BT and BSkyB lead broadband battle

Originally Posted by colin25

Half the reason why i left virgin broadband...it wasn't doing my gaming any good.

But if your a heavy downloader, i can see the attraction...I'm fairly light user

I agree there have been lots of reports about gaming problems so i can see your point of view on that.

Not really a heavy downloader but i do stream content such as you tube a lot,and also stream programmes over the net and VM BB is fine for that,but even if i was a gamer the 1.5 mb BB i could get over a ADSL line might not work very well i think BT are due to roll out infinity in my area next year hopefully then i might have more choice colin.

[Angua]

My boss would almost kill for the service we get from VM. There again he is 3 miles from the nearest exchange and has no choice but BT (or any service which uses a BT line). Streaming being the major problem (a one hour program took over 4 hours in the middle of the night).

[muppetman11]

I'm posting this off my 3G phone as suprise suprise the networks down again in my area thats the third time in the last 6 weeks , throw in the contention which was fixed a week or two back. VM fibre optic has been great but as of late its been a nightmare , hopefully the fixtime I've been given is tonight so we'll see. The future could be a stable 8-10mb line with Sky or another isp if this continues.

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I'm posting this off my 3G phone as suprise suprise the networks down again in my area thats the third time in the last 6 weeks , throw in the contention which was fixed a week or two back. VM fibre optic has been great but as of late its been a nightmare , hopefully the fixtime I've been given is tonight so we'll see. The future could be a stable 8-10mb line with Sky or another isp if this continues.

Not having much luck muppetman,i can honestly say mine has never gone down in the three and a half years i have had it,which is just as well considering the alternatives i could switch too,but as i have said already infinity is due in my area in the future to give me a real choice for the first time.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by richard1960

Not having much luck muppetman,i can honestly say mine has never gone down in the three and a half years i have had it,which is just as well considering the alternatives i could switch too,but as i have said already infinity is due in my area in the future to give me a real choice for the first time.

To be honest mine was ok , but the last month or two have been awful , my 30mb has had F grading from pingtest.com and dialup slow at some points , I'm not technically minded when it comes to BB networks however something has vastly deteriorated .

Originally Posted by muppetman11

To be honest mine was ok , but the last month or two have been awful , my 30mb has had F grading from pingtest.com and dialup slow at some points , I'm not technically minded when it comes to BB networks however something has vastly deteriorated .

Could the prblem be the wireless router? i wonder i am on 10mb so still have a modem,but correct me if i am wrong has there not been a problem with the wireless routers.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by richard1960

Could the prblem be the wireless router? i wonder i am on 10mb so still have a modem,but correct me if i am wrong has there not been a problem with the wireless routers.

I must admit since using the superhub its been fine , and the last two faults I've had were contention which the fix date resolved and today which I was told the network was down in my area and should be fixed later tonight.

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I must admit since using the superhub its been fine , and the last two faults I've had were contention which the fix date resolved and today which I was told the network was down in my area and should be fixed later tonight.

Not ideal muppetman but hopefully bytonight you wil be up and running again,virgin are usually ok at fixing network problems when they say they will in my expierience, lets hope thats the case here.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by richard1960

Not ideal muppetman but hopefully bytonight you wil be up and running again,virgin are usually ok at fixing network problems when they say they will in my expierience, lets hope thats the case here.

Yeah thanks for that mate , it's been fixed an all seems fine again.

[adzii_nufc]

Saw a Bt infinity yesterday night claiming Unbeatable speeds?

Since when did Infinity offer up to 100mbit download speeds?

My definition of unbeatable speeds is they have the fastest broadband available in the UK..

I'm interested to know what their definition is.

BSKYB are not leading anything in my mind! £17 for 3Mbit and 0.5mbit when throttled is an absolute con!

Sky connect is by far one of the country's worst broadband packages and worst value for money offering terrible speeds and crappy that your lucky to get a signal from half a foot away. It's near impossible to even browse after 5pm so its almost part time broadband.

I cannot comment on their other packages as I wouldn't take another risk. with them.

[weesteev]

Originally Posted by adzii_nufc

Saw a Bt infinity yesterday night claiming Unbeatable speeds?

Since when did Infinity offer up to 100mbit download speeds?

My definition of unbeatable speeds is they have the fastest broadband available in the UK..

I'm interested to know what their definition is.

BSKYB are not leading anything in my mind! £17 for 3Mbit and 0.5mbit when throttled is an absolute con!

Sky connect is by far one of the country's worst broadband packages and worst value for money offering terrible speeds and crappy that your lucky to get a signal from half a foot away. It's near impossible to even browse after 5pm so its almost part time broadband.

I cannot comment on their other packages as I wouldn't take another risk. with them.

BT Infinity may well offer the best speeds in some areas where there is no direct competition from cable, so the marketing is technically correct.

Also, The Sky product may be bad in your area but thats not the same everywhere else. I can pull 20Mbps quite easily on my ADSL2+ connection.

Also... Sky Connect - No arguments there!

[gazzae]

Originally Posted by adzii_nufc

Saw a Bt infinity yesterday night claiming Unbeatable speeds?

Since when did Infinity offer up to 100mbit download speeds?

My definition of unbeatable speeds is they have the fastest broadband available in the UK..

I'm interested to know what their definition is.

BSKYB are not leading anything in my mind! £17 for 3Mbit and 0.5mbit when throttled is an absolute con!

Sky connect is by far one of the country's worst broadband packages and worst value for money offering terrible speeds and crappy that your lucky to get a signal from half a foot away. It's near impossible to even browse after 5pm so its almost part time broadband.

I cannot comment on their other packages as I wouldn't take another risk. with them.

The ad isn't referring to download speed, it mentions sharing photos and videos at unbeatable speeds so is referring to its upload speed.

[qasdfdsaq]

VM's throttling is worse than Sky.

[Welshchris]

i never listen to these figures i remember a few years ago BT getting pulled up on an ad they produced with figures on how many new customers they had gained in a certain ammount of time. The reason they were pulled up was they had lost more people in that same ammount of time than they had actually gained.

[v0id]

Originally Posted by weesteev

BT Infinity may well offer the best speeds in some areas where there is no direct competition from cable, so the marketing is technically correct.

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I thought BT Infinity was only available in areas where there was direct competition from cable?