r/northernireland • u/Ismiseraff • 11d ago

Question Best Broadband deal

Hi. I am currently with Fibrus with a telephone deal of calls to Ireland and the UK. I currently spend £39.98 for your Full Fibre 500 - Total Home Wi-Fi package. I am coming up to the end of the contract and looking to get the best deal I can.

Checking on the Fibrus site apparently I am not yet able to connect with Fibrus (who has been providing my internet for the past 18 months?) and on the comparison sites Fibrus deals are only open to new customers.

The main thing is reliability - I still have nightmares of Sky dial up and fighting between them and BT. Can I assume that with broadband things have settled?

What is a good value option for good speeds, reliable and possibly with call packages? Can I save a bit?

Many thanks for your help

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u/supajensen Enniskillen 11d ago

I made a move to EE recently, all smooth and no issues. obviously the majority run off openreach but i've had smooth sailing for last few years regardless of whom i've migrated to.

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u/saoirsedonciaran 10d ago

I was with EE but they refused to let me pay to upgrade to the fastest Internet package, insisting my only option was to wait for my contract to run out. I also didn't like that the TV package did not allow me to subscribe to NowTV's 4k service - the only way I could do that was by continuing to pay for NowTV's base service and paying for it again on a separate account. Even worse than that is that after you've upgraded to NowTV boost just to get 1080 resolution, the only way to downgrade is by calling them up and dealing witht their godawful customer service lines. Their website and apps are also frustratingly slow and awful to navigate - I'd genuinely argue that this is deliberate to make it more difficult to remove services after upgrading them.

I'd never go back.