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I cannot begin to tell you how much I've been looking for a clear and concise video like this, Sir, to help me understand the Community Fibre installation in the London area, as well as the devices that Community Fibre will be requiring !! I had a rough idea, I'm not naive, and I've been watching a lot of Community Fibre videos to get a precise idea of installation in the London area. And, you've happily confirmed my suspicions for what devices CF will be requiring to fit in the home, as well as the chain of cabling - ONT box - 'Optical Network Termination' box on the wall ( in your case, using an old Virgin previous drilled point ), fibre optic cable to modem, RJ45 cable to router !! I took a chance on an educated guess after watching many other videos of CF installations, on setting up a home network of RJ45 cabling and power points, in preparation for when CF comes in to install the service. And now, I've finally been able to put my mind at rest that I haven't spent good money on a wasted pre-install network - fingers crossed !! ( 😖!! )... ( Too much information, Sir ?...) Anyway, thanks for the video, and if you don't mind me saying... Maybe consider re-wording your video title to mention that it will show what we can expect the installation to look like in the Home for a London install, as well as 'Community Fibre Gigabit Broadband Review 2024 (w/Speed Test) '...maybe ?... I'm sure there are many other people who would appreciate your video to show them what to expect from Community Fibre regarding the installation, and what devices they will be getting - and where - as part of the install'. Many thanks, Sir, and be lucky ! 😌...🙂 x.
Just ordered the same 1gb deal at 25 pounds a month. Fitting next week. Old ISP is only rated at 72mb and they wanted to increase it from 27 pounds to 35 pounds with no speed upgrade. Bye.
Hows it been? I've just done the same. 72to80 down and 20 up Internet, and they're not offering fttp unfortunately, so literally just ordered the 1Gb package.
Got mine installed today. Didn't take too long. Put it in the bedroom upstairs. With BT was getting 50 down 15 up. I got the 1gb plan and speed in the same room is 920down 700up. Same for room next to the router room. Room below it is around 500-650 down 300 up. Room on other side of house upstairs which is my room is around 500-650 down 300up.
Wow that’s fantastic speeds. Your lucky. I only have FTTC available in my area and im currently getting 74Mbps download & 18Mbps upload with Vodafone broadband. Still more than enough for me. But I do really hope sooner or later I get the new installations.
I've had them for a few years, they've been excellent however I do use my own enterprise grade router. The ONT modem is an Adtran not a Linksys by the way.
@@chasemason5129 People get a bit confused because lots of ISPs give you one box which is essentially a modem, switch, router, and access point all in one. With fibre providers they typically have the modem outside the all in one box, at least for the UK.
I did give the Cloudflare speed test a try, it's definitely much better than Ookla's! Thanks for the heads up, will be my go to speed test application in the future!
Excellent review! Sky want £33 for ultra fast in latest price increase. I have some deals on that and would be paying £46. These speeds on CF are insane. I have just ordered it and cancelled sky, as they do give you option to cancel if you do not like their increase.
Great video thanks. I am so upset. Today the engineer come to install my order. Unfortunately in our street we can only have overhead cable. But because we are on a hill the mast is lower than our property which means you see this wire going across your window as well next door neighbour who was not happy either.😢 So for now cannot have fast fibre internet.😮
That is incredibly frustrating. Have you been able to contact anyone at Community Fibre to see if there may be a long term solution to the problem. Surely there must be a way around this?
Great video! I'm having CF installed next week-moving from VM finally! Quick question -what is the rough distance between router and device. I will only be using PC and mobile phone. Current router is beside computer. Monica
Amazing video mate, just wanted to get an update regarding how things are. I’ve taken out the same deal but I feel I got an amazing deal. ~2 year contract ~1GB speed ~Anytime Landline and mobile calls for £5 ~First 12 months free (only have to pay £5 a month for the landline then £30 a month with landline for the 2nd year. ~60 days free cancellation period
Hey Paul. So I live in east London. Where I live I could only get standard open reach connections and virgin. Hyper Optic and community fibre wasn’t available. I did sign up for my interest for community fibre months ago to the point I forgot all about it. I got a call from someone from community fibre that said it’s now available in my area from 2 weeks ago and he’s been calling everyone on my road that signed up for interest. He originally offered me 6 months for free, 1GB speed and £5 a month for landline (landline and mobile calls - I don’t care for landline but my mum wanted to keep it). I told him give me a few days as I need to see if I could get out or my current contract with EE. Sidenote - I’m an ex EE employee, when I use to work there I had 50% off 300mbs which was around £25p/m which was amazing. Then It went back to full price plus annual interest rate increase meant I was paying £54 for 300mbs. I’ve moved out of my mums place so paying that much was crazy to me. As an ex EE employee I know there’s a loop whole where if you do a change of ownership, the new person (my mum) would be paying what I was previously but would be out of contract regardless of where I was. Anyways the original guy called me back a few days letter saying his boss has given him the all clear to give me a better offer changing the 6 months free to 9 months free. I was happy to go with it but I had to wait 2 weeks for the change of ownership to go through. On the second week of the change of ownership his boss called me saying he’s the regional manager and ask if I wanted the offer. I said I did but have to give me a few days as I’m currently going through a change of ownership to my mum to put me out of contract. He said I sound quite knowledgeable and actually offered me a job lol. Anyways a few days later he called me back saying I can offer you 12 months free instead of 9 if I take it in a few days in which I didn’t as I wanted to do some research on providers and deals. I gave him a call back yesterday to ask if the deal was still available in which he said no but “he’ll do it for me for this once”. My installation is next Monday (21st August). I’m extremely excited for it as I’ve honestly heard nothing but good news on community fibre. I’ve currently got EE (current provider) live so incase community fibre is shit, I can cancel it within the 14 days to get a refund on everything or within 60 days if I’m not happy with it. I got a few friends that have community fibre and they love it. They live in houses and get WiFi in every room without any boosters. The WiFi at my mum’s property is only a small 2 bedroom flat all on the same floor so I’m hoping for good results. Even if I get 100mbs wireless in each room I’ll be happy as EE (my currently provider) offered me 100mbs for £35 without landline More than happy to keep in contact with you if you had like Instagram - if you wanted to talk about it a bit more. Few things to note: within the first year I’m only paying the £5 a month for the landline service (normally £10p/m). Set up fee of £15 at the start too.
@@ELITESMOK3Y Thanks for the reply. Ask the engineer if the ont modem box to be installed is new and small, and not the Adtran 621i box as its huge and takes up space.They should have the equivalent to the Openreach ont box which is compact. Be Lucky !
@@Paul-je6pw Cheers mate, will do. One thing I forgot mention was the £100 offer for me and a friend couldn’t be claimed in conjunction with the offer I got. But for me it was a no brainier. In regards to your comment, what do you mean regarding the ont modem box?
So wait, the modem and router are separate? I'm with BT (contract expiring next month), but their Smarthub is one unit, a router and modem combined Also, if i use your signup link, how long after installation do i get the £100 voucher? Great video btw.
Modem provides you access to the internet however the router provided connections between wireless and wired devices. Yes usually these companies will have it all in one but you could even get ur own router instead of using community fibres router given
@@MoviesMovies-q6n got no idea tbh ill have to look into it more, i only just stumbled across this vid cuz my aunt got a leaflet from them. Ill let you know.
@@MoviesMovies-q6nthat could possibly work if you disable the modem function on the BT Smarthub but I doubt BT allow you to do this. Also, the Linksys router that comes with Community Fibre is much more capable/powerful. Was on BT with a Smarthub for several years. This blows this away imo
Good setup. Just a word of warning, you were lucky that the Community Fibre engineer ripped out the Virgin Media box. Mine didn't touch my existing Virgin media box because they mentioned that they were not allowed to. Also, the Linksys routers they provide are no the best in the world and they are WiFi 6 only.
Yeah, and they’ve done some upgrades to the app too recently allowing you to change the source of the speed test, either from the router to server or device to server. Clever stuff!
They just completed installing this on my street yesterday, just waiting for me to be able to order it. Great prices. Do you know if there is an option to to enable 2.4Ghz 5Ghz and 6Ghz at once?
Hi there, so I've just had a look into this. There is actually one 2.4Ghz band and two separate 5Ghz bands. Yes, this is the default mode of the router and it will work with your devices to determine the best band that each individual device connected to the router should be on. Alternatively, you can split the three bands so that you can manually have separate networks for each band. This would require you to manually connect each device to its desired band. This is a very capable router but again, unlike with BT and others, you have the freedom and flexibility of installing your own router or mesh system if you desire. Hope that helps!
@@chasemason5129 They came out, installed the cables and everything but there's a fault with the telephone line so they're getting BT out and hopefully in a weeks time, we can have it lol
Moving to Ilford next month in a 1 BR flat. We currently live elsewhere and on Sky Broadband. Sky did tell me that if they can provide the same service as our new flat then the contract can be terminated without incurring extra charges. I dunno if Sky is available and if they can match CB's price and speed tho. But how's your experience with Community Fibre so far? Has the speed stabilised now? Customer service any good?
Customer service has been great. Had to change my direct debit. Admittedly I wish I could do this online but had to over the phone and was sent a website link from them to my email to do so. But service has been good and their customer service is based in the UK. My speeds have been very consistent ever since, haven’t had a drop in speed since the video was uploaded. Would recommend for sure and at this price, it’s nothing short of a bargain.
My 5g connections cripples community fibre for half the price. I CANNOT recommend three for anything but if your in a 5g area you can get a connection for like a tenner a month.
Only problem is the ping on 5G and other cellular connections is very very bad. Ping on FTTP is at most 4ms. And so if latency is important to you say for gaming etc, then FTTP is always going to be the best choice. FTTP also increases the value of the house, if you’re considering selling later down the line. Funnily enough I live right behind a 5G cell tower and considered doing that but again, latency will be a huge problem.
And when you say “cripples”, your talking speeds in excess of 1Gbps??? In excess of 3Gbps (which is available on Community Fibre for a reasonable price)??? If so, what devices in your home will realistically capitalise on all of that available speed?
@@chasemason5129 the basic router from free is a good example. I'm not at home writing this message but I put an antenna up outside and I was given a ztc or something router and it went over a ubiquity unify solution. I get around two and a half GB during the night and when it varies a lot during the day. So maybe it doesn't triple the speed if you get the biggest package but it certainly quicker and because I only pay £10 a month for it it's definitely better value for money.
That's great speeds! I'm glad you found something that works for you! During the day, what type of speeds are you seeing at peak times? Sounds like good value for money, I couldn't find this tarrif on Three's website, is it only available for existing customers or some sort of a special deal? @@elixier33
My home office is on the floor directly above the living room where the router is. Download speeds around 530Mbps and upload around 200Mbps. Debating whether or not to install a mesh system for myself, I didn't see the point of paying an extra £10p/m on Community Fibre for their mesh system when I could buy my own outright. Not a priority for me right now. However, I am getting no signal at the top floor loft extension of the house, which is expected. Nobody occupies there at present but if that changes, I'll probably get another node to provide that area with signal. Overall, I'm really impressed with the quality of this router and I much prefer it to some of the proprietary routers from other ISPs.
Basically, if your house has only two floors, you should be fine. Any loft extensions and you may need an extender. Really up to you to gauge based on speed tests in different locations when you receive your router, and where you believe is the best location for the modem to be installed.
If you're living in a residential estate/block of flats then no drilling will be needed as there will be a fibre cable running into the block and serving all the houses within it.
Hi, did you have any issues with Netflix, or if you have a house alarm that runs on wi-fi. My concern is that community fibre uses the CGNET which means lots of people share the same ip address. Did you find this a problem.?
Haven’t had any issues mate, I have a house alarm for which the control panel is connected to the router via Ethernet. No issues with Netflix with multiple profiles on different devices
Hi just curious.. i believe the standard 1GB is £30 right or £25? I am just wondering after your contract finishs will it be the same price? Or would it be £40+?
Currently offers going at £25 a month. I believe there is a price increase at the end of the contract, I’m not sure by how much but by the time you reach that point, you’re better off either getting a new contract or moving to another provider
Able to show yourself downloading something during the evening (like a game on steam or file from Google drive, a large one ) and using googles speed test.
I won’t have the time to make another video as I have exams at the moment but I can assure you I have seen little to no difference in my speeds at peak times.
I’ll check that and get back to you. Other people with gigabit broadband have complained about slow speeds on the PS5. Search slow upload speeds PS5 on RUclips. Nonetheless, I’ll do a test and get back to you
I just got community fibre, although the ps5 is in my room I took the ps5 downstairs and connected it to the router wired and got 933mbps download but still a low upload of around 20 but 933 download was insane. Tested by downloading battlefield which is a 80gb game and it said it would finish in 20 minutes😅
their installer engineers are absolutely disgusting lazy and incompetent. in order to save time they tricked an old lady into having them drill the hole in the kitchen wall and installed it in their kitchen instead of taking the time to do it through door or front wall. and then didn't bother to test it. all just so he could go home 1hr early. who installs a modem in a kitchen? the only worst place he could have chosen is the shower room. kitchens have steam, water, vapor, fire doors, microwaves, food molecules etc all that will affect the signal or destroy the modem. absolute laziness and incompetence. and it wasn't the first time either. choose another company if you have the choice. frankly that worker should be sacked. but they won't.
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I cannot begin to tell you how much I've been looking for a clear and concise video like this, Sir, to help me understand the Community Fibre installation in the London area, as well as the devices that Community Fibre will be requiring !! I had a rough idea, I'm not naive, and I've been watching a lot of Community Fibre videos to get a precise idea of installation in the London area. And, you've happily confirmed my suspicions for what devices CF will be requiring to fit in the home, as well as the chain of cabling - ONT box - 'Optical Network Termination' box on the wall ( in your case, using an old Virgin previous drilled point ), fibre optic cable to modem, RJ45 cable to router !!
I took a chance on an educated guess after watching many other videos of CF installations, on setting up a home network of RJ45 cabling and power points, in preparation for when CF comes in to install the service. And now, I've finally been able to put my mind at rest that I haven't spent good money on a wasted pre-install network - fingers crossed !! ( 😖!! )... ( Too much information, Sir ?...) Anyway, thanks for the video, and if you don't mind me saying... Maybe consider re-wording your video title to mention that it will show what we can expect the installation to look like in the Home for a London install, as well as 'Community Fibre Gigabit Broadband Review 2024 (w/Speed Test) '...maybe ?...
I'm sure there are many other people who would appreciate your video to show them what to expect from Community Fibre regarding the installation, and what devices they will be getting - and where - as part of the install'.
Many thanks, Sir, and be lucky ! 😌...🙂 x.
Just ordered the same 1gb deal at 25 pounds a month. Fitting next week. Old ISP is only rated at 72mb and they wanted to increase it from 27 pounds to 35 pounds with no speed upgrade. Bye.
Hows it been? I've just done the same. 72to80 down and 20 up Internet, and they're not offering fttp unfortunately, so literally just ordered the 1Gb package.
@@ox1deI use toob fucking solid no price rises in contract and £25 a month 990 up and down normally
Got mine installed today. Didn't take too long. Put it in the bedroom upstairs. With BT was getting 50 down 15 up. I got the 1gb plan and speed in the same room is 920down 700up. Same for room next to the router room. Room below it is around 500-650 down 300 up. Room on other side of house upstairs which is my room is around 500-650 down 300up.
Very very impressive speeds
Bro 😭, im with EE and im getting 35 down and 9 up. I need Community Fibre to come to my street asap
Excellent and detailed review Chase, especially for those like myself who are looking to get CF... Brilliant and thank you very much!
Glad it was helpful!
Wow that’s fantastic speeds. Your lucky. I only have FTTC available in my area and im currently getting 74Mbps download & 18Mbps upload with Vodafone broadband. Still more than enough for me. But I do really hope sooner or later I get the new installations.
Honestly, it is in some respects life changing that I can now always rely on being able to have a fast and stable connection for everything.
Great review. loved every minute of it
Thanks for this mate very well explained
No problem 👍
Many thanks, very helpful.
No problem!
I've had them for a few years, they've been excellent however I do use my own enterprise grade router. The ONT modem is an Adtran not a Linksys by the way.
Didn’t know that, thanks for the info!
@@chasemason5129 People get a bit confused because lots of ISPs give you one box which is essentially a modem, switch, router, and access point all in one. With fibre providers they typically have the modem outside the all in one box, at least for the UK.
Cloud flare speed test gives you great analytics if you want a bit more of a granular speed test 😁
I did give the Cloudflare speed test a try, it's definitely much better than Ookla's! Thanks for the heads up, will be my go to speed test application in the future!
I signed up today £25 for 1gbps and 1st 12 month is free. They have special promotion in the area
Same, what area are you?
This is perfect, great overview - thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent review! Sky want £33 for ultra fast in latest price increase. I have some deals on that and would be paying £46. These speeds on CF are insane. I have just ordered it and cancelled sky, as they do give you option to cancel if you do not like their increase.
Fair enough!
That’s not a modem. That’s an ONT device also known as ONU of optical network unit.
Great video thanks. I am so upset. Today the engineer come to install my order. Unfortunately in our street we can only have overhead cable. But because we are on a hill the mast is lower than our property which means you see this wire going across your window as well next door neighbour who was not happy either.😢 So for now cannot have fast fibre internet.😮
That is incredibly frustrating. Have you been able to contact anyone at Community Fibre to see if there may be a long term solution to the problem. Surely there must be a way around this?
Thanks for your review mate
No problem 👍
Ordered the 1.6GB deal with EE
Great video! I'm having CF installed next week-moving from VM finally! Quick question -what is the rough distance between router and device. I will only be using PC and mobile phone. Current router is beside computer. Monica
Amazing video mate, just wanted to get an update regarding how things are. I’ve taken out the same deal but I feel I got an amazing deal.
~2 year contract
~1GB speed
~Anytime Landline and mobile calls for £5
~First 12 months free (only have to pay £5 a month for the landline then £30 a month with landline for the 2nd year.
~60 days free cancellation period
How did you negotiate such a great deal ? All you needed was the free £100 Amazon voucher offer How is your service?
Hey Paul. So I live in east London. Where I live I could only get standard open reach connections and virgin. Hyper Optic and community fibre wasn’t available. I did sign up for my interest for community fibre months ago to the point I forgot all about it.
I got a call from someone from community fibre that said it’s now available in my area from 2 weeks ago and he’s been calling everyone on my road that signed up for interest. He originally offered me 6 months for free, 1GB speed and £5 a month for landline (landline and mobile calls - I don’t care for landline but my mum wanted to keep it). I told him give me a few days as I need to see if I could get out or my current contract with EE.
Sidenote - I’m an ex EE employee, when I use to work there I had 50% off 300mbs which was around £25p/m which was amazing. Then It went back to full price plus annual interest rate increase meant I was paying £54 for 300mbs. I’ve moved out of my mums place so paying that much was crazy to me. As an ex EE employee I know there’s a loop whole where if you do a change of ownership, the new person (my mum) would be paying what I was previously but would be out of contract regardless of where I was.
Anyways the original guy called me back a few days letter saying his boss has given him the all clear to give me a better offer changing the 6 months free to 9 months free. I was happy to go with it but I had to wait 2 weeks for the change of ownership to go through. On the second week of the change of ownership his boss called me saying he’s the regional manager and ask if I wanted the offer. I said I did but have to give me a few days as I’m currently going through a change of ownership to my mum to put me out of contract. He said I sound quite knowledgeable and actually offered me a job lol. Anyways a few days later he called me back saying I can offer you 12 months free instead of 9 if I take it in a few days in which I didn’t as I wanted to do some research on providers and deals. I gave him a call back yesterday to ask if the deal was still available in which he said no but “he’ll do it for me for this once”.
My installation is next Monday (21st August). I’m extremely excited for it as I’ve honestly heard nothing but good news on community fibre. I’ve currently got EE (current provider) live so incase community fibre is shit, I can cancel it within the 14 days to get a refund on everything or within 60 days if I’m not happy with it.
I got a few friends that have community fibre and they love it. They live in houses and get WiFi in every room without any boosters. The WiFi at my mum’s property is only a small 2 bedroom flat all on the same floor so I’m hoping for good results. Even if I get 100mbs wireless in each room I’ll be happy as EE (my currently provider) offered me 100mbs for £35 without landline
More than happy to keep in contact with you if you had like Instagram - if you wanted to talk about it a bit more.
Few things to note: within the first year I’m only paying the £5 a month for the landline service (normally £10p/m). Set up fee of £15 at the start too.
@@ELITESMOK3Y Thanks for the reply. Ask the engineer if the ont modem box to be installed is new and small, and not the Adtran 621i box as its huge and takes up space.They should have the equivalent to the Openreach ont box which is compact.
Be Lucky !
@@Paul-je6pw Cheers mate, will do. One thing I forgot mention was the £100 offer for me and a friend couldn’t be claimed in conjunction with the offer I got. But for me it was a no brainier. In regards to your comment, what do you mean regarding the ont modem box?
@@ELITESMOK3Y On chases video @ 2.00 minute he shows the modem I'm talking about, under his TV. I hope they have newer smaller box.
So wait, the modem and router are separate? I'm with BT (contract expiring next month), but their Smarthub is one unit, a router and modem combined Also, if i use your signup link, how long after installation do i get the £100 voucher? Great video btw.
Modem provides you access to the internet however the router provided connections between wireless and wired devices. Yes usually these companies will have it all in one but you could even get ur own router instead of using community fibres router given
@@Jdjdhewhwisitoverrr Yeah i wasn't aware that they came separately. Do you know if community fibre is separate? And if so can i use my bt smarthub?
@@MoviesMovies-q6n got no idea tbh ill have to look into it more, i only just stumbled across this vid cuz my aunt got a leaflet from them. Ill let you know.
@@MoviesMovies-q6nthat could possibly work if you disable the modem function on the BT Smarthub but I doubt BT allow you to do this. Also, the Linksys router that comes with Community Fibre is much more capable/powerful. Was on BT with a Smarthub for several years. This blows this away imo
It’s after you’ve used community fibre for two full months, so as to prevent people from getting the voucher and then just cancelling their contracts
Good setup. Just a word of warning, you were lucky that the Community Fibre engineer ripped out the Virgin Media box. Mine didn't touch my existing Virgin media box because they mentioned that they were not allowed to. Also, the Linksys routers they provide are no the best in the world and they are WiFi 6 only.
Indeed but you have the flexibility to use your own router and I much prefer this over a proprietary router locked in by the ISPs
@chase if you used the linksys app you get a better speed
Yeah, and they’ve done some upgrades to the app too recently allowing you to change the source of the speed test, either from the router to server or device to server. Clever stuff!
Great video mate 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed
Interesting thanks for the review value for money speeds here
No problem 👍
thanks for the video, but community fibre is not in some places, for eg: Lambeth Area, , I was looking for this provider, but I need to wait
Yeah it’s really frustrating, my parents are in Greenwich and most of their hasn’t been covered by Community Fibre just yet
Thanks for the info
Great review, thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Did you have any problems with the installers? I have read that Kelly communication is excellent at not turning up.
Community Fibre is a no brainner, its the best bang for buck... bun Virgin Media!!!!
Just got the letter saying there in my area today, bye bye virgin
@@TheDarkMatrixsame here lol, we are gonna move into this
They just completed installing this on my street yesterday, just waiting for me to be able to order it. Great prices. Do you know if there is an option to to enable 2.4Ghz 5Ghz and 6Ghz at once?
Hi there, so I've just had a look into this. There is actually one 2.4Ghz band and two separate 5Ghz bands. Yes, this is the default mode of the router and it will work with your devices to determine the best band that each individual device connected to the router should be on. Alternatively, you can split the three bands so that you can manually have separate networks for each band. This would require you to manually connect each device to its desired band. This is a very capable router but again, unlike with BT and others, you have the freedom and flexibility of installing your own router or mesh system if you desire. Hope that helps!
Thanks mate.
No worries!
Can you tell me the model number of your MODEM (the black one under your TV)
Awesome video mate! How long did it take for them to install and for you to be able to start using the internet?
Thank you mate! All done within an hour. Took two engineers to do the job.
@@chasemason5129 Perfect! :D I'm getting it this coming Tuesday and coming from Sky broadband, I'm so excited to have better internet!
@@azcukfan8068it’s a game changer, let me know how it goes
@@chasemason5129 They came out, installed the cables and everything but there's a fault with the telephone line so they're getting BT out and hopefully in a weeks time, we can have it lol
@@azcukfan8068frustrating! Give me an update if you get it sorted
Moving to Ilford next month in a 1 BR flat. We currently live elsewhere and on Sky Broadband. Sky did tell me that if they can provide the same service as our new flat then the contract can be terminated without incurring extra charges. I dunno if Sky is available and if they can match CB's price and speed tho. But how's your experience with Community Fibre so far? Has the speed stabilised now? Customer service any good?
Customer service has been great. Had to change my direct debit. Admittedly I wish I could do this online but had to over the phone and was sent a website link from them to my email to do so. But service has been good and their customer service is based in the UK. My speeds have been very consistent ever since, haven’t had a drop in speed since the video was uploaded. Would recommend for sure and at this price, it’s nothing short of a bargain.
That's impressive speed.
Are you forced to use ethernet cable or can you also use it as wifi?
Can be used with Ethernet and WiFi to achieve the speeds shown
No ONT? Normally that includes the modem. Just seems like extra unnecessary space with this set up.
I’m hoping I can get an ONT, will ring them up to see
Interested in joining CF but need to know if I can use my own Eero router/mesh system? Before I sign up
Yes you can!
My 5g connections cripples community fibre for half the price. I CANNOT recommend three for anything but if your in a 5g area you can get a connection for like a tenner a month.
Only problem is the ping on 5G and other cellular connections is very very bad. Ping on FTTP is at most 4ms. And so if latency is important to you say for gaming etc, then FTTP is always going to be the best choice. FTTP also increases the value of the house, if you’re considering selling later down the line. Funnily enough I live right behind a 5G cell tower and considered doing that but again, latency will be a huge problem.
And when you say “cripples”, your talking speeds in excess of 1Gbps??? In excess of 3Gbps (which is available on Community Fibre for a reasonable price)??? If so, what devices in your home will realistically capitalise on all of that available speed?
@@chasemason5129 the basic router from free is a good example. I'm not at home writing this message but I put an antenna up outside and I was given a ztc or something router and it went over a ubiquity unify solution. I get around two and a half GB during the night and when it varies a lot during the day. So maybe it doesn't triple the speed if you get the biggest package but it certainly quicker and because I only pay £10 a month for it it's definitely better value for money.
That's great speeds! I'm glad you found something that works for you! During the day, what type of speeds are you seeing at peak times? Sounds like good value for money, I couldn't find this tarrif on Three's website, is it only available for existing customers or some sort of a special deal? @@elixier33
How are you getting that for £10
How are the wifi speeds in other rooms away from the router.
My home office is on the floor directly above the living room where the router is. Download speeds around 530Mbps and upload around 200Mbps. Debating whether or not to install a mesh system for myself, I didn't see the point of paying an extra £10p/m on Community Fibre for their mesh system when I could buy my own outright. Not a priority for me right now. However, I am getting no signal at the top floor loft extension of the house, which is expected. Nobody occupies there at present but if that changes, I'll probably get another node to provide that area with signal. Overall, I'm really impressed with the quality of this router and I much prefer it to some of the proprietary routers from other ISPs.
Basically, if your house has only two floors, you should be fine. Any loft extensions and you may need an extender. Really up to you to gauge based on speed tests in different locations when you receive your router, and where you believe is the best location for the modem to be installed.
@@chasemason5129 Thanks for explaining. Getting community fibre next week.
Thanks Chase , excellent presentation. Definitely will get Community Fibre , ditching Virgin as I am out of contract now.
@@Zoobyy let me know how it goes 👍🏿
i have FTTP so my setup must be different no need drill anywhere as fibre coming into the block.
If you're living in a residential estate/block of flats then no drilling will be needed as there will be a fibre cable running into the block and serving all the houses within it.
@@chasemason5129 i order today 1gps community fibre they coming tuesday to install it.
Hi, did you have any issues with Netflix, or if you have a house alarm that runs on wi-fi. My concern is that community fibre uses the CGNET which means lots of people share the same ip address. Did you find this a problem.?
Haven’t had any issues mate, I have a house alarm for which the control panel is connected to the router via Ethernet. No issues with Netflix with multiple profiles on different devices
Hi just curious.. i believe the standard 1GB is £30 right or £25? I am just wondering after your contract finishs will it be the same price? Or would it be £40+?
Currently offers going at £25 a month. I believe there is a price increase at the end of the contract, I’m not sure by how much but by the time you reach that point, you’re better off either getting a new contract or moving to another provider
Do you NEED the modem? I dont think i have enough sockets for a modem, just the hub
Yes, you do need the modem for any FTTP (fibre to the property) broadband.
Have you tried fortnite if so what ping was it?
Haven’t tried Fortnite mate, but I’ll get my brother to do so and report back
Able to show yourself downloading something during the evening (like a game on steam or file from Google drive, a large one ) and using googles speed test.
I won’t have the time to make another video as I have exams at the moment but I can assure you I have seen little to no difference in my speeds at peak times.
How are the DL/UL speeds when you do a wired connection test on your PS5?
I’ll check that and get back to you. Other people with gigabit broadband have complained about slow speeds on the PS5. Search slow upload speeds PS5 on RUclips. Nonetheless, I’ll do a test and get back to you
@@chasemason5129 Thanks. It was purely a curiosity question anyway.
What upload and download speed do you get on the ps5?
I can have a look at that and get back to you!
@@chasemason5129i would also like to know aswell what the speeds are for ps5
I just got community fibre, although the ps5 is in my room I took the ps5 downstairs and connected it to the router wired and got 933mbps download but still a low upload of around 20 but 933 download was insane. Tested by downloading battlefield which is a 80gb game and it said it would finish in 20 minutes😅
their installer engineers are absolutely disgusting lazy and incompetent.
in order to save time they tricked an old lady into having them drill the hole in the kitchen wall and installed it in their kitchen instead of taking the time to do it through door or front wall. and then didn't bother to test it.
all just so he could go home 1hr early.
who installs a modem in a kitchen? the only worst place he could have chosen is the shower room. kitchens have steam, water, vapor, fire doors, microwaves, food molecules etc all that will affect the signal or destroy the modem.
absolute laziness and incompetence. and it wasn't the first time either.
choose another company if you have the choice. frankly that worker should be sacked. but they won't.
Can’t throw the baby out with the bath water 😢
@@chasemason5129 wasn't the only bad experience with them. they have lazy installers as there's no oversight.
Mini xbox sexries x
The router definitely bears similarities in terms of looks