topic Re: Is 67mb broadband good? in Broadband & Landline

Is 67mb broadband good?

Chris0412 — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 06:21:46 GMT

Just moved from O2 to EE for mobile. Virgin media are hiking our 500mb broadband from £54 to £84 next month. There is no other provider where we live that delivers this speed. The attitude seems to be take it or leave it even though we’ve been with them for 18 years. We probably don’t need it all the time anymore as I retired early so am not on work systems all day. Seems that EE full fibre wont be arriving until around 2026. Only 2 adults at home now and we use broadband for streaming, uploading data to OneDrive and a bit of online gaming. Is 67mb broadband adequate for this until faster speeds are available? Thanks for your opinions.

Re: Is 67mb broadband good?

Chris_B — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 06:50:32 GMT

@Chris0412 I’m happily using it for streaming, it’ll take a little longer to upload but that’s time to make a cup tea.

Re: Is 67mb broadband good?

JimM11 — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 07:03:02 GMT

@Chris0412 As Chris_B has pointed out obviously not as fast as your VM connection, but also keep an eye out for the combined Mobile/Broadband offers from EE also, as i save an extra £40 of 2 mobiles also using the combo, did it the other way, got BB first then changed mobiles from O2 to EE, but don't think that matters how its done, mobile is unlimited everything and just waiting on OR to get finger out for fttp, promised soon but soon can be far away...

Re: Is 67mb broadband good?

XRaySpeX — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 20:22:33 GMT

It's suitable for most uses, particularly for a household of 2.

Re: Is 67mb broadband good?

Mustrum — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 20:53:08 GMT

@Chris0412 the 67Mb you mention is an average speed measure insisted by OFCOM, supposedly to help consumers. But the actual speeds you get depends on the distance to the cabinet - the further away, the slower the speed, so to get a better idea of the speed you can expect, enter your details in the BTW DSL checker and see what it says - post the results hiding your address if you need more info.

That said, and depending on the results, streaming should be fine, gaming may not be as resposive, gaming and streaming at the same time MAY show issues.

HTH

Re: Is 67mb broadband good?

XRaySpeX — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 20:41:58 GMT

What does BT Wholesale Broadband Availability Checker estimate for your phone number? Post just 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.