[GLLUG] ISP - How slow is usefull?

[John Southall]

On 10/04/17 17:33, John Winters via GLLUG wrote:
> Curse marketing people and their tendency to hijack and mangle terms.
>
> Virgin Fibre (which is actually delivered over coax, not fibre) is a
> kind of broadband, but I notice that BT are now referring to ADSL as
> "broadband" and their FTTC offerings as "Infinity" so I presume you're
> considering moving from Virgin's coax solution to BT's ADSL?
Yes, I'm thinking of leaving Virgin "Fibre 20" for ADSL from either BT 
or Plusnet.

>
> What are you currently paying for Virgin's service?
£51.56/month for Fibre 20 and free phone calls in the evenings and weekends.
I also pay £1.75 for each paper bill, but please don't tell anyone.
>    A quick look at
> BT's web site indicates prices as follows (ignoring the introductory
> discounts):
>
> ADSL: £41/month
> FTTC: £47.50/month (capped to 52Mbps) or £54/month (uncapped)
>
> Is BT going to be that much of a saving?
>
> Radio should be fine at 1 Mbps, and probably YouTube too.
>
> I'm intrigued to see that (once one ignores the introductory offers) A&A
> are now actually cheaper for a basic ADSL service than BT.  They'll do
> it for you for £35/month - including a telephone line but no POTS
> service on it.
>
> Cheers,
> John
>
>
I suppose that if I go with A&A, I can use my mobile and Skype? Does 
anyone do this? Where's the catch?

Thanks,
John