In reply to a post by RR_The_IT_Guy:

You say that, 1Gbps is slow when your working with 20+GB files, I regularly upload and download 80 Gig VHD files so even with a gig symmetric it feels slow.

I'm obviously extremely happy with it and can't complain but there are use cases. I know when I got back from holiday and did the usual holiday data dump the network was saturated for about 8 hours.

Forgot to mention that addiotnal editing and exported files contributed to that time, as did software updates and the usual onedrive re-syncs etc

You are no doubt one of the few that would make use of it, but the majority of people, would be using it for watching content or linking to their phones.
Not really 1GB/s speed stuff.

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

In reply to a post by RR_The_IT_Guy:

You say that, 1Gbps is slow when your working with 20+GB files, I regularly upload and download 80 Gig VHD files so even with a gig symmetric it feels slow.

I'm obviously extremely happy with it and can't complain but there are use cases. I know when I got back from holiday and did the usual holiday data dump the network was saturated for about 8 hours.

Forgot to mention that addiotnal editing and exported files contributed to that time, as did software updates and the usual onedrive re-syncs etc

You are no doubt one of the few that would make use of it, but the majority of people, would be using it for watching content or linking to their phones.
Not really 1GB/s speed stuff.

Thats true, I just looked up my Firewall logs and can see that i have used 64.69TB in the last 30 days, certinly not a small amount, with nothing really happening. The network sits at an avarage of 10Mbps idleing with my peaks of usage, e.g. last Saturday and Sunday i was avarageing 764.2969 Mbps over each 24 hour period.
Admitidly I did an offiste backup after updateing 28 Virtual machines to Windows Server 2025 so downloading the update on each one + running the backup before and after took a long time.

I can upload 20GB in about 3 minutes or so, that to me doesnt feel slow, I guess I am more patient than others.

Slow is when you need to leave something over night which I remember doing many times in the past in my ADSL and dialup days.

I cant think the amount of data you must be shifting to saturate the line for 8 hours, must be multiple TB's.

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

I cant think the amount of data you must be shifting to saturate the line for 8 hours, must be multiple TB's.

To give you an idea on how much I store, I have over 20TB on one server, there are 3 in total, the NASs are another 24TB in total.

TL;DR.

Just caught the guys installing Netomnia (youfibre) in my street

https://ibb.co/0FWdzL5

Using OR ducts.

Edited by BuckleZ (Mon 18-Nov-24 19:30:48)

Just out of curiosity if you have 28 Windows VMs running locally aren't most of them disposable so you'd be maybe spinning them up off a golden image on demand?

If they aren't running locally and are production spread across a cloud or customer base wouldn't it make more sense for them to be backed up directly to wherever rather than you manually taking snapshots, downloading them then uploading them?

I've never seen this kinda thing anywhere whether managed services or home labs. Both dev and prod should be able to reach out to the Internet to back themselves up.

Howdy all,

I went live yesterday with YouFibre 1000 package / 18 mo. @ £ 29.99 !!! (Sub £30 quid & Symmetrical connection was the cherry on top..)

So far, so good.. tbh, I was a bit cautions about jumping over to an Alt-net provider.. I was expecting a boat load of hassle or issues regards engineer missed install dates, incorrect billing, you know the usual stuff you hear about happening to people when they switch..

But.. There was none of that! All went as planned, Excellent! (Billing info is all correct. & Spoke to an actual human on the phone to support)

Back to the Install.. a tidy team came to do the install at my home, in the middle of a snow flurry and bitter cold morning. All went smooth, one of the guys names was Ewan and was a really nice guy. They installed the Adtran SDX 631q 2.5gbe XGS ONT (Dual port) and I had the Arris NVG578LX Router. (I've swapped for my own kit)

Previous, to the move over to YouFibre I was with BTOR 1gig (~940/110mbps) it was ok
however, the Asymmetric part of the package always grated me up the wrong way.. (along with the hefty cost pcm.) and my contract was coming to an end with BT/EE so the timing was perfect!

As soon as they were in my area coupled with what i was hearing and reading about YF online, my confidence grew and I took the plunge..

Initially, I had to pump my own brakes and only ordered the "You 1000 package" before I upgrade tiers. YF was an unknown entity up until yesterday's activation.. Aside from the blistering speeds up/down they also have really good latency times, not the +20ms pings like my old BTOR line.. now ~5ms-10ms

The icing on the cake is that its a Symmetrical connection.. AND its better than HALF the price of my BTOR package, costed more and had slower speeds AND Youfibre cover the early exit fees upto a certain amount, its a no-brainer and BT just wont compete with that..

The only real niggle is having to rebuild my network, move a few things around my self-hosted services but its one of those good problems/jobs ive been putting off..
I'm going to see if I can maybe get assigned a small IP block away from their main clients/hosts ranges and pay whatever.. See, what can be arranged and what cant which is only a phone call away at worst.

YouFibre have really done a good job.. On a separate note, I am so glad to see some proper competition in my market area and the UK as a whole with other alts too..

- 7Gbps is a bit too much for me ( atm =) I think 2Gbps is the sweet spot and is priced well.

Reply to my 18th Nov post - my area is now live today 12th February. Order placed already

Interesting. Did you ever receive a letter off Netomnia to say they were working in your area? I just recently got one in the post, so was wondering how long from then to being able to order as I'm desperate to ditch VM.