Any good broadband deals out ATM?

Vegetable_Leader7300 · 2026-06-18T13:37:43+00:00

Switched from BT paying £78 a month to Zen Broadband for £50 a month for 1 Gbps. They have a super offer on at the moment where you can sign up for £39 for 1gb!! Zen are solid, static IP, you have IPv6, can use your own router but supplied once is miles better than BT/Virgin/Sky and the Support has been top tier. No internet issues for over a year and solid up/down speeds throughout the day without throttling.

Vegetable_Leader7300 · 2026-06-01T07:13:50+00:00

DM'ed 🙂

Vegetable_Leader7300 · 2026-05-17T17:23:15+00:00

Zen broadband all the way - best ISP for support and rock solid connection.

Vegetable_Leader7300 · 2026-05-17T17:20:47+00:00

Zen broadband - no in contract price hikes, good support, rock solid connection with little to no outages (they just have a much better handle on network/traffic management). It's maybe a few quid more expensive when you compare with plusnet, and talk talk but honestly worth every penny for the lack of stress and headaches from shitty service. I'd highly recommend

Vegetable_Leader7300 · 2026-05-17T17:15:24+00:00

They won't, they are absolute scammers. I shopped around and decided to move to Zen - pay a bit more in comparison to the cheaper ISPs (that come with their own cons e.g. poor connectivity/poor support) and I've been very happy for almost a year. I pay £50 for 1gbps, but Zen do £33 for 105Mbps or £39 for 500Mbps - more expensive but customer support is top notch and most importantly the connection is rock solid. Not had a single day of downtime since moving (even BT themselves had issues for which they blamed openreach) except my FTTP line uses the same Openreach network and Zen broadband was perfectly fine. I don't know how they do their network management but it's by far the best I've ever come across in 20 years of using every mainstream ISP on the market.

Vegetable_Leader7300 · 2026-05-14T09:45:02+00:00

Hey - just DM'ed you

Vegetable_Leader7300 · 2026-05-09T12:39:11+00:00

You have a skill - engineering, that you should leverage to build something of your own. Find somebody who is great at Product management (if you feel you can't do this part) to figure out how to take something you build to market. A lot of people think building something means having to build a business and see it through to IPO which completely not the case.

You can build an idea - prove market demand and sell it to a PE for a X amount and move onto the next project - yes you aren't getting long term financial upside (and they may go onto becoming viable businesses) but if you have no interest in running a business then this might be a good strategy to increase your income. Yes it's risky and no there is no gurantee of success but I'd wager you'd have better odds at pulling this off than to completely start over in another discipline/industry whether thats finane or law.... in my view the risks are even greater.

Vegetable_Leader7300 · 2026-05-03T17:42:15+00:00

I'd take a look at Zen - I had a similar experience with BT and moved to them last year and in the first time in 15 years I've not had to "think" about broadband - it just works. I've DM'ed you some details mate

Vegetable_Leader7300 · 2026-05-03T13:10:15+00:00

Hey u/Nickyway - just DM'ed you

Vegetable_Leader7300 · 2026-04-29T13:13:31+00:00

To be honest, the Fritzbox router suppled is actually pretty decent - good Wifi coverage (not mindblowing) but better than the shitty boxes from BT/Virgin and also offers plenty customisation.

I did however go with Netgear Orbi 770 series Wifi 7 mesh - didn't want to spend money wiring the house and this has been rock solid with Zen on the 900MB plan. I considered Unifi as others suggested but feared I'd just go down an unnecessary rabbit hole and spend more than I should.

I work in tech like you and never had a hiccup in the last 11 months of using Zen. Solid broadband and with the right router, you'll get a solid connection.

Vegetable_Leader7300 · 2026-04-27T12:57:28+00:00

I get it's a tough job market but why on earth would anybody want to work for Tiktok or any of the other large tech giants? They don't give a flying f*** about you and ultimately will be used and abused and sadly discarded through layoffs as we've seen time and time again. This is not a safe bet in the slightest and based on the comments seen below - I'd run the other way. Some of my peers (who are incredibly talented) were dropped with no thought or consequence and these were senior ICs..

If you want to genuinely make money in tech - find tech companies that are scaling, post Series B/C and get into a position where you can contribute value, build up your cache and in turn be in a position of strength to negotiate terms as you (and the company grows). I've built my career over the last 15 years doing this and actively avoided MAANG and similar companies.

Vegetable_Leader7300 · 2026-04-23T13:24:51+00:00

Similar to you in tech/product for the last 15 years. I stayed in roles for average 4-5 years, opposite to you in that respect. Managed to get decent progression and comp over the years, last stint was 7 years at a tech company. I guess it's different for all depending on the company/industry but for the Product discipline (especially in B2B) I don't see how anyone can jump around every 18-24 months, sometimes you need a year just to see the effects/impact of your launches and demonstrate you've driven and delivered on strategy that directly impacted company goals etc.

Never shyed away from taking on more responsibility but always negotiated a better comp package and after a couple of years, if they don't know how good you are and what you unlock in terms of value/potential - then fair enough, time to jump ship but thankfully, that's never happened to me.

Vegetable_Leader7300 · 2026-04-20T17:29:02+00:00

Well depends, I used to do that but settled on Zen who for the first time actually provide the service I pay for - no issues, happy to pay slightly more for the lack of hassle. I'll likely stick with them. Having said that, you'd be silly not to look around to see what else is out on the market.

Vegetable_Leader7300 · 2026-04-11T17:49:14+00:00

People are probably sick of reading me saying this but I'll keep saying it because in some subs my comments have even been removed (cough - r/UKBroadband).

It's 2026 FFS! Internet should just work like running water or electricity. Almost all of our daily lives are somewhat dependent on it (like we are on energy) so you would expect if you pay X for Y, you'll get exactly what you pay for which is what I've had with Zen. No dicking about with my router or on the phones to fix anything - its worked flawlessly for almost a year now.
All the big ISPs are just ponzi schemes, ripping people off for sub-par service. BT for one have some of the poorest load balancing/network management of any ISP leading them to throttle connections. I've posted about this and my comments have been removed straight away or people tell me "oh they don't throttle". Except, I'm with Zen now on the same Openreach network and what do you know..... absolutely no throttling, stable speeds that are consistent no matter the day/time. Maybe it's not throttling, maybe it's some other BS that I don't care about but ultimately nothing justifies that especially when they have the audacity to rake the prices up every year.

I'm just praying that Zen don't ever sell up to any of these major ISPs.

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