Sky Fibre Optic

Phonesis · 2 Aug 2013 at 20:52

drizzy said:
You're not actually getting a ping of 0 though... Ping bbc.co.uk for something approaching reality.

Yeah just tried it. Getting 7ms so still pretty awesome! Was getting about 26ms when on ADSL so nice improvement.

killsta · 3 Aug 2013 at 15:14

For those getting a 7ms ping to the BBC... Where are you located? I've just got Sky FTTC installed today and my pings are 14ms!

OllyM · 3 Aug 2013 at 15:16

killsta said:
For those getting a 7ms ping to the BBC... Where are you located? I've just got Sky FTTC installed today and my pings are 14ms!

I get 6ms pings to the BBC from Epping in Essex. If you are interleaved your pings will be a bit higher - is your modem unlocked so you can see the interleaving status?

killsta · 3 Aug 2013 at 15:21

Nope it's only just been installed today so it has to stay on for 10 days for the 'training period'.

I am in the North West so that could explain a slightly higher ping to the BBC.. I hope I'm not interleaved already after only having it for 4 hours

Hyburnate · 3 Aug 2013 at 15:23

I'm sat on 9ms

KIA · 3 Aug 2013 at 16:23

killsta said:
For those getting a 7ms ping to the BBC... Where are you located? I've just got Sky FTTC installed today and my pings are 14ms!

Post the traceroute.

nutcase · 3 Aug 2013 at 20:10

OllyM said:
I get 6ms pings to the BBC from Epping in Essex. If you are interleaved your pings will be a bit higher - is your modem unlocked so you can see the interleaving status?

6 in mid Essex as well. Modem still locked.

woppy101 · 3 Aug 2013 at 21:55

14ms in newcastle which I'm well happy with my ADSL pings were 50ms

OllyM · 3 Aug 2013 at 21:56

killsta said:
Nope it's only just been installed today so it has to stay on for 10 days for the 'training period'.

I am in the North West so that could explain a slightly higher ping to the BBC.. I hope I'm not interleaved already after only having it for 4 hours

The 10 day training thing is a myth for FTTC - one disconnection to unlock the modem won't do any harm.

killsta · 4 Aug 2013 at 11:09

KIA said:
Post the traceroute.

traceroute to bbc.co.uk (212.58.253.67), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 SkyRouter.Home (192.168.0.1) 1.478 ms 1.342 ms 0.594 ms
2 97e70003.skybroadband.com (151.231.0.3) 7.375 ms 8.870 ms 14.062 ms
3 0278098c.bb.sky.com (2.120.9.140) 16.610 ms 21.759 ms 0278098e.bb.sky.com (2.120.9.142) 13.945 ms
4 02780869.bb.sky.com (2.120.8.105) 17.344 ms 0278086a.bb.sky.com (2.120.8.106) 17.709 ms 18.547 ms
5 ntl-ge2-9.prt0.rbsov.bbc.co.uk (212.58.238.189) 12.828 ms 13.936 ms 13.548 ms
6 * * *
7 ae0.er01.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk (132.185.254.93) 20.371 ms 14.776 ms 16.533 ms
8 132.185.255.156 (132.185.255.156) 14.738 ms 14.300 ms 14.711 ms

Timeouts after hop 8

Im guessing 13-15ms is normal from the north!

Hyburnate · 4 Aug 2013 at 11:14

C:\Users\Josh>tracert bbc.co.uk

Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.253.67]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms SkyRouter.Home [192.168.0.1]
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 13 ms 10 ms 11 ms ip-84-38-37-14.easynet.co.uk [84.38.37.14]
4 15 ms 14 ms 14 ms 027808bd.bb.sky.com [2.120.8.189]
5 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms ntl-ge2-9.prt0.rbsov.bbc.co.uk [212.58.238.189]

6 * * * Request timed out.
7 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms ae0.er01.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [132.185.254.93]
8 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms 132.185.255.156
9 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms www-vip.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [212.58.253.67]

Trace complete.

C:\Users\Josh>

Mine :3

killsta · 4 Aug 2013 at 12:11

I guess I'll just have to live with an extra 4ms

On my second day now and still getting max speeds - 38Mb on ethernet. I don't use ethernet though as I only have a MacBook and only getting 26Mb via wifi...but I guess I can live with that!

Quint · 5 Aug 2013 at 07:02

Ordered sky fibre unlimited £10 a month for 6 months, £20 there after plus £70 cashback.

Phonesis · 5 Aug 2013 at 17:47

Well I couldn't resist it and got the Fibre Pro upgrade. Over the moon with the speed I'm getting now!

Collision · 9 Aug 2013 at 18:58

Got sky fibre installed today and speeds seem ok, any ideas why my ping so poor?

This is trace route to BBC:

Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.253.67]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms SkyRouter.Home [192.168.0.1]
2 23 ms 47 ms 15 ms 97e74003.skybroadband.com [151.231.64.3]
3 22 ms 23 ms 24 ms 0278098c.bb.sky.com [2.120.9.140]
4 26 ms 23 ms 23 ms 02780a0c.bb.sky.com [2.120.10.12]
5 19 ms 19 ms 21 ms ntl-ge2-9.prt0.rbsov.bbc.co.uk [212.58.238.189]

6 * * * Request timed out.
7 21 ms 20 ms 20 ms ae0.er01.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [132.185.254.93]
8 21 ms 22 ms 22 ms 132.185.255.156
9 22 ms 22 ms 22 ms www-vip.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [212.58.253.67]

Trace complete.

KIA · 10 Aug 2013 at 11:43

Collision said:
Got sky fibre installed today and speeds seem ok, any ideas why my ping so poor?

Speedtest quirk?

The traceroute looks fine.

Collision · 10 Aug 2013 at 21:10

KIA said:
Speedtest quirk?

The traceroute looks fine.

I'm hoping it is a Speedtest quirk!

Pingtest gave me this result:

Yet with Speedtest I'm still in the 500's

Hyburnate · 10 Aug 2013 at 21:14

Tried a different speedtest server?

Collision · 10 Aug 2013 at 21:18

Hyburnate said:
Tried a different speedtest server?

Yeah....tried a few and ping is always in 500's.

peter212693 · 11 Aug 2013 at 19:47

I take it sky are still one of the best for FTTC? Im currently on Sky ADSL and getting 6mb

and sky think I should get around 26mb on fibre which is huge compared to 6mb!

I have a couple of questions..

How long is the current wait for this to be installed?
What kind of upload speeds should I expect?
Would you recommend Sky Fibre?

Thanks