Does anyone know......

Hi Travels yes I have the low cost broadband.
I live alone, dont use a pc or laptop, just my phone and I pad.
I find it does affect the speed, and when I was enquiring for a friend who uses the broadband for his TV channels that there wouldnt be enough signal to support this.
It is adequate, if a but slow for my needs.

I have this with BT. Was with BT before I went on to their social tariff. I use laptop, have alexa (using wifi).
It made absolutely no difference whatsoever to my wifi or my landline, etc. Made a large difference to my finances and I am so very grateful for it.

Here is the Offcom page on social tariffs www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-telecoms-and-internet/advice-for-consumers/costs-and-billing/social-tariffs . If you scroll down, there is a table showing the speed (and cost) for all providers that offer this, and where they operate.

A few are shockingly low, but most are fine, and some are very fast indeed.

We live in a semi rural market town, we could only use BT who where fastest for our area, but still not brillliant, but adequate for my needs

I looked into it for a friend, the speed was low and she wanted a tv package, just to record and pause programmes. Therefore it was not suitable for her.