Yup same here, man I can't get more and desperately want more as it just isn't enough. Sure perhaps if you are on your own with nothing else going on then fine. As I said before a household average of four with HD streaming (otherwise why have the nice big TV screen) and audio in decent quality and a Skype phone call or FaceTime etc it just isn't enough. Plenty of times it slows down and can't cope. I'm not making his stuff up from paper specs, I'm living it as there is not alternative where we live.like i said, on its own it may very well work. start adding in factors such as throttling at peak hours in an over subscribed areas and you may have issues.
im not making this stuff up for the lols.
Had TalkTalk for years but then went to Virgin 120MB package for a specific high use requirement in business ... once I had retirement in sight I dropped Virgin to go back to TalkTalk and save myself a bundle of money. I've never had a major problem with Talk Talk and it just works for me ... I get around 8MB download and .8MB upload and it's enough for all of my needs, I just have to wait a little longer for things than when I had 120MB ... do I care?
You rarely hear much good reporting about a company, only complaints ... I can only report my own findings over many years of dealing with them
Yup same here, man I can't get more and desperately want more as it just isn't enough. Sure perhaps if you are on your own with nothing else going on then fine. As I said before a household average of four with HD streaming (otherwise why have the nice big TV screen) and audio in decent quality and a Skype phone call or FaceTime etc it just isn't enough. Plenty of times it slows down and can't cope. I'm not making his stuff up from paper specs, I'm living it as there is not alternative where we live.
Hehe yup I'm only 40 minutes drive away door to door from central London. It is stupid but at least I get to hear the elephants trumpet and the lions roarIt must be terrible living in a backwater- come to Sunny Scotland and Civilisation!
I'm on about 95 -98MB, but we are heavy users in our house.
I looked at your profile pageHehe yup I'm only 40 minutes drive away door to door from central London. It is stupid but at least I get to hear the elephants trumpet and the lions roar
Netflix recommends 5mb for HD streaming
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/306
I've recently setup Netflix for my folks, they get around 5.5mb and they stream HD Netflix without issues.
Spotify will work with a connection as slow as 384kb, so 4mb would be plenty.
Ignore everybody telling you 4,5 or 6 mob won't be enough. It's plenty unless you are a power user.
Indeed, but then again it is very beautiful where I am and if I am not mistaken our exchange only got something like 237 connections thus economically not the most viable of upgrades to perform I guess. We don't have mobile phone signal either, thus I also run our mobile phones via a local femtocell across our broadband.I looked at your profile page
It just seems strange that places you would expect to have the best available speeds don't, and a suburb of Edinburgh can get 100Mb
I'm pretty sure the "m" you keep using should be an "M"... In this context, the case is extremely important.
You're going to love this, Neil ...
No smart devices, no TV sets to put boxes on top of, no nothing - just one PC and one laptop, both of which are rarely used at the same time. Also most folk this side of the exchange (never mind the cabinet!) are on fibre. Literally all we need the internets for is email, web surfing, Spotify, internet radio and streaming vid in SD from YouTube, news sites etc.
Despite which, I'm now doubtful about going back to copper ...
There is always an alternative, just depends how much you are prepared to payI'm living it as there is not alternative where we live.
Yes I'm afraid their customer service isn't the best, in fact it's probably the worst!I wouldn't go with talk talk or plusnet after witnessing there service with my mother in law, and father.
I would only ever consider virgin or BT.
Plusnet used to be fantastic. Then they were taken over by BT. They're still good wrt customer service and responses on their forum.I wouldn't go with talk talk or plusnet after witnessing there service with my mother in law, and father.
I would only ever consider virgin or BT.
When I switched from Orange/EE (who wanted to start charging line rental for the free broadband we'd got with the mobile phone offer), I went to plusnet. Our download speed went from 2 meg to 6meg which was better for streaming but I still had buffering issues on youtube and netflix.And to decide that, it all hinges on one issue. Is 4Mbs enough to avoid buffering on Spotify, internet radio, and standard-def streaming video (YouTube, news sites etc)?
I could get a leased line in and have be ground dug up. We've looked into satellite and that is not an option as the return channel is still compromised. And over ground microwave systems are not supported by the terrain either. ive even engaged on a private initiative to invest in it myself with support of the rural communities grant, but even that is not supported in our area. The main problem is the ownership of the exhange and when the work is planned to be done. The local loop isn't even unbundled. Until such time the alternative truly isn't viable.There is always an alternative, just depends how much you are prepared to pay
I looked into it and it was about £400/month for a 10Mbit uncontended symmetric line where I live, which is likely to be the second most viable option, but it's probably easier and cheaper to sell your house and buy another in an area with better consumer broadband availability.I could get a leased line in and have be ground dug up.
Its all my Fault Extolling the virtues of Virgin its been off all DayI was with AOL for donkeys years back in the day.then went over to Virgin i felt the need for speed,it rattles along around 160 mbs download it does everything all over the house never have any trouble with Virgin windows 10 came down like the Flying Scotsman on steroids I could not go back to the Stone Age. We have a place in the lakes were we have to wait for the wind in the right direction to get a signal for the phone and tinternet what's that we adore that too.
Happy Plusnet ADSL user here. I moved when I found out (via News not company) that Tesco (my previous supplier) had been sold to Talk Talk (shudder).
I've had broadband (ADSL) since the days of Demon (who actually offered support for Window NT when other suppliers wouldn't).
My advice is just get the cheapest service you can for what you really need. I have gone from 200k to 2Mb to 12Mb download speeds at a cheaper cost per month than when I started. It's all down to the marketing department (bless them) and a little research on what the maximum theoretical speed for your line is.
m= mega bitI'm pretty sure the "m" you keep using should be an "M"...