UK ISP BT Offers up to 76Mbps Superfast Broadband Boost for Free

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That's good to know. My ADSL connection gets really unstable in Autumn and Spring as the temperature shifts (weird, I know :)) and it would be nice to have a stable connection. I just wish BT offered static IP addresses on their consumer packages because I could accept the customer service problems if I didn't have to find workarounds and alternatives to the things I do now. BT Business plan prices are steep when all you want is a static IP address.

I was losing the will to live, I was with Orange BB and they sold their lines to BT which dropped me from ADSL2+ to ADSL and I lost about 3 meg from an already crappy 5-6meg connection, then went with BT BB and the exchange kept dropping my profile from FAST to Interleaved error correction and losing me even more speed, you can get the line reset and all the trimmings but by that time I was already in line for FTTC so I just put up with it for a few more weeks and it was worth the wait

Yea business prices are hefty, I'm going to assume you already looked into things like DynDNS to solve the dynamic IP issue ?

[Inertia]

It's tempting to ditch Virgin for this. But well, contracts and all that crap...

I fail to see how.

[Phemo]

I ditched Virgin for it. Virgin varies depending on area - in some places it's spot on, like yours, but in others it's a disgrace and they don't seem to care about fixing it. Cable is hit and miss but if you're in a good area then it's excellent.

[jakem1]

I'm going to assume you already looked into things like DynDNS to solve the dynamic IP issue ?

Yes, that's the workaround I referred to ;)

[TogaForComfort]

Whilst is't good that BT are doing this, I don't understand why they dont offer at least what Virgin can do. my 100MB is going up to 120 in June. Are BT going to ramp the speeds up quickly to compete?

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Whilst is't good that BT are doing this, I don't understand why they dont offer at least what Virgin can do. my 100MB is going up to 120 in June. Are BT going to ramp the speeds up quickly to compete?

BT have only just started rolling out FTTC, they will overtake VIrgin in no time, I might be wrong, but since Blueyonder > Telewest > Virgin Media, they have not layed any extra cable and are only using what is already there since the beginning

I might be wrong about that but thats what I have heard every time I asked about it, BT are way ahead of Virgin and will continue to take the lead imo

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Infinity Upgrade Link is up

http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=29280

[ShMaunder]

Now we await and see if we get this upgrade. We ordered infinity earlier in the day before I saw the announcement.

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Now we await and see if we get this upgrade. We ordered infinity earlier in the day before I saw the announcement.

Yea you`ll get it, its a free upgrade anyway, and the only rule it to renew your contract, so as yours hasn't even started yet, you`ll automatically get it

[ShMaunder]

Quote system on Neowin is broken.

^^ Cool cheers. I just looked up the speed and we will get 50 down and 13 up with the infinity 2 package. Hopefully we won't get the issues that some report on the BT forums.

[Jub]

I fail to see how.

Because, while I have the same speed as you, it simply doesn't work. Connection drops out and latency between a few hundred and the thousands are my main issue (can't use Spotify or the BBC iPlayer, can't play online games and I won't even get started on downloading), and they keep suggesting there's no problem and refuse to fix it. I have shown them so much evidence of this and they still only go about with their vmspeed.com test and says "oh look lols, u has 103Mb/s when no one else is using the interwebs so all is good" and ignore me when I show them a weeks worth of ping tests.

That's how... but anyway, this is a bit off topic. :/

[Coagulated]

I'm on the Virgin 50mb-soon-to-be-100mb and I have absolutely no beef with it at all. Works flawlessly, I've never been capped on this package (unlike when I had 10mb with a 5gb/day fair usage policy cap) and unless I start to see the service diminish in quality, I'll not be jumping ship.

It's about time ISPs other than Virgin started raising the bar, hopefully it'll drive down prices and favour the consumer.

[vanx]

Yea but they're not making you re-contract for nothing, your getting double your current speeds which are pretty damn fast as they are.

Plus, if you were looking to go with BT for the first time, you would have to sign the same contract.

I'm just saying that I prefer to be upgraded without having an extra commitment of a new contract. Probably wouldn't make that much of a difference if I am a month into one, but if I am close to its end it gives me extra ammunition of re-negotiate to get a better deal.

BT have only just started rolling out FTTC, they will overtake VIrgin in no time, I might be wrong, but since Blueyonder > Telewest > Virgin Media, they have not layed any extra cable and are only using what is already there since the beginning

I might be wrong about that but thats what I have heard every time I asked about it, BT are way ahead of Virgin and will continue to take the lead imo

BT may have Virgin beat for coverage, but the latter trumps in terms of speed. In actuality, they did lay new cable. Personally, and this will probably sound quite selfish, I don't care if Virgin did not lay extra cable and just concentrated on improving existing infrastructure. As a customer, my primary concern is the quality of the service that I receive. Therefore, I applaud their efforts to boost 50 Meg service to 120 and more than double the upload speed.

[leesmithg]

Where is the bt sign up link?

I would not hold your breath on when your exchange will get affinity.

Mine was supposed to be March 2011, then January 1st 2012, then April 2nd 2012, now I can finally get it, upto 38 mbps-1.

Its being done at my home 19th April 2012.

I did contact B.T. just now and they said I need to phone them if I can't find the form for double speed, says it takes 3 days.

[leesmithg]

Where is the bt sign up link?

I would not hold your breath on when your exchange will get affinity.

Mine was supposed to be March 2011, then January 1st 2012, then April 2nd 2012, now I can finally get it, upto 38 mbps-1.

Its being done at my home 19th April 2012.

I did contact B.T. just now and they said I need to phone them if I can't find the form for double speed, says it takes 3 days.

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Where is the bt sign up link? I would not hold your breath on when your exchange will get affinity. Mine was supposed to be March 2011, then January 1st 2012, then April 2nd 2012, now I can finally get it, upto 38 mbps-1. Its being done at my home 19th April 2012. I did contact B.T. just now and they said I need to phone them if I can't find the form for double speed, says it takes 3 days.

This is the upgrade link, but you`ll need to already be on Infinity to use it, if you are in the process of being connected you`ll get 80/20 profile anyway

http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=29280

[leesmithg]

Thanks D!

[DomZ]

Does anyone else have issues with the router handlying these speeds over wifi?

I sometimes get the 40mb currently, but it mainly seems to be between 20-30 over the wifi (2.5Mb/s download speeds for example). If I plug something directly into the router it will get the full 40.

If I am not going to be able to utilise the 80mb over wifi I'm not sure if its worth upgrading?

Also, on the site it says:

"By upgrading, you're agreeing to start a new contract with us: depending on what contract you're on at the moment, it'll either be for 12 or 18 months."

Anyone know how this is calculated? Is it based on whatever length your original contract was? clicking through the pages it doesn't actually tell you how long you will be renewing for

[n_K]

****! I'm on virgin business and the speed I get is utter ****, 10Mb down, 768Kb up, ?50/month.

I ****ing hate virgin with a passion but BT infinity isn't in this area.

What's infinity like, do they do bandwidth limiting/DPI/'fair use'/cut down your speed at certain times?

[S.MULLA]

got a call from BT infinity this morning. They upgraded my business line to 80mb/20mb. gets switched-on on the 16th of April.

Currently getting a solid 40down/10up. Since I only joined in late feb 2012. I get a re-contract for 24 months- perfect timing BT!!

pay extra ?5 (aka option 2 package) and you get unlimited usage-24/7. they only throttle torrents during peak. but you can get around that via vpn tunnel.

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Does anyone else have issues with the router handlying these speeds over wifi?

I sometimes get the 40mb currently, but it mainly seems to be between 20-30 over the wifi (2.5Mb/s download speeds for example). If I plug something directly into the router it will get the full 40.

If I am not going to be able to utilise the 80mb over wifi I'm not sure if its worth upgrading?

Also, on the site it says:

Anyone know how this is calculated? Is it based on whatever length your original contract was? clicking through the pages it doesn't actually tell you how long you will be renewing for

Depends what length contract you signed up for in the first place, it just renews that one, mine was 18 months

I also noticed I only get around 20meg over wifi checking it last night on my laptop but have not looked into it much, just shrugged it off as being wireless g through 3 walls and upstairs

****! I'm on virgin business and the speed I get is utter ****, 10Mb down, 768Kb up, ?50/month.

I ****ing hate virgin with a passion but BT infinity isn't in this area.

What's infinity like, do they do bandwidth limiting/DPI/'fair use'/cut down your speed at certain times?

They limit p2p at peak times so they say, but I haven't noticed anything at all, I seem to get full steam ahead 24/7

[S.MULLA]

wifi will always be slower than lan. You will need a N router + usb dongle to get the full 80mb.

BT infinity only throttle torrent traffic. If your torrent traffic is ecrypted over https then it will not get throttled :wink:

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wifi will always be slower than lan. You will need a N router + usb dongle to get the full 80mb.

BT infinity only throttle torrent traffic. If your torrent traffic is ecrypted over https then it will not get throttled :wink:

Wireless G is 54meg though, so the 20-30meg we are getting over wifi has a problem

[Mr_Immersive]

Got to love infinity, have had it 7 months now, and get the above constant and have now just ordered my inifinity 2 :)

[n_K]

So they limit P2P, so say I've got 2 servers with no torrents run at all, then nothing is limited? Christ, this actually sounds like a great deal for once.