I had BT FTTC 80mbps installed on Monday, and everything other than download speeds are significantly faster and more stable than Virgin.
As an example, I haven't had a single lost packet when gaming, and the latency is 10-15ms LOWER than Virgin.
I consistently get 19ms flat stable connections to Acti/Blizzard games such as WoW, Overwatch, and CoD. Before it was 35-40ms with 1-2% packet loss at all times with Virgin.
On Rocket League, I got into a game on a local UK server (they seem to have servers all over Europe) and I had a constant 15ms connection. It's unheard of for me. On Virgin it's 26-30ms on a UK RL server, and constant red warning signs for packet loss.
Downloaded BF1 to try, as I'd previously uninstalled a long time ago blaiming EA's servers... yet it was Virgin all along. Stable 29ms on a large conquest server, bullets are INSTANT. Not a single lost packet, and for once it feels like the only limited to how well I play is me, not the stupid Virgin connection.
Seriously, bullets register the second I click. Instant hit registration, a Lawrence SMLE clicking a head on BF1 = instant ded. No questions asked.
The worst part about all of this is that my neighbour mitigated a lot, but not all, of the packet loss issues by using a £300 Asus router. I'm not willing to do that when BT's 5 year old ancient Smart Hub 2 can deliver an outstanding gaming experience despite having the value of around a tenner. I go to his and while it's not great, it's significantly better than what I experienced with both the Hub 5 and a Nest WiFi with the Hub 5 in modem. We're on the same node, 3 doors away.
No BQM charts sadly for the BT connection, as it doesn't support the pings and I'm not willing to DMZ a device on the network in order to work around it. All I can say is even on BF2042 I now have a solid 29ms in every game. The latency line for my connection remains completely flat with no variation.
If anyone is reading this and is considering Virgin, I can only advise to take out two lines. One BT line strictly for gaming, and one Virgin line if you need the 1gbps speed for downloads.
I currently have both lines, but seriously considering just cancelling the Virgin line altogether and living with 80mbps BT. Even something as basic as loading up a website is quicker on BT, despite being significantly slower on paper. Guess thats the 15ms reduction in latency doing it's job. Set 1.1.1.1 as your DNS and it's the fastest I've ever seen a website load.
I was going to do that but was worried how the connection would be,, do you have any conflicts with WiFi, easily separate the channels I guess. I'm trying to get fttp but like you I can't get it yet only BT 80/20mbps, I'm going to have to do this. Thanks for helpful info.
