5gb speed Ireland launched
I see 5gb has now been launched in Ireland for 60 euros a month I wonder when it’s coming to the uk
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When it finally does it won't have modem mode, will be subject to hourly speed tests by VM, upstream will be extra, no one at VM will know how to support it, it will stay in "trial" status three years after going live, the Connect app won't connect, and everyone will be moaning on here that they can't get 5 Gbps on their Nokia 105s via WiFi.
And, of course, I really am struggling to think of a good use case scenario where a domestic user could possibly make use of a 5 Gbit connection.
I am reminded of a post I made when the 1 Gbit speed was launched, to whit; "the biggest use of a 1 Gbit connection is to run speed tests and brag that they have a 1 Gbit connection".
There won't be 5Gbps until VM decides it's worthwhile upgrade from 2Gbps over its XGS-PON. In the meantime VM has bigger problems to deal with.
No demand for 5gbps, yet. If you want > 2gbps, you'll have to see if any ALTNETS are in your area and offering it. Most do SYMMETRIC (by default) 2gbps or 8gbps though.
ALTNET Netomnia/You Fibre cover quite a few areas and offer 8gbps for £99 a month, with no in contract price increases and re-contracting with them means you can have new customer deals.
Currently they provide an Asus AXE16000 router for the 8gbps, but they are about to move to their own branded router as most people on this package use their own router and the Asus is an expensive non-budget model. Most ALTNETS use CGNAT, so you may want to have a Static IP option, and most support IPV6 unlike VM.
bidb.uk will usually show what's available for a given post code and future works by providers.
