the UK's best internet conection

[robbiess]

The UK's worst ISP has come up with the Uk's best connection admitedly for a price but for some reason the upload doesn't match the down

EDIT: I am told that hyper optic provide a faster connection in London into flats and businesses; well almost the best connection

price:£100
DOWN: up to: 350 mb/s
UP:MINIMUM: 20 mb/s
monthly alowance:750GB
Provider: KC/karoo/KCOM
conection via: fibre to home (FTH)

erm I think I'm gonna move just so i can get this connection but at £1200 a year it is pricey and only available in east yorkshire and you have to have a FTH conection but 750GB would fill my entire laptop in 36 minutes this conection is enough to satisfy any ones up coming needs for 3D 4K porn LOL

 

[jamesriley94]

...will I get this at Uni?

 

[ruairi.C]

that's a rip off £100 for 350mb/s. And it's strange for them to put such a high usage limit on it but I suppose I'd probably never reach it anyway but hyperoptic still>

https://hyperoptic.com/web/guest/home#3
1Gb/s for £50 a month after the installation (obv because they need to FTH)

 

[robbiess]

generally speaking universities have somesort of high speed connection to a exchange purpose built for them i have no idea for you but i think the university has some sort of KC fiber buisness package which existed before they rolled out fibre for buisness and home usage

 

[jamesriley94]

I'm hoping so - I'd love to top the speed test

 

[ruairi.C]

yea sure universities will have to have good internet to cope with the amount of people connected.

 

[jamesriley94]

yea sure universities will have to have good internet to cope with the amount of people connected.

Yeh - I know...
But I'm going to Hull - ie - East Yorkshire
and I'd love 350mb/s internet

 

[Josh Weston]

Pssht. Only 20 up, and a usage limit? For that much? Ah dunt fink so.

 

[robbiess]

hyperoptic only connect to flats i missed them I'll (I'd never heard them before) edit the thing thanks for the correction. Sorry

But the people that this connection is available to only have 1 choice of ISP which is the people that provide the connection b

 

[robbiess]

Pssht. Only 20 up, and a usage limit? For that much? Ah dunt fink so.

i understand but kcom the provider of this package can charge what ever the hell they feel like they have 98.something% market share within the service area

 

[Josh Weston]

It's true, they can, and as such they're never going to have my custom

 

[robbiess]

unless your planing on moving you can't; I'm stuck to these money suckers unless i move

 

[ruairi.C]

hyperoptic only connect to flats i missed them I'll (I'd never heard them before) edit the thing thanks for the correction. Sorry

But the people that this connection is available to only have 1 choice of ISP which is the people that provide the connection b

I'm fairly certain they don't just do flats but I think it's that they won't just FTH one house alone. If you live in a house you have to get a proportion of your street to sign up and want it and they'll do it. But if it's only your house that wants it form the whole street they won't do it.

I haven't done any research but I know of a few people who have it and I believe that's how it works but I could be wrong.

 

[robbiess]

go here and the Q&A https://hyperoptic.com/web/guest/faq and look under who can get it. I think it implies that only complexes ie flats or shared accommodation I can't tell for certain though it isn't that clear

 

[Kanped]

go here and the Q&A https://hyperoptic.com/web/guest/faq and look under who can get it. I think it implies that only complexes ie flats or shared accommodation I can't tell for certain though it isn't that clear

Q: Why is your service not available to all properties?
A: The cost to install a fibre connection to the building can be expensive; at the moment it's just not feasible to do this for individual properties. By targeting multi-connected units a single fibre connection into a property can be made affordable.

So, there you go.