Sky Fibre Optic

FrenchTart · 12 Apr 2012 at 14:42

Lighters said:
Sorry I should have slipped streaming into there hence why 2meg isnt fast enough

Edit - thinking about talktalk
£114 line rental
£22.25 6month then 29.50 for remaining

I'd steer clear of TalkTalk personally - though perhaps their FTTC product is better than their ADSL one.

Matteysan · 12 Apr 2012 at 15:04

StonedPenguin said:
Thanks Mattey, Mine doesnt say anything about BT fibre.. But it does say FTTC available in some areas

FTTC is fibre

FTTC = Fibre to the cabinet

Lighters · 12 Apr 2012 at 15:04

For what reasons though? customer service? reliablility? speed? tbh its going more along the lines of BT as their FTTC is already established

entail · 12 Apr 2012 at 15:16

from what i know this is a resell of BTO's fibre network? I dont ever see sky investing into actual real world network beyond trying to put their equipment in the exchange.

RetroX · 12 Apr 2012 at 15:45

On Sky LLU BB now and had no real complaints apart from the **** tastic wireless router they send out.

Will be getting my mum to order the upgrade as soon they let me I think.

Although have been looking at BT infinity to as the new home hub is meant to be good but I figure with the Sky now going into the Open Reach Modern for fibre I might be offer buying another router instead to replace the ****y sky one will give us.

Plus installation has been quoted as £50 for some people, though some lucky people who got through on the phone said this is being waived if your upgrading..So shall see what they are offering tomorrow.

nichorob · 12 Apr 2012 at 15:48

I'm on Sky LLU and my exchange was one of the first to upgrade to FTTC (infinity is available) but Sky claim their fibre service is not available to me yet.

KIA · 12 Apr 2012 at 16:25

entail said:
from what i know this is a resell of BTO's fibre network? I dont ever see sky investing into actual real world network beyond trying to put their equipment in the exchange.

Sky will be in-charge of the backhaul from the exchange. They're seriously about offering an unlimited FTTC package without traffic shaping.

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/20...boost-with-first-uk-100g-optical-network.html
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/20...-massive-7tbps-internet-capacity-upgrade.html

entail · 12 Apr 2012 at 21:00

fair enough. still gonna be limited by BTO's **** tho for the last part :X

KIA · 12 Apr 2012 at 21:19

entail said:
fair enough. still gonna be limited by BTO's **** tho for the last part :X

Limited in what sense?

The equipment isn't going to be running hot.

schnipps · 13 Apr 2012 at 10:40

Ordered through My Sky, install 27th April seems worth it to me never had any issues with my current sky internet but 5meg isnt enough for me anymore so for £20 a month is a good price.

FrenchTart · 13 Apr 2012 at 11:00

entail said:
fair enough. still gonna be limited by BTO's **** tho for the last part :X

No it won't be.

Azza · 13 Apr 2012 at 11:32

How long does it take to get an information email through? What are the prices for current Sky customers?

Matteysan · 13 Apr 2012 at 11:53

entail said:
fair enough. still gonna be limited by BTO's **** tho for the last part :X

huh? what? when? where? how? :confused:

RetroX · 13 Apr 2012 at 13:59

Azza said:
How long does it take to get an information email through? What are the prices for current Sky customers?

As far I can make its 20 quid per month still but installation charge is waived

Seems from sky user and official sky forums you also get a new router to

EXCELLENT

Gangster · 13 Apr 2012 at 14:14

Hope this is the beginning of the VM knockout.

andy_mk3 · 13 Apr 2012 at 14:29

It would appear existing users are getting free installation

I'll be ordering tonight.

tsinc80697 · 13 Apr 2012 at 14:40

Just ordered, can't wait! Not had decent internet since I moved out my parents 5 years ago. Will be going from 6mb ADSL to 40mb!

If anyone is having issues with the website or being told it's not available in your area over the phone when the online checker says it is, do the following:

Phone 08442 410 104, say you want Sky Fibre and when you got to the checkout area on the website it gets an error. They'll check if you can have it and book installation over the phone!

Worked for me as I know a few people on the SKy forums are being told over the phone they can't get it but the online checker says they can. Roll on 30th April!

entail · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:09

FrenchTart said:
No it won't be.

why won't it? i dont see sky outside installing anything in the UG network let alone on the streets, they are using BTOpenreachs infrastructure from the exchange to the house >.>

jamjar · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:28

Why would you want to pay £32.15 P/M for Sky Fibre when its 40mb ? when B.T Infinity is now 80mb (76mb ) for £26 P/M if you already have a B.T Line Rental .Only thing i can think of is the p2p ..any views ?

FrenchTart · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:32

entail said:
why won't it? i dont see sky outside installing anything in the UG network let alone on the streets, they are using BTOpenreachs infrastructure from the exchange to the house >.>

They are using VSDL2 from the house to the cab and then they're hooking up from the cab to their own equipment in the exchange. All they are limited by is the copper line from the cab to your house - which isn't an issue and by the line from the cab to the exchange - also unlikely to be an issue. Either way, BT's network plays a very small part in the equation.