Thank you for those details.

It's very annoying that I'm stuck with VM for the forseable future and they don't even want to fix the over utilisation issues happening right now. The speeds are fine it's just the latency that is a massive issue.

I don't think 4G is an option as that also has not ideal latency.

Here is my live BQM graph https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/...

Another option could be getting a Virgin Media business connection but I'm pretty sure traffic goes via the same cabinet. Would a business connection be any different in terms of latency?

I also believe I could get a leased line to my house, which I could possibly share with my neighbours.

Does anyone have any other ideas?

In reply to a post by PaddyS:

I also believe I could get a leased line to my house, which I could possibly share with my neighbours.

Does anyone have any other ideas?

FTTPoD or community funded fibre. Both won't be a quick fix though.

Unfortunately you can only order FTTPoD if you already served by an FTTC-enabled cabinet:
https://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/home/products/ultra...

That leaves CFP as only viable option.

I think your estate is a prime candidate to get Openreach FTTP: no FTTx, only 1 provider which offers fast speeds but is heavily subscribed and perhaps the most important factor of all: new build estate = clear ducts = relatively fast to roll out FTTP. I'd be very surprised if you didn't see Openreach FTTP within 5 years, probably a lot sooner.

In the meantime it might be worth trying a high quality VPN service such as AAISP's L2TP service to see if it improves latency. Stay away from mass el-cheapo providers such as NordVPN etc. With AAISPs service, you pay £10/m then setup a L2TP connection on your router (most third party routers support this) using your AAISP username & password. You are given a static ipv4 address by AAISP and this always remains the same whenever you connect via AAISP. A router such as the Asus RT-AC86U would be perfect to setup a L2TP connection - simply plug this into Virgin's router. The downsides of AAISP service are that its capped at 1 TB per month and speeds are limited to 100 Mb/s to keep the freeloaders away.

https://www.aa.net.uk/broadband/l2tp-service/

Edited by deleted (Thu 18-Jun-20 12:56:26)

AAISP isn't a VPN, as the L2TP is not encrypted. They explain this on their website.

My bad on the FTTPoD requirement to have the vdsl cab standing..

Edited by Taras (Thu 18-Jun-20 12:59:28)

In reply to a post by jchamier:

AAISP isn't a VPN, as the L2TP is not encrypted. They explain this on their website.

Yeah I'm well aware that its not encrypted but it may improve latency if the OP gives it a try. Its certainly a far better option - wrt speeds - than mass commercial VPN providers with their heavily loaded VPN servers.

Edited by deleted (Thu 18-Jun-20 13:05:38)

Your traffic still has to go via VM's network to AA's network to terminate the L2TP service, before going to the final destination. If you can reach AA's network with low latency, you can probably reach most of the UK Internet with low latency, so it's unlikely to help much.

AA may have have better international transit though. Also, they will give you a static IPv4 address and IPv6 block.

In reply to a post by Highland76:

Yeah I'm well aware that its not encrypted but it may improve latency if the OP gives it a try. Its certainly a far better option - wrt speeds - than mass commercial VPN providers with their heavily loaded VPN servers.

Yes it might work, but without encryption, if there is any "deep packet inspection" on the path that is slowing things down, it may still slow it down.

Thank you for all of your suggestions. I'm not sure a VPN will solve my latency issues.

I have came across something interesting. I ran a availability check on the SKY website and apparently I am able to get download speed 18-37Mb/s with 16 MB/s minimum guaranteed.

Is this a mistake in their database or is this actually accurate? Based on the BT search website I will not be able to get more than 8Mb/s.

Screenshot:
https://imgur.com/dWmrobQ

Thank you