Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
BT versus Virgin
does anyone know how much faster Virgin is compared to BT? Virgin nearly doubled their monthly price, so we are looking to go back to BT but it seems Virgin is a lot faster?
Thanks, M
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Permalink Reply by 26mhcx4vtb0rb on
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You can get an estimate of BT's speed here: https://www.bt.com/broadband/fibre/
Says 2-5Mb for me, which is laughable.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Just ran a WiFi test on an iPad for my BT service. Results below. One of the issues seems to be reliability though, and Virgin doesn’t get that good a rating historically from users here on HoL.
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Permalink Reply by Konrad B on
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Wifi speedtest on my ipad with Virgin service. Regarding reliability of Virgin, I am OK with them, the only issues I have had recently (September 2018) was when the internet went very slow - the matter was resolved by re-booting the computer and router.
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BT can secure their infrastructure. Virgin can't even be bothered to lock their street cabinets.
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Depends where you are. Where I am on the ladder the fastest BT broadband on offer (5Mb/s) is twenty times slower than the slowest Virgin package (100Mb/s). (A few streets to either side the BT speed is much faster {40Mb/s} but there seems to be some blackspots).
The difference between 40Mb/s and 100Mb/s isn't huge (unless you download a lot of large files, game on a modern console/computer or have a lot of people streaming video, etc) but if you're in one of the spots where you're only getting 5Mb/s with BT I wouldn't go with them.
Virgin reliability seems to vary depending where you are as well. I've rarely had any problems over 10 years, other people on here seem to have countless issues.
My first step would be phoning Virgin, threatening to leave and seeing what deal you can get.
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I did speak to them a few years ago and was told that was what the speed was. The blackspot seems to be around the N8/N4 border at the Green Lanes end (Allison, Hewitt, Seymour kind of area).
So far as I'm aware it's not proper fibre that BT offer on the ladder, it's fibre to cabinet and then copper line to the properties. I assumed that the blackspot was due to a gap between the cabinets.
For me FTTC is too slow anyway so I've not looked into it too deeply.
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Yes, it may well be a database issue (although I would be a little concerned about a company that's had errors in its database for 5 years plus and hasn't corrected them).
Agreed, fine for general browsing, etc. The issue for me is when the xbox decides to download a 7GB update or game, I can't imagine how people use them without fibre.
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