YouFibre Review and Speed Test 1gig 2024

[@RichMantaray]

Dont worry i upgraded to a gaming router so no ip or passwords will work :) and ive gained 26 meg more on the upload :)

[@hotdriver]

hey mate, are you paying for the youmesh thingy to have better coverage throughout the house? i'm wondering if the router sends a strong signal without the need of the mesh thingy

[@RichMantaray]

No, the wifi is a little bit weaker than virgin media's hub 4 , but I've never had a problem. And if I did ied get a wifi access point ans wire a lan cable to it for better performance

[@TomDobo1992]

I’m thinking about leaving virgin and going to these. How’s your experience been?

[@RichMantaray]

i did the same thing ,, i was paying £45 a month for 250 down and 20 up from virgin media ,,,,,,,, i saw the 1gig up and down for £32 month with ip address ,,,and i just went for it !! best thing i ever did !! ,,,would i go back to virgin media ,,,proby not ,, ied stay and go on lower package if i couldn't afford it

[@plainboyyy]

Would you say that you're satisfied with your switch a month later?

[@RichMantaray]

2 month, and yes best Internet I've.ever had

[@JennyGavinWear]

great broadband. 1040mbps from day 1. no drops.

[@OneManTagTeam]

My Sky fibre gigabit contract expires next month and thinking of moving to youfibre for the synchronised speeds for less than I currently pay. I have an Orbi mesh system just now. Can I use that with youfibre?

[@RichMantaray]

probly ,,im unsure ,, they use a wifi 6 router . so ul want wifi 6 mesh for sure

[@leefal]

Hi mate, did they install an external box on the outside wall along with that one that's on your wall? Or did they run it up beside the existing Openreach/BT fibre line? Was there any digging involved at all?

[@RichMantaray]

no digging and the ran a fibre line from post along singe the bt copper wire

[@dean9776]

Is it worth me asking youfibre if they’re would swap out my eero pro 6 for one of the arris routers as we seem to be getting a lot of dropouts lately especially on iOS devices also my fire tv stick 4k max 2nd gen is literally metres away in the same room and still get weak signal and eero’s are so locked down there’s not much you can do can’t even separate WiFi bands.

[@RichMantaray]

No mate they clas the erro router as better lol, I myself ended with one a month ago cos that black one broke, so I went to argos and just git a wifi 7 router

[@dean9776]

Our service has been great overall not one problem apart from now’ we also had a smaller eero 6 mesh put upstairs but I deleted it from the eero app completely and took it out because that just seemed to slow the speeds down’ I’m not sure if it’s iOS that’s causing the issue or it’s the eero pro 6 also it’s gets pretty toasty warm underneath just hope it’s not overheating

[@RichMantaray]

@@dean9776 buy your own router

[@dean9776]

Which router did u buy from Argos if u don’t mind me asking thanks 👍🏻

[@leewil5173]

Did you say they use Bt lines to connect it. I spoke to someone from youFibre and they said it’s below ground so I assumed the same as virgin is connected

[@RichMantaray]

Nope dedicated fibre line from the BT post ,,,, i imagine it does go under ground at some point

[@cshaw317]

Depends if your line to your house comes from a pole or underground, they will probably just use the a new line in the same duct as the bt one. Ours used the bt line to tie to from the pole

[@cjgames8701]

They don’t use BT lines, but the existing open reach (BT) underground ducts, save having to dig anymore. Own network, own fibre👍

[@cjgames8701]

Occasionally overhead lines also. Same scenario, BT infrastructure, Netomnia FIbre

[@JGWGamingUK]

Getting over 1040mb both up and down. Ping 2 ms. Really friendly service, installation very smooth. The Arris router is great, wireless never loses signal.

[@HydrogenPero]

i have the 900mbps AVERAGE package but on my computer im only getting 40mbps. is this because im not using a Ethernet Cable?

[@JennyGavinWear]

@@HydrogenPero Personally I use a Cat 6 ethernet cable directly from my pc to my router. I'm bit of a gamer, so I go for minimum latency, which can also be an issue with wifi connections. However, there are fast wifi extenders, but I have no experience of using these. Our Smart TV connects over wifi and we're seeing about 42mbps, which is about the same as you're getting. The limitation / bottleneck here is probably a slow wifi adapter in the TV. Happy to answer any questions you may have.

[@crangerkirmesfan]

Try the FritzBox 5690 Pro it has a 2,5Gbit LAN Port and you can plug the Fiber Cable directly into the Router but you need a 2,5Gbit LAN Pcie Card for your PC i think you can get over a 1000 with that in both directions greetings from Germany 😊

[@RichMantaray]

i have a 2.5G switch and lan port on my PC and one on The server that i use to host game for friends

[@RichMantaray]

they must have upgraded the line cos i now get 5ms,,and i have noticed i dont have any banding going on any more in games with people from USA any more !!! i love it !!

[@r199ers]

....love the pronunciation of 'Slough'!!

[@weedless9531]

Slowth lol

[@JmK_Music239]

im so confused the speeds were amazing on wifi for first 1 or 2 weeks with 400 download and 200 ish upload but since then my speeds have been way slower and inconsistent with horrible ping wtf happened

[@RichMantaray]

first things first ,,,,WiFi is not internet :) , u never measure your internet over wifi ,,,,,, plug a lan cable in to a PC and run a speed test

[@JmK_Music239]

@@RichMantarayi would if i could but atm dont have eithernet cable so i have to deal with wifi at the minute. still dont know why the speeds dropped so much after that time period though. i would say because my house is garbage with the walls or whatever but doesent explain how i was getting 400 now only 30 to 120 depending on how lucky i am

[@JennyGavinWear]

UPDATE: STILL waiting for my landline to be ported! not happy! many promises, no result.