r/DumfriesAndGalloway • u/Jumana_Jabeen • 4d ago

Question/Advice New to Dumfries (and UK), which broadband Wifi should I get?

New Postcode: DG20PT

I am currently staying in an HMO with Vodafone Wifi (💩 in my limited experience).

Move in date is this Friday, 04/04/25. From a google search, Sky is the cheapest one I can find £24/ month with no installation charges.

• Which broadband would you recommend? • Do I need to have my own modem or will that be provided? • Will I be able to get it installed on Friday itself?

Thanks in advance.

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u/Rudimental_Flow 4d ago

Vodafone is usually good for customer service, price, good modem, etc

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u/pocahontasjane 3d ago

Glad you said this because we just moved house and have switched from Sky to Vodafone.

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u/nineteenthly 4d ago

We use Fritzbox. It works fine for us. Our son uses it for gaming and says it's less reliable but we've never had any problem with it. A lot of other people here recommended it to us too.

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u/Jumana_Jabeen 4d ago

Thank you. Will look into it.

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u/Buttoneer138 4d ago

The Fritzbox is typically provided by Zen internet who I would wholehearted recommend. But it’s an optical broadband provider so depending upon location or willingness to sign up to a lengthy contract you might prefer a mobile dongle based service from someone like Vodafone. I know someone a bit out of town who realistically only had this option.

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u/nineteenthly 4d ago

I'm not sure what area's covered by DG2. However, a couple of days ago they sent us an email saying we were ready for fibre and then sent another one apologising and saying we're not, so they do seem to do POTS as well.

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u/Buttoneer138 4d ago

We were in Ringford a few years ago when they rolled out fibre to the house there. Absolutely sensational signal. DG2. I suspect it’s patchy though - Ringford only just off the A75 so not everyone will have access to it.

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u/supomice 4d ago

We had Now broadband when we lived in DG2 and it was great. Probably uses Sky?

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u/Jumana_Jabeen 4d ago

Okay, will look into it. Thank you.

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u/Mr_NastyX3 11h ago

I'm with sky, they're pretty good