Gigabit coming to my house

[Olderisbetter]

£48 inc phone like sounds great, I wish they did a deal without the phone line as i haven't used a land line for years.

 

[Wightsparks]

We lucked out after years of dire speeds they finally fixed it and even though its copper to the cabinet I am currently running at 68/17 which has been nice and stable for a while. It's all BT stuff but our local firm (Wightfibre) front end it and have been just great. They have their own island infrastructure too.

 

[Gragson]

would that be fibre right up to your house box or to the post outside and copper wired into house ?

virgin is to the green box on the street nearby

read this

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.p...saurus-of-misleading-fibre-broadband-ads.html

Its a good point and one I have been keeping an eye on, worked on network commissioning work wise in my youff...
They appear to be presenting fibre at the street pull through ducts right now, I don't reckon they will commit to getting it to the house boxes unless you sign up when its ready.
If they have routed right, they should be able to connect / push pull fibre direct to the houses if you commit - they would not bother otherwise.

Looks like there is no phone rental charge either, need to check the call plans they have.
Don't think it will be available for a while anyway - 2-3 months..

 

[maz0]

That's what I've got at the moment. Contention is an issue though; wee small hours when all the online gamblers, game-players and pornstars/viewers have gone to bed, it's great, whizzing along at over 50Mb/s and if I were a bit closer to the cell and had pukka antennae I'd get more out of it.
In the morning and for most of the day it steadily gets slower and the hardest hit is post 4pm when the kiddies get in from school. There's another hit at 8pm when the families settle down to Netflix, etc. On its worst showing it plummets to 1 or 2 Mb/s but that's still usable for net browsing, just.

Antenna will deffo make a big difference. This is the one I have after a lot of research https://www.amazon.co.uk/Poynting-4G-XPOL-A0001-Cross-Polarised-Antenna/dp/B00C1DGFPS

It's a MIMO antenna (multiple input/multiple output) which is a 4G feature, allowing multiple connections to the cell tower. Technically 4G can support several input/outputs but it depends on whether the cell tower allows it. You would need a router that allows 2 antenna connections to get the best out of it. It's an omni directional antenna as well so fire it up and forget about it, no position malarky. I tried the directional but it was a failure as I don't have direct line of sight with the cell tower (worse speeds than no antenna funny enough).

 

[Farside]

Antenna will deffo make a big difference. This is the one I have after a lot of research https://www.amazon.co.uk/Poynting-4G-XPOL-A0001-Cross-Polarised-Antenna/dp/B00C1DGFPS

It's a MIMO antenna (multiple input/multiple output) which is a 4G feature, allowing multiple connections to the cell tower. Technically 4G can support several input/outputs but it depends on whether the cell tower allows it. You would need a router that allows 2 antenna connections to get the best out of it. It's an omni directional antenna as well so fire it up and forget about it, no position malarky. I tried the directional but it was a failure as I don't have direct line of sight with the cell tower (worse speeds than no antenna funny enough).

I've got a pair of NOS 4G-inclusive UHF tellybox aerials which were deprecated when 4G was stolen from the broadcast band. I thought a tenner for the pair was better than a ton. The cell was 14km away to start with, but another 4G cell started up in the village a mere 6km away. Unsurprisingly, speeds from the village one are better at slack times, but the distant one was more consistent, being mostly used by passing traffic and cows.

 

[ukracer]

There are some providers giving unlimited 4G now. With a roof antenna and a 4G enabled router you could be sorted for things like Netflix and general browsing.

How does the antenna work with the phone then?

 

[dan.taylor.1]

My parents and luckily my workshop are on the B4RN gigabit network, £35 a month unlimited download, 1000mbit up and down and can be switched to 10000mbit at the flick of a switch if needed.

 

[maz0]

How does the antenna work with the phone then?

The phone would connect to the 4G router as a normal Wifi connection and get its internet that way.