NewNiceMrMe Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 120mb? FFS! In Leeds we don't even get 1! No, that was the old speed.....it is now always over 200mb.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-bmw Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 I can't even (normally) get over 100K upload speed, for the 3rd most populated city in the UK it is like going back to the dark ages moving from the Hull area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 I'm still on 150Mb at the moment but I will cope, going to 200Mb in a few weeks apparently, thank goodness it was feeling a little tardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 (edited) I down graded to the lowest VIrgin do as I didn't think there was value in the higher bandwidths. If you have multiple users downloading/streaming etc then it can make senses but the higher speeds don't seem to benefit on a daily basis when I'm often the only user. My 50 down/5 up is fine and the fact they keep adding bandwidth for free means I can't see me paying for more anytime soon. Edited May 14, 2016 by Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopsta Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Assuming we move next month will also be going onto Vivid 200, the offer was too good to refuse with it being £10 less than I'm paying now for 70Mb. Believe it's the Big Kahunas package Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-bmw Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Oh, please! Feck off, the lot of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 We can have 4 devices all streaming HD content, browsing the web, downloading, whatever. It just laps it all up. We don't use Virgin for TV though. It is purely fibre internet and telephone service. I've just tested it again. Sunday morning, perhaps the servers would be busier with everyone at home (almost all the houses on the road are on Virgin - you can tell that by the mass of WiFi options you get as you walk down it!) etc. Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 It could do with a faster upload speed of 12Mb on occasions especially when I'm working from home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 It could do with a faster upload speed of 12Mb on occasions especially when I'm working from home. I do that every day and I still can't imagine why I'd need more than 12mbps upload. 1 minute and 25 seconds to upload 1gb of data. 1 Gigabyte. I upload a fair bit of data every day but I can honestly say I've never once thought "I wish that was faster". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 How long does it take to download an hour long prog on the iPlayer MrMe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) How long does it take to download an hour long prog on the iPlayer MrMe? No idea. We stream everything. Never download stuff to take away as all our devices have SIM's so we'd hopefully stream on that when mobile. I have 20gb of data on my iPhone and the same on my iPad Pro. I rarely run out between the two and I stream on 3G or 4G for Plex, Amazon Prime, Netflix, iPlayer, Channel 4 etc when I'm away in hotels. p.s. I also have 4gb on a Windows Phone and 4gb on an Android phone, just in case. Edited May 15, 2016 by NewNiceMrMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulboy Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 So how much is everyone paying for their phone/tv/broadband? Just had a BT bill through so will post up later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Broadband,TV and landline, although we don't use it, £35 per month. Virgin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 BT landline, Infinity 2 and probably TV which we have never used £44 a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Sky Q, broadband and phone with two Mini Q boxes for full PVR functionality in two other rooms (you can watch/record anything in your planner on them from the main box). £75 (I think) per month. You do get Sky Go, Sky Kids app etc etc too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 (edited) I think the Virgin Vivid 200 XXL (or whatever it is called) is £50 pcm but to us it is worth every penny. Our average monthly Virgin phone/fibre bill is about £75. We have a now reduced Sky Multi-room (4) HD package that I think (I haven't seen the bill yet) will be down from £106 pcm to £70. I could be wrong but I've just been tinkering with that to drop the crap we never watch. Amazon Prime for Instant Video gets used a lot but I don't think you can factor that in really. Netflix too. Not sure how much the latter is now, it just goes out every month. We could have a Virgin Tivo box and the free "Medium" package on it as part of our Virgin contract but I don't want the bastards drilling the walls any further so I told them to keep it. Edited May 16, 2016 by NewNiceMrMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy2shots Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Sky HD with Sports pack (no movies,) Sky Unlinited fibre Broadband Sky Line rental and call package £86 but going to £91 shortly according to a recent letter. Often thought about going to Virgin for the same cost but adds in BT Sport but no Sky Atlantic is an issue for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Oh, I got £150 cash back and a free TV too, TV will most likely be donated to someone who needs it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Oh, I forgot, BT Sport. Biggest waste of money ever, but needs must and all that (perhaps I'll not bother next year! ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdiesel Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Unless you like MotoGP, Indycar and DTM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Unless you like MotoGP, Indycar and DTM. Quite. I think most will know I was referring to its appalling coverage of football (or more specifically, their commentary on matches). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 I keep Virgin BB (and we suffer massively from high utilisation issues so it crawls some evenings) and I've just tried to bin off sports and movies but they gave it me for £10pm for 4 months so will get rid in Sept when it goes back to full price and use the various technological gadgets to watch BT sports and footy instead. Ive kept the main Sky variety pack though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Quite. I think most will know I was referring to its appalling coverage of football (or more specifically, their commentary on matches). I don't think the commentary is anything like as bad as people like to make out, it was, but it's a lot better now, not as good as Sky or BBC, but better than ITV imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 I don't think the commentary is anything like as bad as people like to make out, it was, but it's a lot better now, not as good as Sky or BBC, but better than ITV imo. I'm waiting for the follow up line to that saying "Only joking". It is APPALLING. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 It is shite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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