I use fire sticks for mine but not 4K as don’t have 4K tv so zero point. 
 

I use the same provider as a few off here and it’s absolutely perfect. Support group and issues fixed. It’s not sky I know that but I pay 50 quid a year for an almost perfect service and that’s with it downstairs and upstairs and I have it on my iPad too for when I’m away with work. Works perfectly 

if sky bt and all PPV events was costing me 50 a year course I would have them. But they don’t and for £4 a month it’s insane value 

11 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

I use fire sticks for mine but not 4K as don’t have 4K tv so zero point. 
 

I use the same provider as a few off here and it’s absolutely perfect. Support group and issues fixed. It’s not sky I know that but I pay 50 quid a year for an almost perfect service and that’s with it downstairs and upstairs and I have it on my iPad too for when I’m away with work. Works perfectly 

if sky bt and all PPV events was costing me 50 a year course I would have them. But they don’t and for £4 a month it’s insane value 

the 4k stick has a faster processor in it than the normal one - so if/when you need an upgrade I'd get one regardless  

I have virgin internet over 100mbs download speed even at peak times on a Sunday evening, £32 a month 

Sky I get the full shebang for free through work apart from multi room, I think you’re looking at paying £90 p/m 

IPTV and a fire stick is the the future Jerry, £45 a year never had a problem with it 

If I didn’t need Sky for work and it wasn’t free I’d pay for IPTV and £40 for virgin top bollocks internet 

Just checked my download (18.51) and upload (9.54) speeds. Load of shit. I reckon a call to Virgin is order 

7 hours ago, peelyfeet said:

for a normal household that sounds ample mate, if you go down the IPTV route its always better if you can get your android device (4k firsetick or better) wired into the router instead of using wifi. You can buy an ethernet adaptor for a firestick for example.

If you go iptv, and they have a support team, ask them what android device they recommend - some of the ones on sale on amazon/ebay are shite, and might not work in the near future

If you are prepared to spend a few Bob then you can't go wrong with the nvidia shield. 

7 hours ago, Escobarp said:

I use fire sticks for mine but not 4K as don’t have 4K tv so zero point. 
 

I use the same provider as a few off here and it’s absolutely perfect. Support group and issues fixed. It’s not sky I know that but I pay 50 quid a year for an almost perfect service and that’s with it downstairs and upstairs and I have it on my iPad too for when I’m away with work. Works perfectly 

if sky bt and all PPV events was costing me 50 a year course I would have them. But they don’t and for £4 a month it’s insane value 

If anyone could pm a reliable provider it’s about time I got this sorted

9 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said:

If you are prepared to spend a few Bob then you can't go wrong with the nvidia shield. 

That's what I have, can't fault it

I genuinely have no issues with my firesticks. Get them when they are on sale at 19.99 and bang on. Have had one for 5 years still going strong. For me the provider is the important bit of the puzzle and the WiFi 

26 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

I genuinely have no issues with my firesticks. Get them when they are on sale at 19.99 and bang on. Have had one for 5 years still going strong. For me the provider is the important bit of the puzzle and the WiFi 

And the vpn 😉

ive  just moved to HORWICH 

went with plusnet  BT was so called coming 1st july to fit the line 

now not till the 14th CUNTS 

got a smart 4k 58" tv with just freeview on it at the min

ime getting something of BigE for all the tv stuff 

so for laptop I use the data of my phone 

18 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said:

And the vpn 😉

Aye I have nordvpn. Spot on and zero issues 

34 minutes ago, little whitt said:

ive  just moved to HORWICH 

 

This is a unexpected development.

3 hours ago, little whitt said:

ive  just moved to HORWICH 

went with plusnet  BT was so called coming 1st july to fit the line 

now not till the 14th CUNTS 

got a smart 4k 58" tv with just freeview on it at the min

ime getting something of BigE for all the tv stuff 

so for laptop I use the data of my phone 

You'll be the only person I know who is smaller than their own telly.

I’m a bit of a dinosaur on all this malarkey

I really have no idea about it all. I’ve got BT Broadband and SKY TV. Mrs Manc regularly shouts at the providers and threatens them and they supposedly give us a better deal. Last Saturday SKY turned up and fitted 3 super duper boxes that included Netflix, etc

Today for example I’m on MS Teams meetings all day on an iPad. Laptop running as well as iPhone. Add in to that my personal iPhone and iPad. Add into that Mrs Manc on her work laptop and iPhone on MS Teams plus her personal iPhone. Step daughter turns up with 2 kids who sit watching 2 different TVs on the WiFi and she’s on Instagram all the while she’s here. FiL turns up with his laptop needing help to sort an issue

Not a single blip in the service. No shit signal, no dropped calls (shit mobile signal so all phones go through WiFi calling) and no buffering. This is not an unusual day in our house

Should I start looking closer at prices or should I think fuck it, everything works, just leave it all alone? 

I do wonder some times when I read a thread like this if I’m missing a trick

3 hours ago, Spider said:

This is a unexpected development.

May god have mercy on us all

48 minutes ago, Traf said:

You'll be the only person I know who is smaller than their own telly.

He’s deffo has his little man caught in a VCR player

39 minutes ago, MancWanderer said:

I’m a bit of a dinosaur on all this malarkey

I really have no idea about it all. I’ve got BT Broadband and SKY TV. Mrs Manc regularly shouts at the providers and threatens them and they supposedly give us a better deal. Last Saturday SKY turned up and fitted 3 super duper boxes that included Netflix, etc

Today for example I’m on MS Teams meetings all day on an iPad. Laptop running as well as iPhone. Add in to that my personal iPhone and iPad. Add into that Mrs Manc on her work laptop and iPhone on MS Teams plus her personal iPhone. Step daughter turns up with 2 kids who sit watching 2 different TVs on the WiFi and she’s on Instagram all the while she’s here. FiL turns up with his laptop needing help to sort an issue

Not a single blip in the service. No shit signal, no dropped calls (shit mobile signal so all phones go through WiFi calling) and no buffering. This is not an unusual day in our house

Should I start looking closer at prices or should I think fuck it, everything works, just leave it all alone? 

I do wonder some times when I read a thread like this if I’m missing a trick

Sometimes, it ain't worth trying to save a quid if everything's already working exactly how you want it.

1 hour ago, MancWanderer said:

I’m a bit of a dinosaur on all this malarkey

I really have no idea about it all. I’ve got BT Broadband and SKY TV. Mrs Manc regularly shouts at the providers and threatens them and they supposedly give us a better deal. Last Saturday SKY turned up and fitted 3 super duper boxes that included Netflix, etc

Today for example I’m on MS Teams meetings all day on an iPad. Laptop running as well as iPhone. Add in to that my personal iPhone and iPad. Add into that Mrs Manc on her work laptop and iPhone on MS Teams plus her personal iPhone. Step daughter turns up with 2 kids who sit watching 2 different TVs on the WiFi and she’s on Instagram all the while she’s here. FiL turns up with his laptop needing help to sort an issue

Not a single blip in the service. No shit signal, no dropped calls (shit mobile signal so all phones go through WiFi calling) and no buffering. This is not an unusual day in our house

Should I start looking closer at prices or should I think fuck it, everything works, just leave it all alone? 

I do wonder some times when I read a thread like this if I’m missing a trick

Sounds like your Internet is ace. Depends how much your sky subscription is. IPTV would work very well for you and cost at the most 150 quid a year for a subscription for each TV which would include all ppv events all Bolton games etc etc. 

Thanks for the info chaps 

so from advice & help off here once up and running my tv & broadband will cost half of what I was paying 

excellent 

12 hours ago, MancWanderer said:

I’m a bit of a dinosaur on all this malarkey

I really have no idea about it all. I’ve got BT Broadband and SKY TV. Mrs Manc regularly shouts at the providers and threatens them and they supposedly give us a better deal. Last Saturday SKY turned up and fitted 3 super duper boxes that included Netflix, etc

Today for example I’m on MS Teams meetings all day on an iPad. Laptop running as well as iPhone. Add in to that my personal iPhone and iPad. Add into that Mrs Manc on her work laptop and iPhone on MS Teams plus her personal iPhone. Step daughter turns up with 2 kids who sit watching 2 different TVs on the WiFi and she’s on Instagram all the while she’s here. FiL turns up with his laptop needing help to sort an issue

Not a single blip in the service. No shit signal, no dropped calls (shit mobile signal so all phones go through WiFi calling) and no buffering. This is not an unusual day in our house

Should I start looking closer at prices or should I think fuck it, everything works, just leave it all alone? 

I do wonder some times when I read a thread like this if I’m missing a trick

Depends what you want to watch, and if you can be arsed.

There's more on IPTV, but it's more of a faff, not as user friendly as SKY, Virgin, netfx etc.

Personally I have IPTV because it means I can watch new movies sooner,  there's more old content to chose from,  there's specialist stuff - so for example I can watch Barcelona TV that shows live academy matches,  Live Spanish Futsal , Old Muhammed Ali fights, all stuff that I enjoy, but would struggle to get in a couple of button presses elsewhere.

I also have basic BT TV, netflix and amazon prime accounts anyway because they don't cost much and the kids and the Mrs prefer the interface and I have BT sport, and Sky go on my mobile - so I'm not saving anything, at all! just have loads more to chose from which allows me to watch what I want. 

 If you're already happy with what you watch,  and you don't miss the money, then stay as you are would be my advice

Just moved to zen broadband. 60mb download speed over wifi and customer service has been really good and quick when i’ve had to ring up. Based in rochdale i think, started to branch out into residential from business wifi

18 hours ago, little whitt said:

ive  just moved to HORWICH 

 

ime getting something of BigE  

 

probably bad AIDS 

12 minutes ago, Sweep said:

probably bad AIDS 

is bad AIDS 

as bad as GERMAN AIDS

16 hours ago, little whitt said:

is bad AIDS 

as bad as GERMAN AIDS

Nein 

Pay VM about £45 a month for their 200mb fibre but over lockdown have been getting about 30mb if I'm lucky. Probs being throttled by VM as they wrote to me a while ago saying I was in their top 10% data users in the country. Oops.

Plays havoc with my IPTV. 

Second that comment above about the 4k firesticks - even if you don't have a 4k telly they are worth it. Improved our streaming experience no end, til the internet went to shit.

Engineer coming out this morning to look. More on this exciting story later.

Edited July 4, 20206 yr by Kane57

I’m currently paying £51 for Virgin. Often fairly shit down/upload depending how many people are at home.

The thing that really pisses me off is that it comes as a bundle with the landline. We don’t actually have a landline any more because the only folk who called us were sales cold calls so we just took the phone out. I asked Virgin to cancel and my broadband went up a few quid!

Just phoned Virgin (03454541111) and followed the voice prompts to “Thinking of leaving us?” 
 

Told them I’d seen on Compare the Meerkat that I could get  a similar speed for significantly less.

OK MrD, I’ve just had a look and we can drop it to £36.00 but you’re contracted for 18 months.

Result.By the way, todays down/upload speeds of 107.52 Mbs / 9.73 Mbs