Customers of home and business UK broadband ISP iDNET have informed ISPreview that the provider’s new Openreach based 1.2Gbps and 1.6Gbps speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband packages have recently gone live. Both packages are a little bit limited by a max upload speed of 120Mbps.
The launch of faster tiers via iDNET on Openreach’s national full fibre network has long been expected (here and here), although it’s taken a little bit longer than some people expected for ISPs in general to introduce these – mostly due to delays on the supplier / wholesale side.
The new packages typically come with a choice of three different contract terms – a 30-day (monthly) term without an included router or free installation, a 12-month term with free installation and a 24-month term with both free installation and a free (included) WiFi 6 router. On top of that, customers will also get static IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, a pledge of “no mid contract price rises” and UK-based support.
In terms of the monthly price on a 24-month contract term, new customers can expect to pay £60 inc. VAT per month for 1.2Gbps or £72 for their top 1.6Gbps tier. Credits to Harmeet for spotting. iDNET also offers a “Gamer” variant of both tiers that pumps those prices up to £72 and £78 per month, respectively. The latter adds a superior ROG Rapture router with better WiFi coverage and LACP Lan Aggregation. But whether or not you really NEED the extra kit for good online multiplayer is very debatable (just a regular router on FTTP is already excellent).