Broadband Tech Question no 1

[silverfoxcc]

Finally i have told Sky where to stick it and as from next month will be richer by 133.pm* see later comment
OK i am just on Freesat but as i said to the woman I would rather eat and keep warm than freeze and starve

My broadband and phone was an additl £47 on top and i told her that once i had done a bit of chcking ,that would be getting thev old Heave ho as well

Found Vodaphone and they offer 910mbs and unlimited phone calls fo £37 pm.

Now the tech bit. When sky put the broadband on the fitter put an 'extender'? FOC, so i could get my two bird box cams on the system. Would this still work with the Vodaphone router when it is changed over, or would i neeed to get some NetGear boosters to get a good signal from the birdbox cams?

[fooman]

Hold on, that's £47 for broadband on top of £133 for sky...

[wiggy001]

Do you really need a landline? £30.99 from plusnet if you don't and from my own experience, the Plusnet router is capable of giving full speed wifi throughout my house (3 floors) whereas my Sky broadband needed repeaters to get wifi to the top floor/garden.

[dogbucket]

FYI, I have just left Sky BB and they asked for the router and the extender back, sending a box to do so.

[mmm-five]

fooman said:

Hold on, that's £47 for broadband on top of £133 for sky...

Thought that was a lot myself, as I'm paying £99/m with VM for EVERYTHING (1g broadband, full TV package including UHD sports, landline).

But my uncle is on a very similar package as me, and just because he refuses to call up and negotiate, he's paying £160 (he also pays for the international call plan which he doesn't use, but hasn't removed yet).

[mmm-five]

silverfoxcc said:

Now the tech bit. When sky put the broadband on the fitter put an 'extender'? FOC, so i could get my two bird box cams on the system. Would this still work with the Vodaphone router when it is changed over, or would i neeed to get some NetGear boosters to get a good signal from the birdbox cams?

If they're just simple wifi repeaters/extenders, then in theory they should work with any router...unless Sky have locked them down and/or want them back when you switch supplier.

You could probably also source some Vodafone ones (might call them boosters or extenders) as part of your package (£7/month extra IIRC).

Also, as a new customer, ensure you're getting the latest & greatest router (e.g. wifi7), but it looks like their Ultra Hub 7 router costs another £3 more (although it does include the booster and 4g backup service).

If you do go ahead with it, see if there are any cashback offers via TopCashBack or Quidco...
https://www.topcashback.co.uk/vodafone-home-broadb...

[craig1912]

mmm-five said:

Thought that was a lot myself, as I'm paying £99/m with VM for EVERYTHING (1g broadband, full TV package including UHD sports, landline).

But my uncle is on a very similar package as me, and just because he refuses to call up and negotiate, he's paying £160 (he also pays for the international call plan which he doesn't use, but hasn't removed yet).

£75pm for us. No UHD but multi room and landline

[RotorRambler]

I doubt that the Sky ones would work, even if they let you keep them..
You never know, the Vodafone wifi may be Ok, will they give you an extender anyway?
If not, I’d just try something like a TP link wifi extender.

[tribbles]

Just a note: When my mum's husband cancelled Sky broadband (actually his son did, because he's not technically minded and had no idea how to), he had to send the broadband router back - they may ask for the repeaters too in your case...

[richhead]

do you really need your internet to be that fast im on 30 and can stream hd netflix on 2 tvs at the same time and also use various computers etc.
Alot of people overestimate how fast they need, slower is much cheaper.

[silverfoxcc]

Rich

Apart from answering my question before i posted it..can you give me the Euromillions numbers for tomorrow?

What would you suggest i drop down to once the 24month contract is up? 300mbs?? My Grandkids are permanently on Games when they visit, hence the reason i went got the 500mbs with free boost to 910mbs

Plus Sky tried to sweeten me to stay with an improved offer of 150mbsplus anytime calls ( at presnt 47.oo pm and offered the same at 55.00pm.. Ok i may go cold turkey on sport oy going on freesat but the saving is too good to say no to From 180 to 37.00

Oh and it appears i am not paying for the addtl booster.. so it could e a win win .but i still have the old netgear oness..just in case

Thanks to all for the advice and observations and a Happy New Year to everyone

[richhead]

silverfoxcc said:

Rich

Apart from answering my question before i posted it..can you give me the Euromillions numbers for tomorrow?

What would you suggest i drop down to once the 24month contract is up? 300mbs?? My Grandkids are permanently on Games when they visit, hence the reason i went got the 500mbs with free boost to 910mbs

Plus Sky tried to sweeten me to stay with an improved offer of 150mbsplus anytime calls ( at presnt 47.oo pm and offered the same at 55.00pm.. Ok i may go cold turkey on sport oy going on freesat but the saving is too good to say no to From 180 to 37.00

Oh and it appears i am not paying for the addtl booster.. so it could e a win win .but i still have the old netgear oness..just in case

Thanks to all for the advice and observations and a Happy New Year to everyone

Numbers for the next draw are 9,12,18,20,22,32.
joking aside i have know idea how much you need, i had a supperfast one , i think it was 200 odd,and when the price went up i dropped it down to i think 30 and have had no problems. Never more than 3 in the house tho.
Im sure someone on here who is cleverer than me can tell you how to check.

[Craikeybaby]

We are on 100mbs with multiple devices WFH/TV streaming/kids on iPads etc and don't get any buffering etc on calls/streaming TV - however most critical things are hardwired to the router, rather than relying on wifi.

[silverfoxcc]

Well..today i said goodye to sky .and gir my freesat working


ahad a problem with the broadband change over... already to go with vodaphone... got sent the router, only to get a mail an hour later telling me they cannot supply any service as all slots were in use. looked like vjrgin or bt were the only ones left...phone rang last wed...virgin.. good deal 300bps and anytime calls as well for 32pm.alnd even cheaper than BTVodaphone.


coming tomorrow to install


And thanks to all those who replied...meant a log

[biggiles]

Craikeybaby said:

We are on 100mbs with multiple devices WFH/TV streaming/kids on iPads etc and don't get any buffering etc on calls/streaming TV - however most critical things are hardwired to the router, rather than relying on wifi.

Agreed- unless you have specific needs (e.g. IT professional / data), 100mbps should be ample for any normal house even with a few teenagers.

More can be nice for to make big downloads (e.g. Windows updates) take a minute less, but not for £99/month!