topic Re: Broadband move BT to EE? in Broadband & Landline

Broadband move BT to EE?

David254 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:59:57 GMT

I am considering moving my broadband to EE from BT but wonder what is possible.
There is no BT Fibre in my road but City Fibre is there, do EE use City Fibre cables?

Re: Broadband move BT to EE?

Timbo45 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:02:05 GMT

@David254

Never heard that they do , always OpenReach same as BT.

Just checked where my daughter lives as their ISP - Vodafone - uses City Fibre and EE can only offer FTTC.

Re: Broadband move BT to EE?

XRaySpeX — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:22:11 GMT

No, EE only use the Openreach infrastructure.

What does BT Wholesale Broadband Availability Checker estimate for your phone number? Post the whole table and the line above it, blanking out your phone number. If it doesn't recognise your phone number or you don't have one, use the Address Checker.

Re: Broadband move BT to EE?

David254 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:34:09 GMT

There is no Full Fibre (Openreach) and no date for it to be supplied, I wonder as City Fibre installed their lines if Openreach will have any interest in installing their cables.
Probably will be looking at Sky I suppose

Re: Broadband move BT to EE?

JimM11 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:37:07 GMT

@David254 You might want to jump on the sky help Forum as the CF is not plain sailing for some at present!

Re: Broadband move BT to EE?

David254 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:49:04 GMT

That makes sense Jim but the main problem is what's possible.
I'm on FFTC with BT and I think CF and Virgin are the only options.
I'm struggling to work out which is the best/easiest/most reliable having been with BT in all forms for around 50 years, don't like/understand the choices much 🙂

Re: Broadband move BT to EE?

JimM11 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:40:53 GMT

@David254 CF yes, for the Fibre side, sky are having some major potential problems getting CF and there Hubs to work so much so people have installed, months later not ever been able to get anything working upped and went to vodafone etc still on the same CF fibre connection, switched the new hub on and connected instantly, seems to be a bit off the LH not knowing what the RH is doing currently! So just the heads up, not saying it would happen to you but be aware! You will find me on the sky as JimM1 if you need.👍

Re: Broadband move BT to EE?

David254 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:47:17 GMT

Thanks Jim, I'm finding it a bit of a minefield, don't know which way to jump so appreciate views.

Re: Broadband move BT to EE?

JimM11 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:55:45 GMT

@David254 No problem, like you with sky 20 years, 1 year in the EE twilight zone, FTTC and FTTP upgrade ((OR))when i was with EE, FW update mid Feb25, killed the Network and was gone back to sky by Mid March, Sky and OR no issues whatsoever, transition was as smooth as a babies bottom!

Re: Broadband move BT to EE?

Timbo45 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 07:48:17 GMT

@David254

I will say that my daughter is very happy with her Vodafone package on City Fibre with absolutely no issue at all except when Vodafone had a nationwide issue a couple of weeks ago.

CF ISPs tend to be cheaper than OR based ones and often you get the same upload speed as download.

Re: Broadband move BT to EE?

JimM11 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:18:29 GMT

@Timbo45 That's what they say, my choice is OR that is all that is here for the Fibre supply to the home, it is alleged that OR are looking to do symmetrical speeds but that is yet to happen, good if you need to be uploading to a server somewhere external to the network but if not then the FF500/75 currently is way more than enough currently!

Re: Broadband move BT to EE?

David254 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:46:07 GMT

I'm disappointed that as we progress service seems to get worse, big plans to cover the country with high speed fibre but one company won't work with another. I'm currently paying roughly 3 times more for FFTC than I could get FFTP with speeds 10 times currently slower that what will be available on full fibre but not with my current supplier.
My current broadband supplier seems to have the attitude lump it or like it, couldn't care less.

I had a conversation with a Sky rep on the high street and was met with sarcasm and an attitude that sucked, apparently there is no way of giving me an idea of what service I could expect and no idea of cost unless he could get into my account due to the many discounts that may or may not be available.
Whatever happened to being able to say you could get x speed for x amount per month but possibly get a discount because you have been a customer for 25 -30 years rather than only prepared to bother unless he was in the position to sign me up there and then.
Why couldn't he access my account? I didn't know my password, or those i did know didn't work, I just wanted a conversation to get an idea.
As I get older I am getting more and more fed up with the couldn't give a damn attitude but at the end of the day I want/need broadband.
Please keep thoughts and suggestions coming and maybe I can really decide between the good and the bad.

Re: Broadband move BT to EE?

JimM11 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:07:50 GMT

@David254 It's all down to what Fibre and the Companies doing the Fibre that is running past your home, you have OR Openreach the national supplier trying to get round everyone but no guarantee as to when / if / or why, then you have all off the other's like CF CityFibre, now a fairly big player in the market and all off the other smaller players trying hard to get your business that being your money, then ISP's doing deals to who and not trying to upset there balance and P others off.

As you have CF running past your door, then go to the CF web site, all those dealing will be on there, as to if/what works it's all a lottery at present so to say! It's a balance for me FF500 connection, and lowest sustained so far 200Mb/s when the Network got real busy, but that FF500 did not blip as the house is happy and doable at a 200Mb/s speed, so no one got P'd off, that's the wife by the way, blue murder when the Internet goes down, me don't give a flying **** you know the rest!

There are no deals you just have to work out get the price and go straight away, make a decision and stick by it, nearly 20 years on sky before i left, but glad to be back from the EE wilderness!