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[Auto Addict]

Am I right in saying, apart from mega download speeds, it makes no difference to WiFi speeds.

Only hardwired devices would benefit?

[tunnie]

BT Infinity is the speed that enters and exits the house, its a product name for the speeds you can get. Its not related to WiFi, that is determined by your WiFi Router.

Standard old "G" spec are 54 Mbps, newer N rated ones are 300 Mbps. But in reality they rarely achieve this in the real world, from my experience.

If you want high speed, you want to go cabled. 

Infinity is also about capacity, rather than out right surfing speed, you can stream iPlayer in HD. Download on SkyGo, surf the web and do that Windows update all at the same time.

[Auto Addict]

BT Infinity is the speed that enters and exits the house, its a product name for the speeds you can get. Its not related to WiFi, that is determined by your WiFi Router.

Standard old "G" spec are 54 Mbps, newer N rated ones are 300 Mbps. But in reality they rarely achieve this in the real world, from my experience.

If you want high speed, you want to go cabled. 

Infinity is also about capacity, rather than out right surfing speed, you can stream iPlayer in HD. Download on SkyGo, surf the web and do that Windows update all at the same time.

Thought as much, not worth the extra £'s for me then, won't be going down that route

[tunnie]

BT Infinity is the speed that enters and exits the house, its a product name for the speeds you can get. Its not related to WiFi, that is determined by your WiFi Router.

Standard old "G" spec are 54 Mbps, newer N rated ones are 300 Mbps. But in reality they rarely achieve this in the real world, from my experience.

If you want high speed, you want to go cabled. 

Infinity is also about capacity, rather than out right surfing speed, you can stream iPlayer in HD. Download on SkyGo, surf the web and do that Windows update all at the same time.

Thought as much, not worth the extra £'s for me then, won't be going down that route

All comes down to what you actually do on your connection?

At a guess 99% general browsing, other 1% upgrades to software like tablets/windows?

[mantahatch]

If you have teenagers in the house it is def worth it  If no kids probably not.

[Auto Addict]

BT Infinity is the speed that enters and exits the house, its a product name for the speeds you can get. Its not related to WiFi, that is determined by your WiFi Router.

Standard old "G" spec are 54 Mbps, newer N rated ones are 300 Mbps. But in reality they rarely achieve this in the real world, from my experience.

If you want high speed, you want to go cabled. 

Infinity is also about capacity, rather than out right surfing speed, you can stream iPlayer in HD. Download on SkyGo, surf the web and do that Windows update all at the same time.

Thought as much, not worth the extra £'s for me then, won't be going down that route

All comes down to what you actually do on your connection?

At a guess 99% general browsing, other 1% upgrades to software like tablets/windows?

Correct

On talking to BT, I believe I would get a more stable connection, Tesco, which I've had for 2 years now is rubbish.

[tunnie]

In our experience for home standard use, the connections are rock solid 

[Auto Addict]

In our experience for home standard use, the connections are rock solid 

About to place an order

Thanks for the advice

[Elite Pete]

I've just binned BT because I was sick of talking to a foriegn person when I had a problem, i'm now with Plusnet who I believe are BT with a Yorkshire accent so just as difficult to understand

[cem_devecioglu]

the claimed download speeds are never correct..  they are instantaneous and depends on the hourly network traffic.. and if the requested server is busy your flying network cant do anything..
 
so your requested data will hardly exceed the 54 mpbs rate unless there are several users on your wifi or
distance too far or there is interference..
 
however I always prefer cable connection as there is no interference problem.. and my wifi generally is in use by my neighbour   ( I use their parking place )

[Auto Addict]

the claimed download speeds are never correct..  they are instantaneous and depends on the hourly network traffic.. and if the requested server is busy your flying network cant do anything..
 
so your requested data will hardly exceed the 54 mpbs rate unless there are several users on your wifi or
distance too far or there is interference..
 
however I always prefer cable connection as there is no interference problem.. and my wifi generally is in use by my neighbour   ( I use their parking place )

 

[TheBoy]

Why G wifi devices have around 20Mbps throughput. Both of my FTTC lines, a Zen Fibre one and a BT Infinity for Business one, have far more throughput than that . So wifi is the bottleneck.

The big advantages are upload speed, making cloud based services viable, and stability, as my line length is now 200m rather than 1500m.  Also, I player streaming doesn't buffer when people are caning OOF

[TheBoy]

Cem - I get pretty much the speeds they estimated I would get

Can get a good upload speedtest on the zen line because it always has lots of traffic for some reason

[cem_devecioglu]

Why G wifi devices have around 20Mbps throughput. Both of my FTTC lines, a Zen Fibre one and a BT Infinity for Business one, have far more throughput than that . So wifi is the bottleneck.

The big advantages are upload speed, making cloud based services viable, and stability, as my line length is now 200m rather than 1500m.  Also, I player streaming doesn't buffer when people are caning OOF

when you are in server room 

[cem_devecioglu]

Cem - I get pretty much the speeds they estimated I would get

Can get a good upload speedtest on the zen line because it always has lots of traffic for some reason

 
just on the test.. not in real life.. try to access a server outside UK , say in east europe or latin america , you wont   even if all network is brand new model, shiny and empty the server state can change the picture..