I've noticed with my BT wifi disc repeater, I get half the speeds of my router, meant to be getting over 500mbps but am only getting around 180-200 mbps from the disc, probably because the walls in my house are very thick, despite it being quite a small house. Will something like a 1200mbps tp-link work better? submitted by /u/felixrocket7835 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hi, I'm relatively new to the uk and just rented a new place in Cardiff area. Now I come to sign up for Internet as I move in today and tomorrow and it seems all fibre is available, but there's an atrocious like 4 week wait for open reach to install fibre with an engineer. The owner who lived in the place before me had "Vodafone super fast fibre" as she called it. And has said that the master socket is downstairs and no need for an engineer to come out to me. Pics below. However all the companies are telling me I need an engineer to visit.. Now i am willing and even offered to pay a premium l ..read more

Backstory TL;DR below Our local fiber ISP was recently bought out and decided to stop serving the apartment complex that I live in. However, the fiber lines in the complex, and the ONU's built in* to each apartment, are owned by the apartment complex and having been doing nothing the last 8 months. Now, I am just a measly software engineer, but I miss our fiber line and the speeds that came with it, so I started a small Fiber ISP LLC and began wokring on gathering knowledge about ISP's and business logistics about running one. I've spoke with the apartment complex and have been approved to ho ..read more

Are there any providers that allow you to have a landline on FTTP without using the ISP-issued router? I'm asking because I've had endless trouble with crappy ISP routers in the past, I've been happily using an OpenWRT box for a while now, and I'm worried about the PSTN switch-off in 2025. I'm happy to buy extra hardware to make this work, within reason. (Also, how does connecting the phones physically work? I've seen pictures of ONTs with phone sockets on them, but I got the impression that maybe those aren't actually used any more, and everybody wants you to plug the phone in to the router ..read more

They offer a great package but fail to tell you that they have not got 24/7 support! ​ On my first day my internet has gone down at midnight and I a can't contact the company for help until 9am!!! And it would be worse if this was a week-end! ​ How the hell can a internet company not have 24/7 technical support ffs! ​ So when the offices open at 9am I will be cancelling my contract, what a scam! ​ Plus you have to juggle three devices with their service! THREE DEVICES!!! A modem, a router and a phone hub, that's three devices you have to put somewhere and three plugs to somehow connect. At le ..read more

I'm buying a house that doesn't have fibre. So options are 10Mbps copper line or 4G/5G. Expecting to move in a few weeks. The only network that has 5G in the area is EE, so I was planning to go with them, despite them being a bit pricier than rivals (can get unlimited for around £23 per month after discounts). But then I read that even though it's advertised as unlimited it's actually capped at 600GB! How is that even allowed on an "unlimited" plan?? Anyone here have experience of EE and the 600GB limit? Has it been a problem for you? I work from home, game quite a bit, stream a lot. Don't ac ..read more

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Due to unforeseen circumstances I’ve had to move into a flat that has standard broadband already here and the option to get full fibre broadband. It’s a rental and my situation is a bit precarious so I don’t want to ask the landlord if I can install full fibre and have an engineer tinkering away on the roof. I live alone, work from home, and the heaviest use of the internet is streaming tv and video conferencing. So my options are: standard broadband - I might be able to stay with my same provider, saving me an early exist fee of about £160. But would this be fast enough? Virgin Media - I ..read more

I'm moving to a flat in England, it's 3 floors. Bedroom on the ground floor, kitchen in the middle floor and office/living room on the top. I've already set up a talk talking engineer to come and install broadband after I move but could I get 2 routers or an extender or something? submitted by /u/PapaScho [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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