Booster Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 We finally have Infinity in the area. Currently with Daisy Communications via my work account. BT have some very cheap deals at the moment and Virgin (for broadband only) are far more expensive. Are they reliable though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinspark Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 I've had BT since moving into our current house a decade ago. I had one problem which resulted in me shouting at tech. support... then we found out it was a knackered router, and nothing to do with the line. Had Infinity since the exchange swapped and have been really happy with it. I use MOC lots for work, so a decent high-speed connection is a must for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 Seems good to me. Never really had a problem although just recently my VPN connection keeps going off. Have not got the super fast connection, 40mbps I think they claim, and rarely get significant buffering when watching Sky Go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 I don't have Infinity in my area yet, but been with BT for many years and not once had an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted June 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 Cheers fellas. Think we will go with it after chatting to our neighbour that says he has had no outages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 We've had Infinity for a week now, should have been two weeks but they just didn't bother to turn up to the first appointment which wasn't a good start. We are supposed to have the full 75mb or whatever it is, and being close to the exchange and in a low volume area we nearly always get the maximum advertised speeds, but we only seem to be getting 35mb from Infinity, not sure why, it's even slower over a wireless connection, that seems to top out on most devices at around 20mb, which I'm assuming is the limit for non dual band wireless devices. I was a bit skeptical about using BT at home after our experiences at the office, which are not good to say the least, and when they didn't bother to turn up I was all for doing a bit of swearing at them down the phone and telling them where to stick there YouView box and Infinity, but Mrs T talked me down in the end and she dealt with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 We have Virgin Media 120mb. On Saturday I was getting 97mb. Last night - 48mb. I've given in. They've oversold the service into our area but the speed is still more than enough and I can't be doing with any more of their time wasting excuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted June 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Virgin are also very dear unless you take a bundle. Their standalone broadband is: £21.50 per month for 3 months then £26.50 per month for the next 15 months. BT: £8 per month for 6 months then £16 per month for 12 months and they will give me a £100 Sainsbury's voucher, BT Sport on my Sky box and online and I can pay my phoneline and broadband costs up front and get 12 months for the price of 10. No brainer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 And if you sign up via Topcashback, you get some money back, we've just ditched Sky and got everything through BT, phone, Infinity BB and TV, and I got £157 back from TCB which makes it stupidy cheap, and then there's that £100 Sainsbury voucher too, it might as well be free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 BT: £8 per month for 6 months then £16 per month for 12 months and they will give me a £100 Sainsbury's voucher, BT Sport on my Sky box and online and I can pay my phoneline and broadband costs up front and get 12 months for the price of 10. No brainer! Don't forget the line rental for £15 per month too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Don't forget the line rental for £15 per month too. I think he's included that in the 'paying up front' bit. You get line rental cheaper if you pay in advance, and as he says, currently it's 12 months for the price of 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 I think he's included that in the 'paying up front' bit. You get line rental cheaper if you pay in advance, and as he says, currently it's 12 months for the price of 10. ahhhh! I see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted June 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Just ordered it via Quidco. £110 cash back, £100 Sainsburys voucher, BT Sport for free. Taking into account the cash back and the voucher, 18 months Infinity costs me £30!!! Bonus!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 No brainer really isn't it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 We've had infinity for just over a year now - so far so good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcat Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 BT have confirmed that our location finally has Fibre connection (we only got water/gas and mains drainage last year....) and we are looking at the BT Infinity package, not really interested in any of the BT Sports or other additional channels. We have FreeSat & Freeview, thats enough for our needs - we just want a reliable, fast connection. Hopefully BT will provide it. Certainly works out £££££'S cheaper than our current povider, idnet - which I must say is excellent but very expensive. Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted June 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 The £100 Sainsbury's voucher offer ends next Monday so get your order in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveP Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Going from fast ADSL to fibre is an underwhelming experience. Do it if there is minimal cost, but otherwise buy a better wifi access point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Yeah I have to say, going from 18mb to fibre* has made virtually bugger all difference to anything. Don't ever really download large files, everything just streams these days and they start playing just as instantly as they did before! *we are supposed to be 75mb, but only seem to be getting 35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveP Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 When I signed up BT were showing 75 expected. plus.net were reporting 35. I was with plus.net so was happy to stay, but did not want to miss out on a big jump. I phoned them and they said that the information they had I would only get 35. Knowing that they are only reporting what BT's tools tell them. It would seem that BT seem to want to publicise a currently unachievable rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted June 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 I will be happy with anything over the 7mb we currently get! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Standard BT broadband at 14mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) I'm getting around 9mb with my standard BT Broadband (copper). Edited June 13, 2014 by Cuprabob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 My sister lives a similar distance to the exchange as us, in the same area, and they often get up to 80mb on the BT 75mb Infinity. Well, they do at the moment, I think they've just downgraded to normal broadband with Sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcat Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Ok - so we now have BT Infinity and it works well with our ipads and Android devices, speed is 'much' better, reliability has increased tremendously. The problem is with our existing laptops, one is about 6-7 years old and the other is 3-4 years old. Both will not connect onto the BT Infinity Hub 5 router, a few Google enquires have returned a few vague problems that may exist with 'older technology'. Can anyone help me out here on what I have to do to try and connect the two existing laptops to the new router. BT talk about a dongle that I may have to purchase ! Rather not start shelling out for new laptops. //beggingforhelp//. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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