Wow, sky seems to be the best option then. I wasn't expecting this! Let me check with them.


Thanks all for your help.

With Sky you have to move/have your telephone line rental to/with them.

Not a problem at all. I hardly use it, it's only connected to ADT anyway

Of course they are not the only companies offering FTTC they are only the big ones, most of the smaller providers will also offer FTTC, so may be something else to consider.

Well, I'd love to support small businesses instead of the big boys but unfortunately I have to consider the cost as well.

Looking at your prices here,
http://www.vivaciti.net/internet/1/home-internet/33/...

you seem to be a little expensive for me

EE/Orange/T-Mobile broadband, manage their network for BitTorrent downloading file sharing or peer-to-peer p2p file sharing.

Orange network management
Important services are prioritised over others that are less time-sensitive (like file sharing)at busy times when a lot of people are connected and our network gets very busy. The busy times are typically between 6pm to 11:30pm on weekdays and 5pm to 11:30pm on weekends.

Our priority is to make sure that everyone has a stable access to the internet at all times; this prioritisation improves the quality and speed of broadband for more than 95% of our customers.

http://help.orange.co.uk/orangeuk/support/personal/b...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

Just Fwiw I'm On A Sky 40/10 Connection. Consistent Speeds, Good Ping Times £20 A mnth.

Edited by deleted (Tue 06-Nov-12 19:49:52)

I just found out that I am 2 km away from my exchange, which I assume will effect my speed a lot on FTTC. Only sensible option seems to be Virgin as I think they run coaxial cable from the cabinet to my house which is better then copper cable in long distances.

Your distance from your exchange is irrelevant on FTTC. It is your distance from your phone cabinet that matters.

This checker may tell you your cabinet number if you put your postcode in.

Coax suffers with distance, just that when the cable co's installed their cabinets they did them just far enough apart that distance was not an issue.