused to sign the wayleave because they didn’t want the tarmac outside their houses damaged (I’m at 9 but Gigaclear wouldn’t do anything at all in the street without all the wayleaves). Which left 30 or so miserable f
kers who refused to join in but were full beneficiaries of what he managed to pull off. Utter tossers.It’s now ducted up to my boundary but no further and the neighbours are talking about how they can get Gigaclear to hook them up now they find that 40mb or so is quite limiting in the modern world. Given the trouble I had, I suspect their only hope is Bob and he’s dead.
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