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Do different Openreach service providers have different speeds? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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BT is offering me speeds of 60 mbps, while Shell is offering 90 mbps. Shell's minimum gaurenteed speed is 70 mpbs and BT's is 50 mpbs. They both use Openreach cables. Will there be any difference?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

90 is slow for gfast and possibly below a threshold that BT are happy to sell it at.

Is the shell product called ultrafast or superfast?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They call it Ultrafast. Here is the product: https://i.imgur.com/l9SQBx9.png

(Although the speeds seem fast here, on the phone they said in my area I'd likely get closer to 90-120, which is why I wrote 90 in my original post.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yes so that is the gfast product, a lot of providers dont sell it at all, or only do if the property is likely to get 150mbps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh really? I can also get this option from Sky (who also use Openreach, I believe): https://i.imgur.com/u7i5P1Q.png Do you think I'd just be getting ripped off if I go with anyone but BT?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

No, id argue bt is overpriced. But a gfast forecast of 90+ is borderline not worth the extra money imho.

Ive previously had gfast and it was on the low end of the estimates at my address and i fought with disconnections for about a year before openreach finally found a fault. In my experience its Much more more sensitive to issues that superfast.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Btw, based on what openreach says, my address can get gfast. Just seems only Shell and maybe Sky offer it: https://i.imgur.com/eDqjXru.png

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I had it with EE, at the time zen and others were selling it. There used to be a list on the openreach website