Infinity Options

What is the difference between Infinity 1 and Infinity 2?

The reason I ask is that when using the checker and start the order process I am given an estimate speed of 29.7Mb and 5.6Mb but this doesn't change when I go to order Infinity 2 :/ The only difference is price, why go for Infinity 2 when the speeds are no better than Infinity 1 and pay more?

Am I missing something and do you get anything extra with Infinity 2 that you don't get with 1?

Thanks

Infinity 2 increase the cap but if you are on a longer line then the cap going from 40Mb to 80Mb will make no difference if you can't achieve more than 40 anyway.

You may still get a benefit on the upstream. My connection was estimated as 40 down and 6.5 up - I get 50 down and 20 up - so the upstream is worth the extra to me. Until you get connected though it is a guess as to whether you may actually get any more than the 40/10 that Infinity 1 would give you anyway.

Other than that the differences are minor and published on the bt website - but think it is pretty much just the increased BT vault storage.

Infinity 1 is up to 38 Meg while 2 is up to 76 Meg.

So if you are so far from cab that you can't get more than 38 Meg then there is no point in buying Infinity 2. Indeed you would probably only buy Infinity 2 if you could get more than 45 Meg say.

However, the checker's estimates are often underestimates so it would be worthwhile in your case to start on Infinity 1 and consider upgrading to 2 if you hit the cap on 1.

Many thanks peeps

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

Infinity 1 is up to 38 Meg while 2 is up to 76 Meg.

Also there is no longer any Infinity 1, all services are provided at the upto 76Meg speeds.

However there IS a lower cost product with a 40GB usage limit, and slower speeds. This isn't the old "infinity 1" its a lower cost product.

As the others have said, no speed difference for you if you go for 'Unlimited Infinity 1'.
I think 'basic' Infinity 1 has a throttle on p2p still, and also a usage limit.

Infinity 1 gives 2GB in BT Cloud rather than 50GB on Infinity 2.
BT Cloud isn't ready as a serious solution to anything yet, so I wouldn't pay extra for that.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

Also there is no longer any Infinity 1

That's not what they advertise on their website. There is still:

Unlimited BT Infinity 1

Unlimited wi-fi
BT SmartTalk
BT Family Protection
BT Home Hub
2GB BT Cloud
BT NetProtect Plus
18 month contract
Fibre optic

Up to
38Mb
download speed

Up to 9.5Mb
upload speed

What's Totally Unlimited?

Don't forget that Infinity 1 has a £30 activation charge.

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

That's not what they advertise on their website. There is still:

Unlimited BT Infinity 1

Typical, that website keeps changing. My bad. :-/

Edited by jchamier (Fri 12-Apr-13 19:23:23)

That's true! It narrows the price gap between the 2. You only save £27 over 18m by going Option 1 rather than £57.