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Oooof, moving house in 2 weeks, 15 minutes drive up the road, in Derbyshire. My wife and I both work from home and have regular video meetings, so having a stable and relatively fast connection is important.
I had done an internet speed checker before we put an offer in, and it showed me similar levels of coverage to where I currently am. Full fibre and Virgin Media not available, so various providers offering up to their 67MB packages. Fine, I thought.
I rang up my current provider today (Vodafone), and they let me know that they'll not be able to move me on my current package, they will need to downgrade me. They can only guarantee a download speed of 12.6 Mbps, whereas my current is a guarantee of 52.5 Mbps. I've just done a speed test now and got 55 Mbps.
I thought this was just Vodafone being jerks, but have done the rounds through all the providers just now. The best I can find is a guaranteed 16.4 Mbps from Plusnet. I really don't think this is going to be enough for our needs.
Is there anything I can do to help speed up whatever internet I decide to order? I suspect the answer is no, but am feeling a little bit desperate for options. Am I right in thinking there's no point ordering a faster package (67 Mbps versus 35 Mbps) because it's the material/state of the line used to provide internet that's the limiting factor, not the internet package?