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Moving out with 3 others, Is £200 enough for internet?

I'm going to be moving out with 3 others, so in total there will be 4 of us, I was just wondering, would £200 for 12 months (£17 per month) be enough to get a good internet.

-We do have lots of devices and will likely be streaming videos often
-We are likely going to download big files from time to time but not often.

what would a good internet speed be?

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Reply 1

Guru Jason

Far more than enough. I got loads of devices at home and get tv including bt sport, broadband and calls for 55 quid a month. 200 is hugely overkill.

Reply 2

joyoustele

it's £200 for 12 months, a lot of the internet speeds here is like 10Mbps. How is 10Mbps for you?

Reply 3

joyoustele

Original post by Guru Jason

Far more than enough. I got loads of devices at home and get tv including bt sport, broadband and calls for 55 quid a month. 200 is hugely overkill.

*£200 for 12 months :'(
£17 per month T_T

Reply 4

Guru Jason

Original post by joyoustele

it's £200 for 12 months, a lot of the internet speeds here is like 10Mbps. How is 10Mbps for you?

Oh 200 per year. T hats what 17 a month which is good I feel.. I'd aim for 20Mbps minimum to avoid any problems.

Reply 5

arabie2001

Does anyone have virgin media and would anyone recommend it

Reply 6

tesconyc

if you are going to be watching HD movies and play online game on console. I would 1000% get fibre broadband you will need it especially if all 4 of you plan to use the internet at the same time. this will cost you at least 25£ a month. but if you don't mind buffering and lag and are on a budget 17£ will just about be enough for standard broadband

Reply 7

joyoustele

*£17 for 12 months :frown:

Reply 8

JaredzzC

£17 is enough for sufficient speeds to download/stream from multiple devices.
My household currently pays £23/month for around 40Mbps and there's 6 of us in the household (landline & broadband).

This was a new contract with Vodafone.

You'll just need to shop around but there are definitely deals that will suffice for your needs for the £17/month that you have.

Reply 9

joyoustele

17 all together, out budget that we have been allocated is £200 for the whole year. But we wont be moving in for 3 months of that whole year, therefore we would only need the internet for about 9 months, there doesnt seem to be anyproviders that do 9 months though, so it seems 12 months is our only option...so 200/12 which gives us the 17 per month as a whole (for 4 people).

Reply 10

username4454836

Why don't you use Google and search for student deals?

https://www.bt.com/broadband/student-deals

Reply 11

JaredzzC

Original post by joyoustele

I believe BT are the only company to do 9 months but you'd actually end up paying more than a 12-month contract so it's really not worth it.

Reply 12

joyoustele

Yes, we are students
All the contracts i see are 12 or 18 months :frown:

I will try and search for a 9 month one

Reply 13

JaredzzC

It's also worth noting that providers usually charge a one time start-up/joining fee.
Varies from company but it's usually around an additional £10-£30.

Reply 14

joyoustele

Original post by JaredzzC

It's also worth noting that providers usually charge a one time start-up/joining fee.
Varies from company but it's usually around an additional £10-£30.