Fibre to the property

[Chippy_Tea]

Could i ask members who have moved to FTTP how much faster Wi-Fi speeds are compared to FTTC

 

[The Baron]

I did it in the last year went with a Company called You Fibre and it is night and day.
I would not go back to FTTC my speeds went from circa 50 to over 500

 

[MA71]

 

[MA71]

That’s over wireless on my iPhone, at peak time early evening, I have Virgin 500mb contract but we often get well above the half gig

 

[The Baron]

just done this Chippy

 

[MashBag]

But don't forget that's outside the walls.. Inside the max speed is the WiFi it's plugged into.

But it will still break your postie

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I would not go back to FTTC my speeds went from circa 50 to over 500

Is that wi-fi speed or ethernet?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

But don't forget that's outside the walls.. Inside the max speed is the WiFi it's plugged into.

Can you explain this as you didn't quote any posts.

 

[The Baron]

Yes it is wifi on my laptop it is even faster on mine and the wifes phones.
It would be even faster with a ethernet direct connection
£27.99 a month
The router is in the hallway and I am in the living room about 8 meters away with walls between.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Yes it is wifi on my laptop it is even faster on mine and the wifes phones.
It would be even faster with a ethernet direct connection
£27.99 a month
The router is in the hallway and I am in the living room about 8 meters away with walls between.

Thanks B that has put my mind at rest, my lad games (i think he hosts) so needs a decent speed that doesn't drop and i have no doubt we update our ageing TV to 4k in the near future so we will then be able to watch Netflix in 4k.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

It says in many of the install videos i have watched you need two power outlets near where the fibre enters the property as the ONT and Router both need power, do you know if you can use something like this if you need to plug something else into one of the two sockets?

 

[The Baron]

It did on mine luckily I had a double already there.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

It did on mine luckily I had a double already there.

Sorry mate i don't think i explained properly i have a twin socket in the location i would like the ONT but is it ok to have the ONT, Router and something else plugged in at the same time using
an adapter like the one below?

 

[Stu]

Could i ask members who have moved to FTTP how much faster Wi-Fi speeds are compared to FTTC

IT Tech answer.....

There are a number of things that impact your WiFi speed and quite often the speed of your broadband doesn't make too much difference.

For instance, I'm on a 900mb FTTP line at the moment.

My laptop, which isn't the latest hardware is connecting via my 2.4ghz Mesh network. I'm getting 96Mb/s, which isn't far off the 92Mb/s that I used to get from standard BT copper (the cabinet is at the end of the road)
My phone, which is a fairly modern iPhone is connecting via the Trooli provided latest router. It's getting 760Mb/s.

So the answer is.... it actually depends on the hardware.

I live in a 1950s 3 bed bungalow that has super thick walls. I have 7 (Yes!) Mesh points. I'm going to shortly replace them with WiFi points that I'm going to connect together with Cat 6 cable.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

My laptop, which isn't the latest hardware is connecting via my 2.4ghz Mesh network. I'm getting 96Mb/s, which isn't far off the 92Mb/s that I used to get from standard BT copper (the cabinet is at the end of the road)
My phone, which is a fairly modern iPhone is connecting via the Trooli provided latest router. It's getting 760Mb/s.

Thanks Stu.

Most of the devices we connect have 5 GHz and the house is small so we have never had issues with signal strength or slow speed.

The 2.4 GHz band provides longer-range coverage but transmits data at slower speeds. The 5 GHz band offers less coverage but transmits at faster speeds than the 2.4 GHz band.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I hope my installer is a little more conscientious than this blokes was -