Superfast 1 or Superfast 2 given my current situation?

[Rents78]

Hi,

I am at the end of my contract with BT and considering switching to Vodafone. 
I am currently getting max 40 download speed, 5 upload. 

I need to decide between SUperfast 1 and 2. Given Superfast 2 is only £1 more expensive a month, do you agree it’s the one i should get? 

As you can see in the image, Vodafone says that with Superfast 1 I’d get 38 - 38 Mbps download speed and 35 Mbps download speed guarantee, while with Super fast 2, 39.7 - 41.5 Mbps download speed, and 35.7 Mbps
download speed guarantee. 
The difference is very small.

However, looking at https://www.broadbandchecker.btwholesale.com/,  It seems that it can get up to 58? If I am looking at the right place? VDSL Range B (Impacted), high. 

And a Max Observed Downstream Speed of 45.16.

Given Superfast 2 is only £1 more expensive a month, do you agree it’s the one i should get? Also in consideration of potential improvements to the setup in the near future. 

[Rents78]

Anyone technically advanced to help?

[Jayach]

Your question isn't really technical, it's all about how much you want the possibility of a bit more download speed. I doubt the upload speeds will be much different give the facts shown here.

It really is personal choice.

You were synced at 45/5 on 2021-12-01. which seems a little low compared to the Openreach checker, but there may be a myriad reasons for that, some you may be able to improve, some you won't.

As I say, personal choice.

[Rents78]

Thanks I appreciate you taking the time to reply. Indeed I might have used the wrong expression there, my apologies, but for instance I have no idea what 

being synced at a certain speed means, or how that relates to the speed on Openreach checker.. 

[Jayach · Accepted solution]

Sync is the speed you are connecting to the local Openreach cabinet at. It is the the speeds that they use in the BT/Openreach checker, and the router will report. (EDIT: this is dependant an a number of factors, the most important of which is distance)

Download speed (as used by speed checkers) is the speed that your device is getting between it and the remote server. Overheads in the protocols used will mean this will always be approximately 5-10% lower than sync, and may be lowered even further by Wi-Fi connections and congestion on the line.

I will just say if you go for Superfast 2 and don't get the speeds you like you will regret paying £1 a month more than you needed. However if you go for Superfast 1 and get the top speed available there you will constantly be wondering what you could have got on Superfast 2.

As I say personal choice, but I know what I would chose, I mean what can you do with an extra £1 a month?

[Rents78]

Thanks,

that’s extremely informative. 

It’s fair to assume I’ll get the same speed as I’m currently getting with BT, which is 40 tops (over wi-fi). However i agree for £1 more it’s worth the gamble. 

I also understand that I will have the initial two weeks to decide if I’m happy with what I’m getting and I can cancel in those 2 weeks. 

[Jayach]

You can, but they will always give you the old "it can take 10 days for the line to stabilise" to try to make you exceed that 

Also although you can cancel, it will take a while to switch back, or get another supplier, and you will have some downtime. Swapping ISPs is always a bit of a gamble.

Sometimes it's "better the Devil you know".