Community Fibre Review
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2024
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I have community fibre installed last week Friday, so far so good. Nothing to complain about very good service. Very informative video. Cheers mate
Amazing review man! glad you took the time to talk everyone through it! Just seen CF installed in my aread and I've been looking for an alternative to VM. Thanks!
Informative and interesting . I too have been looking for an alternative fibre option to Virgin and Michael seems to have found the perfect alternative . His clear and concise commentary on Community fibre has been endearing to me and I will certainly be exploring this further . Thanks for your stirling efforts Michael!
Thanks for the great review you covered every aspect Im getting community aswell the team is coming tomorrow to get everything setup and your making me think I've made the right decision so appreciate it
Welcome, great that the video helped you. Good move getting the fibre in.
Thanks for this video dude, i am having it installed today and knew there were 2 x boxes to be installed but didn't know where the 2nd would be installed, but as you have shown it is a stand alone box that can be moved with just the 1 box on the wall. It saved me moving loads more furniture out of the way! i watched the update video too, but this is the one with the most pertinent info on for installation. i couldnt find this level of detail on the community fibre website even! top man :)
Thanks for the nice message mate. Enjoy the fibre 💪
Thanks for sharing I've been looking for a proper review on community fibre for a while great work
No worries, glad you found it helpful. :)
Excellent Video. Thanks for the referral link, will be using it when i order my Community Fibre service.
i just got commuity fibre installed on tuesday went for 1gps £25 a month and cancelled my sky broadband would not match price. so far so good speeds better than sky, time will tell.
I remember back in days before Virgin media was telewest broadband, very good one at time, once Virgin took over, the customer services was one of the bads i ever experienced ...we also moved to CFiber and so far so good...
Thanks for doing the video.
A good overview of the Community Fibre residential service and an installation to a typical house.
I've had the Community Fibre service installed and for what it is worth, thinking through carefully how you want it installed and what is practical, will help you get a job you are pleased with. A team of two took a couple of hours with my install and it is very neat.
I have a copper phone cable overhead. That isn't touched so I have now got two connections from the pole, the old copper phone line (Openreach) and the new Community Fibre fibre optic connection.
There isn't an obvious process for ceasing the physical copper connection from the pole.
Thank you for the review! Very Useful Used your code too!
Ha I had a similar experience when trying to leave Virgin, thanks for the video - useful.
There wasn't much reviews on this product so decided to stay with my old provider, will definitely take a chance on this one next time round.
I ordered the same package gonna get it installed Tuesday they still do the 48 hours installation, they also offer 3gb for £50
Thanks for the video good information
Good stuff, Which company are you switching from?
@@Westerdd hi mate I got it installed today,
getting over 500mb and even on upload
the guys Who installed it was great put it where I wanted it I’m switching from BT fibre package 2 where I was paying a lot and only getting 42MB I can finally play PS4 with out lag
@@sel2179 awesome, great move. Mine still working perfect 2 months in
I imagine it would be more expensive down the line, thats how most new businesses work, they lure you in with great offers. Im getting free installation, free for first 6 months then 25 per month. I live in a 3 level mini block and my current concerns are how the cable is just dangling from the buidling with no protection. doesnt give me much piece of mind. Im currently still in contract with BT and im thinking of cancelling while im in my cooling off period with comm fibre, because the outages are frustrating. im pretty sure although bt might cost more, they wont have cables dangling off the building. it will be more secure once they get around to it.
Excellent review. Thanks for being informative
The pricing is insanely good but I don’t know if it’s reliable yet. 1gbps for 25 a month is extremely good considering I’m currently paying triple that for 1gbps
Nice review.
I am with virgin until last week of December but signed with Community fibre in August since my friend liked the service. Also they had a local salesman who offered me first 9 months free😲. Virgin media is working Ok so i asked him if he can put installation in September. I hope it will be nice with them
HI, thanks. So you are getting 9 months for free? Really? That's amazing.
Great video, if you don’t mind me asking, what speed did you sign up for was it 500? (Obviously you get less when on Wi-Fi)
Thanks, I signed up for the 300 for £25 a month, 2 year deal. They seem to change the sign up packages every now and then. Currently looks like 200 for £22.50 and 1GB for £30 which looks like a great deal.
@@Westerdd A door salesman came today and offered me 900Mbps for £13.50 a month for 2 years, I'll see how good it is in a few weeks
hello! thanks for your review, really useful. I have a question and wonder if you could help - If there is an existing cable (from telegraph pole, run to the house, through a drilled hole) from another provider, will Community Fibre still need to install a new cable?
I can't really speak for them so not sure. Are you sure it is a fibre cable? I would imagine that they would prefer to run a new cable, but if you already have a hole they would probably use that instead of more drilling.
@@Westerdd Thanks - I think so. I imagine that removing an old cable wouldn't be worth the expense, but just an aesthetic thing... I'd also hoped the old cable could be re-used from a sustainability pov.....
Thanks for the review. Was the black box just a router? If so, how many ethernet ports does it have? At the moment I don't need wifi, just wired ethernet to a pc, so I just need ethernet to the pc now and maybe ethernet to wifi at some point in the future, if I ever get a tablet or smartphone, so two ports.
Hi. The black box is more like a cable modem. It has 1x Ethernet port that you can use to your PC. CF will give you a Linksys router as well . You could use an Ethernet port from there also to your PC. Either way will work. When you need WiFi in the future , you will have it via the Linksys. Hope that helps.
@@Westerdd Thanks.
Up and running now my new ultra fibra broadband took week go live 106 Mbps speed far faster than sky just in process ridding sky off
The ONT box by CF is a bit of a disappointment, idealy it should be part of the white box they have put on the wall so as to reduce the number of items in the house.
Thanks Michael, so much more informative than their website.
Thanks, I'm doing a community fibre update video in the next few days. Subscribe to get notified. cheers
had mine installed last friday. Ive been having random outages that last about 60 secs, with the Linksy box going red before coming back on. are you currently having brief outages?
Yes, I am having brief outages since I changed from the old router to this new white one. Also the internet seems to fluctuate which is really annoying because I am working from home and need a steady internet.
thank you for your rewiew!
Nice review, totally agree with you regarding Virgin Media's disgusting attitide to mugging off customers. I can't wait to give them a kicking.....cheers👊
haha, put your DMs on 1st. 😁
2 Ethernet ports is a bit crappy, I have all 4 in use on my Draytek router for NAS, security cameras etc. So that would be a major issue for me unless you can install your own router? I know I could stick a switch on one of the ports, but now we're up to 3 boxes rather than the one I currently have! 🙂
yep, CF need to improve that. That would be my 1 criticism.
Wow-That’s pricey for what u get.. I feel bad for those across the pond as they’re getting screwed on data.. I’ve got a 5gig symmetrical connect for $110mo with Verizon.
Hopefully things improve quickly for you guys👍🏼🍺
but you are paying $110 a month for your internet! How much is the minimum package there and what speed do you get?
Thanks for this. How long did it take the installation engineer to complete the task? And did the engineer give you a choice of where you wanted the cable brought into the house?
Hi, I think it took him about 1 hour, maybe slightly more. He was really only able to drop the cable just inside the front exterior wall so I was able to choose where inside the front wall he could make the insertion. Because of the nature of fibre optic cable (basically it is a glass conductor) , it is more difficult to route through the house under floorboards and such like unless you have good access to those areas.
Hi did you take there phone service as well I just wondering can you use your bt phone with this or do you need to buy a new phone as I heard that you can’t get caller display with this thanks
Sorry I am not sure, I only have the broadband. The community broadband website has a chat option, so you might have to check with them.
Thanks for sharing. As others said, your video is very useful and informative.
I have a few questions if you don't mind me asking.
You mentioned not having good reception in some rooms. Do you think reception would improve if you were able to move the wifi router in the middle of the house?
Similarly, how’s reception in the other floors of the house? I am currently renting a 3 story house, so I wonder if moving/placing the wifi router in the middle of the house in the first floor, would cover the whole house. At present I am able to do so with the wifi router provided by Vodafone, my current service provider.
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Hi Alex, If the wifi box was in the middle of the house then I think it would cover the whole house. (assuming it is a normal sized house) This wifi box seems better than the old Virgin one I had previously.
I think your suggestion would work placing the router in the middle floor. You should get CF to bring the fibre into the middle floor. The only problem might be that you may need to then run a network cable from the grey box that the fibre is connected to (that you see in my video) to the Linksys wifi box in the middle room of the middle floor. Remember CF only can really drop the fibre cable inside the front wall of the house and so that is where the grey box would be located. Did what I wrote make sense?
@Westerdd Thank you for answering my questions. Your explanation was very clear.
I will contact CF to see if they can answer/confirm if the installation can be carried out as I wish ... e.g. pass the fiber cable in the house on the 1st floor; and If CF has to/can only install the wall plug near the front wall of the house, provide a fiber cable (from wall plug to modem/grey box) long enough to move the modem and wifi router to the middle of the house. Channelling a CAT5 cable under the floor will be more challenging than passing a fiber cable ... I think.
I have subscribed to your channel - is there a 6 and 12 months CF review coming :)
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@@alexmulas6766 They might be able to provide the fibre cable but you'd probably have to run it yourself. Maybe it would just be easier to buy a linksys mesh extender?
Also before messing around running cables under floors it would be good to test that having the linksys box in the middle of the house would give coverage to the whole house, so you could test by running a long cat 5 cable (or fibre from wall point) through to the middle room via the doors.
Not sure if I will do another video. Not much to update, but maybe I could just to report in that it has been problem free since 1st video
@@Westerdd Yes I'd run the fiber cable under the floor. As you suggested, probably a good idea to do a dry-run before I start lifting carpet ect. Hopefully, it will not be a problem for CF to provide a 10 meters fiber cable.
I am a bit unclear how the modem and the wifi repeater connect and work together. Am I correct in assuming the modem connects to the wifi router with cat 5 cable but the additional wifi routers connect/talk to each other wirelessly? and there is no need to connect each other via cat 5?
Yes adding one or more wifi router makes sense, the only thing I'd want to avoid is getting one or more pieces of equipment that in the future will be in a box ... sadly got lots.
CF currently has an offer for wifi in every room for an additional £10/month but I need to understand/ask if the additional £10 is for each wireless router or for as many wireless routers are required to cover the whole house.
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@@alexmulas6766 Hi Alex. What you wrote in the 2nd paragraph is exactly what it is and how it connects together. I didn't go for using an extender so can't comment how good it is, but its an option to consider. You can rent an additional Linksys box from CF which might be worth doing to try it out before purchasing as long as you don't have to rent it for the full term of the contract.
I've got CF coming to install next month, also with Virgin on 300mb speed. You were getting ripped off there, I am paying £27 a month. I'm a bit concerned when to let them know about the disconnection. I suppose when CF are up and running as you said, so for a month you are paying for 2 lots of internet?
yeah I had both simultaneously for a month just to make sure.
I switched because Virgin package was very expensive. Linksys app says 950mb download but on the pc phone ps5 it’s actually nowhere near that high- actually equivalent to VM 100 or 200 MB. The modem only has one Ethernet hole. Good price
Wait what? 100mbs? So then why would something thats 100gb download in 4 minutes if its only 100mbs that makes no sense
Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much this video really help me out I am switching to community fibre broadband
How do I keep my number
I'm very happy that you found the video useful. I didn't bother will a call plan for my own Community fibre (CF) switch , I just took the broadband. I had a quick look at the CF website and there is an option to keep your number. I don't know the technicalities of how they process that. You would need to speak to CF and I am sure that they will guide you.
Remember to use the referral linnk ln the video description to get £100 Amazon Voucher.
I'm tired of virgin so having my installation today. I cannot aait to cancel the Virgin.
Too and too many devices.
This is exactly that worried me the most about switching on them from VM.
PON terminal is very cumbersome.
Looks like devices how they looked 10-15 years ago.
Morden PON terminals are much smaller, even for BT.
That is one area they could improve as well as number of ethernet ports. But I'd rather put up with 1 extra device to get symmetric service , decent pricing and deal with VM crap. Still working flawlessly 4 months in
Virgin media is a rip off and they dont care when u threaten to leave
Virgin are sneaky buggers with the disconnection. Thank you for the advice.
You're welcome. Good move getting off them :)
Has anyone who lives in a house had CF install internet underground using existing openreach ducts for copper wires? I don't fancy a cable from a pole?
Any update with your service now? I'm considering Community Fibre as my Virgin Media package is rip off £60 for 100 mbps...
HI, It's still working very well. I've not had an outage until now and the speeds is fine. Never noticed any slowness. I'll be doing a new update video soon.
If you sign up remember to use the referral link. You get £100 Amazon voucher.
Does printer work with Wii fii I've full fibra broadband getting installed today but got feeling printer might not connect has be 2.40gb bandwidth if can't have done it through USB Install driver but have make sure Wii fii is off at printer try see has wps on router of aps be tricky should be able do USB longs install correct driver no lot who have full fibra had problems getting printer connect through Wii fii
The linkSys Access point also has 2.4GHZ support and its on by default. Just connect your printer to that one.
Give it try managed work it off USB cable easy do just as back up once installed doing it now try test it out but anyone ever does use usb have change it through propperty s to USB port or keep saying pending quite easy do always good have USB anyway if internet ever drops
Thanks For The Info..Mate...
welcome mate :)
Interested in joining CF but need to know if I can use my own Eero router/mesh system? Before I sign up
The fibre cable terminates into the CF supplied modem (that part is compulsory), then a cat 5 cable connects the modem into a linksys router which has mesh capabilities.
You can opt not to use the Linksys and use your own. The LinkSys is a bog standard Wifi Access point router.
Thanks 👍🏻
The only issue is if you leave CF you can no longer update the velours they supply
What do you mean, what's a velour?
Do you have to cancel with existing ISP when switching?
No, you can have them both running together (that is what I did for a month). Community Fibre uses its own independent infrastructure to Virgin and BT based (ADSL) services.
Sky's gone cancelled had ring did email first then rang lot easier then thought expecting gonna give be the run around but cancelled no probs think brsk I've gone with similar to community broadband I live up north west think different community providers installing old copper lines are getting phased out by 2025
As far as I have seen there is 0 providers that do 1gbps fibre connections to my area apart from Virgin media.
Good lord, as far as I have seen I would be waiting till 2026
thanks for this. really want to leave Virgin, they really needed some competition. after seeing this I will definitely be leaving them after watching this
Yeah, that's a good idea. If you go with community fibre remember to sign up using the referral code in the description to get the £100 Amazon voucher.
@@Westerdd 100%
they aren’t in my area for another yr :(
That's a shame. :(
Bt are liars saying I’ve taken out another 2 yr contract with them when I phoned to cancel my internet because I ordered Lila connect 1 gig
down 1 gig up
for £30 a month compared to £76
a month with BT all I get speed was 48 down 16 up
Hi is it working good still I’m going to get it thank you for the £100 Amazon Voucher link
Hi Edward, No issues until now, working great. Go for it! :)
just got 1gb for 25 a month hope it's good 👍
that's a great deal
How was it? Did it work well?
Setup/installation was a pain but I think I was unlucky with the engineer who was rushing and probably didn't know what he was doing after a second visit from a different engineer they managed to sort everything out, so took about a week to get the broadband going (thankfully I didn't cancel with my previous provider). Since the successful installation its worked flawlessly havnt seen the speed drop below 700mb most of the time it's at about 930mb and hasn't cut out or failed once. Iv been using it for a week now.
@@Fabs8000 Thanks for the info. Planning to switch
@@Fabs8000 hi mate, how have the first 4 months been? Thinking of switching
I just wish I could get rid of virgin they have got so bad now ! If you get an outage they used to give you money off. Now they hide behind ofcom.
Im leaving virgin media right now smh
Hello
How is community Fibre doing I've used your link for Amazon voucher
@@AlisterFernandesjoycy Hi Alister. Going great. No issues until today since installation. I am gonna make a follow up video soon.
Be glad when rid sky not only is speed crap keep getting message from my virus protection Saying on insecure network don't with new ultra fibra just think rip off sky what charge tv is joke all replays get Netflix far cheaper
Hi I signed up two months ago sofa great use your code and got £100 Amazon voucher yesterday so you should get one two cheers👍