BT Infinity - anyone got it yet?

[yamangman]

duno if that's good or bad?

Good cap bad cap?

[directhex]

Unless it's changed recently for new sign ups the cheap cap is 40Gb. I was a bit wary of it myself as that's what I'm on, however I've not been having any issues keeping within the cap. I'm not a heavy user though compared to some other folks on this thread!

Option 1, for £18, is 40GB

Option 2, for £28, is uncapped.

[Bluecube]

Option 1, for £18, is 40GB

Option 2, for £28, is uncapped.

Yup. It's not changed since I signed up.

[Barry]

BT just finished my install

[Brutos]

lucky you what speed you getting

[Blastuk]

We're currently with BE and get around 4Mb, we're paying £14/mo for it.. is infinity worth switching to? I don't like the idea of traffic shaping in any form :/
But the speed upgrade from 4Mb to predicted 28Mb would be very welcome...

[Singh400]

We're currently with BE and get around 4Mb, we're paying £14/mo for it.. is infinity worth switching to? I don't like the idea of traffic shaping in any form :/
But the speed upgrade from 4Mb to predicted 28Mb would be very welcome...

I did exactly that. Moved from Be* I got 14 down and 1.5 up with Be*, paying 22.66 a month.

I'm not with BT, and I get 37 down and 8 up, paying 25.60 a month.

As for traffic shaping, they only shape torrent traffic. But seeing as I don't use torrents, I'm bothered by it.

[Ap0c666]

I did exactly that. Moved from Be* I got 14 down and 1.5 up with Be*, paying 22.66 a month.

I'm not with BT, and I get 37 down and 8 up, paying 25.60 a month.

As for traffic shaping, they only shape torrent traffic. But seeing as I don't use torrents, I'm bothered by it.

Good to hear, planning on making the exact same switch soon.

[speardane]

Apparently I would get 30.7 Mb

How accurate have the estimates been v. the actuals?

[Bluecube]

My estimate was 3Mbits above what I actually got (27Mbit/s vs 24Mbit/s) for download and about two thirds out for the upload (4.5 vs 1.5) The big difference on the upload speed is apparently due to the package I'm on.

[Singh400]

Apparently I would get 30.7 Mb

How accurate have the estimates been v. the actuals?

They said I would get 30/7 I actually get 37/8.

[Sputnik]

I've looked and they say it will be in my area in September, The quoted speeds were 35.8Mb download
- 9.1Mb upload. Not sure about the data cap of 40gb as I have no idea of how much I use at the moment.

It is £18 a month which is a few pennies cheaper than what I pay for Be so I could be tempted. Only downside is I might not be here in September and I doubt the new place will be getting infinity any time soon.

I'd be interested to know how stable those speeds are at various times of the day. When I was on Virgin the speed was slow after 3pm.

[Flibb]

Quidco are doing cashback on BT, and first 3 months are free on infinity. Very tempted to give it a go over 18 months, see what my usage is like, then decide wether to go for capped or not.

[Butcher]

Mine quoted 36/8 iirc I get 39/8, seems pretty good on the estimates.

That said my modem appears to be melting itself now - it's running quite hot and dropping the line a lot. Seems to be a common problem from what I've seen.

[Barry]

My BT homehub is pants, I've had 2 ports fail on it now

[Butcher]

That said my modem appears to be melting itself now - it's running quite hot and dropping the line a lot. Seems to be a common problem from what I've seen.

Engineer has just been out and replaced the modem, hope this one lasts a bit longer.