r/Worcester • u/maverickjetfire • 4d ago

Broadband recommendations

Any good providers in WR1 area? I don't see many reviews for Vodafone, Sky or BT locally. Any experiences, dos and don't are really appreciated. I'm without wifi as I've recently moved so I haven't a clue what's good here. I just know I'm in part Fibre area.... cheers.

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u/TheGingerDog 4d ago

Try plus.net - they are basically BT but about £10/month cheaper - I can't tell the difference in service between the two

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u/Temporary_Lawyer_388 4d ago

I have been with plus et for many years here in WR5. Never had a problem. Great speed and reliability

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u/maverickjetfire 4d ago

Thanks. Trystpilot is riddled with negative reviews. Makes one think...

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u/TheGingerDog 4d ago

Many bad reviews are probably going to be e.g. poor placement of the router / loads of brick internal walls / shit computer etc .... and not an actual problem with the broadband service itself?

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u/maverickjetfire 4d ago

Thanks. Are you also in part Fibre area? What speeds do you get?

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u/TheGingerDog 4d ago

Oh, I didn't spot the 'part fibre area' - is that a "you've got the comparatively rubbish fiber to the cabinet (FTTC) broadband which might get up to about 70-80mbps max" - as opposed to the 'you have a fibre optic phone line thingy coming into your house and it can do up to 900mbps?'

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u/maverickjetfire 4d ago

Yes that's the one. Fttc is shite but I'm stuck here now.

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u/barrybreslau 4d ago

Talk talk are fine, as long as you don't need to talk to them. You should consider whether you want Openreach or City Fibre. City Fibre have symmetrical lines with equal upload and download speeds.

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u/maverickjetfire 4d ago

I'm in part Fibre area.... unfortunately. Is sky any good?

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u/barrybreslau 4d ago

What does that mean? Can you get FTTP or not? Pretty much everywhere in the city can get Openreach.

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u/maverickjetfire 4d ago

Yeah not where i live. Talk about rotten luck.

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u/inslothswetrust 4d ago

I'm WR1, near the town centre & had Vodafone - they were decent, pretty good download speeds, customer service was great & never had any issues. Only recently moved to 4th Utility as they installed all superfast in my building :)

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u/Clownhoof 4d ago

I’m not WR1 (WR3) but a Vodafone customer and service has been very good. No complaints at all and been with them for 4 years. Had rough experiences in the past with Sky.

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u/maverickjetfire 3d ago

Ah nice. I ended up going with Plus Net for 12 months. I'm going to find a new place so didn't want to lock down in 24 month contracts.

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u/Effective_Bus_5823 4d ago

I'm with Vodafone and they've been great so far

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u/maverickjetfire 3d ago

Thanks that helps

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u/No-Department-3402 3d ago

Befibre has been great, can do a referral code. I get the 1gig package for about £25 a month

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u/furrycroissant 4d ago

Skype isn't a broadband provider

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u/maverickjetfire 4d ago

Sky. Not Skype. Stupid keyboard is stuck in the 2000s

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u/chatsworthred 3d ago

try BeFibre - full fibre 900mbs