New Broadband Deal Required

Emmersons_BrazillianDong said:
I'm up at the end of March and have been told that virgin are now available in my area after many years because they use the Openreach cables to get to my property. It does still require an ugly grey box outside of the house and it's not particularly small.

I'm on 200mb with Vodafone and it's been working fine but I think I might be tempted by the Virgin 1gb for not a lot more as an introduction offer.

Do these new alternatives such as grain, Youfibre, Hyperopic etc install their own cables? Or are they leasing virgin access? I suppose I wonder how realistic it is to expect there to be some proper competition in the coming years, given its taken until 2023 to get access to virgin.

Any thoughts?
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Own cables nothing to do with virgin
 
Grain, YouFibre and Hyperopic all use their own cables.

I still think if you get a deal then Virgin is the best, I've just agreed a new deal for 18 months, full TV including Sports and Movies, Netflix, 1gb broadband, unlimited landline calls and a 5gb O2 sim for £85 a month, which seems reasonable to me.
 
I was amazed to see Youfibre are providing an 8Gb service in my area now. It’s a bit pricey at £99 a month but very good value if you have any reason to need it. You could split it with all your neighbours through a few access points and have no problems.
 
In most cases EB, go on Youfibres website and use the postcode checker. If not available, you should be able to register your interest as this is how they determine demand. The more people you can get to register an interest, the quicker they will deploy.

In my case, they laid new cables to the exchange and then to my telegraph pole into my house.
 
Alternatives to Virgin aren`t available yet in my area

Just renewed for 18 months with Virgin for Broadband/Land line only for £47 (will be over £50 with the April rise IIRC).

Thought that was ok and gives the likes of CityFibre/YouFibre time to connect in the area as they have indicated it`ll be soon (been saying that for about 6 months like but hey ho)
 
Looking for new ISP, how can I tell if fibre is available at my address - looking at Youfibre and their website checker says I have, but I'm not sure that's true?
 
Jonny Ingbar said:
Looking for new ISP, how can I tell if fibre is available at my address - looking at Youfibre and their website checker says I have, but I'm not sure that's true?
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If their checker says you can have it you can have it - they've used BT and virgin cable ducts to pull their own cables to street level so they just pull a cable from there to your house in the existing connections & drill a new hole usually next to where you have one now for open reach but if you want it elsewhere they'll do that too.

If you want a youfibre referral drop me a PM - think it's £25-100 you get now depending on the package

The 1gb up/down one is the sweet spot, few need faster and the 500mb one is poor value compared to 1gb - its only £2 cheaper I think
 
ThatFragranceGuy said:
If their checker says you can have it you can have it - they've used BT and virgin cable ducts to pull their own cables to street level so they just pull a cable from there to your house in the existing connections & drill a new hole usually next to where you have one now for open reach but if you want it elsewhere they'll do that too.

If you want a youfibre referral drop me a PM - think it's £25-100 you get now depending on the package

The 1gb up/down one is the sweet spot, few need faster and the 500mb one is poor value compared to 1gb - its only £2 cheaper I think
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Cheers for that (y)
 
Plus net are owned by BT - so technically its all BT Open Reach network, which for me has been very reliable. Plus Net undercut BT slightly

99% of the UK can can use the BT network - you need to check any alternative suppliers into your property who use a different network. Comparison websites are available. There often will be a point in the pavement outside your property too. I can get an alternative network but it would men laying a new cable through the front garden and probably up rooting mature shrubs, bulbs etc and a possibly part of a tree.

The alternative is fairly unique operating in only 4 areas of the UK. I am a bit wary of the small operators as they often come in and stay for few years then sell up. Like Virgin Energy, Shell energy, Comcast, NTL. The alternative supplier offers cheap deals on higher capacity broadband 100mb plus. Many people don't need the higher capacities. Depends on how you use the internet and how users in the household at the same time.
 
Apologies for hijacking the thread but I'm looking to switch from virgin to sky in the near future (basically a better deal for what we need).

Has anyone had any experience of this? Aware that it's not as straight forward as swapping out a service using the same infrastructure. Was going to get sky signed off (incl install date) roughly one month out then notice VM.....
 
ThatFragranceGuy said:
If their 9checker says you can have it you can have it - they've used BT and virgin cable ducts to pull their own cables to street level so they just pull a cable from there to your house in the existing connections & drill a new hole usually next to where you have one now for open reach but if you want it elsewhere they'll do that too.
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Was really pleased with you fibre my bt sockets were next to the front door in a uesless position but youfibre installed their box in exactly the placed i asked them at the side of the house
 
Glover_elbow said:
Was really pleased with you fibre my bt sockets were next to the front door in a uesless position but youfibre installed their box in exactly the placed i asked them at the side of the house
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I saw someone who they even installed it in his garage as he used it as a server room

changingman said:
Apologies for hijacking the thread but I'm looking to switch from virgin to sky in the near future (basically a better deal for what we need).

Has anyone had any experience of this? Aware that it's not as straight forward as swapping out a service using the same infrastructure. Was going to get sky signed off (incl install date) roughly one month out then notice VM.....
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Shouldnt be much complex about that, if youve had both before its very easy else likely a hole to be drilled
 
ThatFragranceGuy said:
I saw someone who they even installed it in his garage as he used it as a server room


Shouldnt be much complex about that, if youve had both before its very easy else likely a hole to be drilled
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Cool thanks, it was more about the notification/communication rather than the install per se but even if there is an overlap in charging periods I guess it should be minimal.
 
changingman said:
Cool thanks, it was more about the notification/communication rather than the install per se but even if there is an overlap in charging periods I guess it should be minimal.
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If it's the same tech they usually have to notify each other but as virgin and sky use different infrastructure, it's down to you to line up - you'll have to give a months notice to exit your contract (assuming you are out of contract) and then it is just lining up your sky install - maybe overlap by a week to allow for any issues or delays
 
ThatFragranceGuy said:
If it's the same tech they usually have to notify each other but as virgin and sky use different infrastructure, it's down to you to line up - you'll have to give a months notice to exit your contract (assuming you are out of contract) and then it is just lining up your sky install - maybe overlap by a week to allow for any issues or delays
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Thanks, my contract is running out so will endeavour to give 30 days notice (before contract end) and hopefully get the Sky install date lined up to match (or close). Not sure how long a sky install normally takes.
 
Just had the you fibre salesman at the door, currently with Virgin but my contract is about to expire (or already has).

I'm paying around £70 at the moment.

If I opt for you fibre what TV channels come with it?

Obviously I haven't a clue about this form of technology 😄
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
Just had the you fibre salesman at the door, currently with Virgin but my contract is about to expire (or already has).

I'm paying around £70 at the moment.

If I opt for you fibre what TV channels come with it?

Obviously I haven't a clue about this form of technology 😄
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Youfibre is a broadband only service, maybe they do phone lines but i don't know as I've not had a landline in 10 years or so.

They're very good at the broadband part, it's much faster and more reliable than virgin. They're easy to contact and they have no on-contract price rises. The download speed is the same as the upload speed. The 1gb is only 2 quod more than the slower one they do, and is faster than what most people need by a long way.

If you're in contract with virgin they'll buy you out of it

But you'll need something for TV if you rely on virgin for that.

£29.99 for 1gb, so leaves you plenty to get a tv service in I guess
 
I’m in exactly same boat Priv but was planning to stick with Sky for broadband only as it has been fine. Getting rid of the TV. Any reason you’re getting rid of Sky internet too?
 
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