Hyperoptic Looking Good

[iNvidious01]

As soon as BT Infinity or this service from Hyperoptic comes to my area im ditching VM.

Just look at these prices

[danielf]

Prices From...

I smell a lot of hype. They even claim it'll boost the price of your house.

[carlwaring]

Looks like the 1GB service won't be widely available anytime soon, so the OP might just be a little disappointed

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/4206...and-for-london

[qasdfdsaq]

Plus not to mention Virgin Media's 100Mb service ("soon" to be 120Mb) is "From" £25.50 per month (or £12.75 if you count the half price offers)

[carlwaring]

Another "industry-standard" phrase (Just like "unlimited", remember )

[Central]

Originally Posted by carlwaring

Looks like the 1GB service won't be widely available anytime soon, so the OP might just be a little disappointed

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/4206...and-for-london

How do you know the OP does not live in London?

[Kymmy]

Originally Posted by Central

How do you know the OP does not live in London?

Probably because of this and other posts quoting not only his connection details but also Birmingham on more than two occasions so unless he's moved recently??

[Central]

Well that link gives me this

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But I doubt Carl checked up on that anyway. He has a habit of making assumptions to appear smug.

[carlwaring]

Originally Posted by Central

How do you know the OP does not live in London?

I didn't but it was more of a general comment.

---------- Post added at 09:45 ---------- Previous post was at 09:43 ----------

Originally Posted by Central

Well that link gives me this

I got that too.

But I doubt Carl checked up on that anyway. He has a habit of making assumptions to appear smug.

Which, given my answer above, is completely irrelevant in this case; and completely wrong in any case.

[AdamD]

Interesting prices, the PDF document says:

Hyper-lite (20 Meg down/1 Meg up)
£12.50 £22.50

Hyper-active (100 Meg symmetric)
£25.00 £35.00

Hyper-sonic (1 Gig symmetric)
£50.00 £60.00

Prices are with/without phone

£40 installation and connection fee during pre-order phase
£200 after building live

They have some misc fees:

Replacement item fee (Charge for new hyperhub if out of warranty or damage) - £70
Payment return fee (If direct debit fails) - £10/incident not subject to VAT
Re-activation fee (One off charge if account has been suspended/terminated) - £20

[iNvidious01]

yeah im not in london so i guess will be waiting for a while

but im betting bt infinity arrives quicker so will have to move to that

a few reasons why im considering moving are:

- superhub issues - random disconnects and reboots occasionally
- poor streaming for several sites including youtube
- speed dropping sharply at peak times
- STM policy for 100mb - its a premium service, should be exempt tbh

[qasdfdsaq]

Originally Posted by iNvidious01

- STM policy for 100mb - its a premium service, should be exempt tbh

Except 100Mb users use proportionally a lot more speed, bandwidth, and equipment than the price would suggest.

[carlwaring]

Now then q. Don't start using logic and common sense. You'll only confuse people

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by iNvidious01

- STM policy for 100mb - its a premium service, should be exempt tbh

I class myself as a heavy user and just move my LARGE downloads to outside the STM times, however even when STM'd my speed is still 50 meg

Its not rocket science to work out its still fast enough to download the lastest blu ray linux disk