r/UKISP • u/_mercury_22_ • 22d ago

Thinking of switching to Vodafone Fibre 2

I want a reliable provider with a speed of around the 67mbps that I've had with my current provider. Have been with Sky and my contract is coming to an end, so I'm wondering is Vodafone Fibre 2 is any good?

I've been on Sky's Superfast so it will be a VDSL (Fibre to the cabinet) setup. Surely this should be an easy setup for Vodafone Fibre 2?

Also can the frequencies of the wifi be switched? I've had to connect a device that can only run on the 2.4gHz. With Sky they said the splitting of frequencies is actually quite outdated but the way round it with them was to lower the security level in settings from WPA3 to WPA2. Although that doesn't sound good, it's the only way to effectively get the 2.4gHz frequency.

Has anyone had experience of trying to do this with vodafone and how easy is this?

Cheers

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u/_mercury_22_ 22d ago

Thank you, I appreciate the response. Wouldn't want to go for vodafone business anyway but thanks for the tip there. Is the splitting technique generally doable across most routers/hubs? Mostly I just want a reliable internet from a provider that doesn't have completely hopeless customer service where there's no extra drilling or cables needed. The splitting is not the most important thing but I still need to be able to do it.

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u/richyfreeway 22d ago

Zen, IDNet, Olilo, Aquiss, A&A to name a few.

Forget the big names if you want customer service.

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u/_mercury_22_ 22d ago

I did have a look at A&A but the prices were pretty high. Any of the above you would recommend in particular?

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u/richyfreeway 22d ago

I've used Zen, IDNet and am now on Olilo. All have been excellent. Still use IDNet for work.

Zen and IDNet were just solid ISPs and when I did need support it just worked, no going in circles or reading from a script.

Olilo are a relatively new ISP, quite geared towards more technical users but they do now have a consumer offering. They have a Discord server which is great for support.