Gigaclear broadband
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Ha - well BT have magically upgraded our line!
I don't know how they've done it...but they have doubled our speed overnight!
It's gone from 7Mbps down/30Kbps up to this...
OK, so it's not brilliant by modern standards, but I think that's pretty good for a normal ADSL (non infinity) connection! I bet Gigaclear aren't happy!!
I don't know how they've done it...but they have doubled our speed overnight!
It's gone from 7Mbps down/30Kbps up to this...
OK, so it's not brilliant by modern standards, but I think that's pretty good for a normal ADSL (non infinity) connection! I bet Gigaclear aren't happy!!
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
I bet Gigaclear aren't happy!!
No, we're not. 
but
Areas that get upgraded normally get avoided by us, unless it's too late.
Areas we avoid don't get the benefit of FTTP
In areas where it's too late, and we complete, see pretty good take up numbers for us, because our product is simply better.
Why is Gigaclear reserved simply for rural areas?
I live in a small village (not exactly the sticks) but have Virgin (on the ridiculous).
I see download speeds of anything ranging from 35 - 75mbps, ups of 1.5 - 6 and regular drop outs, router issues or throttling.
Why would the two services be so different?
I live in a small village (not exactly the sticks) but have Virgin (on the ridiculous).
I see download speeds of anything ranging from 35 - 75mbps, ups of 1.5 - 6 and regular drop outs, router issues or throttling.
Why would the two services be so different?
vxr8mate said:
Why is Gigaclear reserved simply for rural areas?
I live in a small village (not exactly the sticks) but have Virgin (on the ridiculous).
I see download speeds of anything ranging from 35 - 75mbps, ups of 1.5 - 6 and regular drop outs, router issues or throttling.
Why would the two services be so different?
Rural because as a rule they have either no, or terrible speeds and are only served by BT.I live in a small village (not exactly the sticks) but have Virgin (on the ridiculous).
I see download speeds of anything ranging from 35 - 75mbps, ups of 1.5 - 6 and regular drop outs, router issues or throttling.
Why would the two services be so different?
Rural because the Government have been subsidising the build to extent.
Rural because the more built up the more competition, the faster the connection and the less likelihood of large penetration rates.
Virgin Media offer the same service as they offer fibre top the local cabinet and then copper and coaxial cable tot he home.
Gigaclear run the fibre optic all the way...
As you have Virgin in the area, the speeds they do offer and their potential to upgrade their network to fibre to the home, means 'we' wouldn't make big gains there, and as small privately funded venture, we currently only aim for areas where the take up will be most of the homes passed..
eps said:
I've got to say some of the gigaclear installation going in to our village looks decidedly shonky and I don't think it will last more than 5-10 years before needing to be replaced...
Which village? can you put some detail on 'shonky' and I'll ask some questions at work about it...what's the point of gigaclear for domestic use? Surely your connection to the Internet would be far faster than that of the websites you are viewing, and also when you factor in things like wi-fi (even 802.11ac) speeds and more importantly interference, then are you really going to see that much difference? Or is it just a rural solution?
Blown2CV said:
what's the point of gigaclear for domestic use? Surely your connection to the Internet would be far faster than that of the websites you are viewing, and also when you factor in things like wi-fi (even 802.11ac) speeds and more importantly interference, then are you really going to see that much difference? Or is it just a rural solution?
Yes, that's the whole point of it.Blown2CV said:
what's the point of gigaclear for domestic use? Surely your connection to the Internet would be far faster than that of the websites you are viewing, and also when you factor in things like wi-fi (even 802.11ac) speeds and more importantly interference, then are you really going to see that much difference? Or is it just a rural solution?
Get with the scene, grandad. Web is a very small part of what people use the internet for these days.Multiple HD video streams, online gaming (with the corresponding multi-GB patches), working from home, video-conferencing - it all eats bandwidth. And that's just what we use it for today.
Remember, nobody needs more than 640K of RAM. And there's a worldwide market for maybe 5 computers.
Other than the fairly blatant plug (2 posts in 2 months, both in this topic) which I will obviously ignore, does anyone have any experience of actually having used Gigaclear. Most of the feedback seems to be along the lines of "it sounds great", which it does, but I'm interested ito hear whether they actually deliver on their promises ( if "up to X Mbps" can be counted as a promise).
85Carrera said:
Other than the fairly blatant plug (2 posts in 2 months, both in this topic) which I will obviously ignore, does anyone have any experience of actually having used Gigaclear. Most of the feedback seems to be along the lines of "it sounds great", which it does, but I'm interested ito hear whether they actually deliver on their promises ( if "up to X Mbps" can be counted as a promise).
Make of it what you will, but the reviews and comments on their Facebook page are quite embarrassing. Also checking their own "Where we are" map, they say they currently have 25 rural villages live...I was expecting a much larger amount of places connected?
Edited by jacobpalmer05 on Monday 18th April 20:37
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