[Advice]Sky Unlimited Fibre vs Plusnet Unlimited Fibre

MilanoChris said:
I have to admit, it's the first I've read of this.
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Me too, glad i found out before being locked in a 12 month contract though

Bear in mind it may well be their own fault or other factors but I would rather avoid the whole troubleshooting cycle.

I think if i had Sky TV i would go with them, but I can't see any reason to justify paying more :)

Thanks all,
I will update the thread with how it goes so people searching will get the results too :)
 
In the case of FTTC, Sky use a minimum of 1Gb/s GEA fibre connection from the BT network to their own.
 
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Interesting. 1Gb/s over fibre...I assume they put in a fibre infrastructure to increase scaling and reduce latency. 1Gb/s only supports 25 users on the 40/10 profile, assuming all 25 are downloading.
 
Looks good. My installation takes place next Wednesday. Cannot wait to move away from 3meg ADSL.

Managed to barter with the sales guy to honour that 6 month discount despite being after the offer period. You don't ask, you don't get! :cool: My estimated line speed will be around 66mb.
 
Just placed my order with Plusnet as Sky wouldn't remove the activation fee. Their loss. Estimated speeds of 36 down/6 up which as I've been hovering around the 1-1.5Mb mark will seem like lightning. Install a week Monday.
 
elroberto said:
Just placed my order with Plusnet as Sky wouldn't remove the activation fee. Their loss. Estimated speeds of 36 down/6 up which as I've been hovering around the 1-1.5Mb mark will seem like lightning. Install a week Monday.
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How are you finding PlusNet ? was the switch over trouble free ?
 
Chronictank said:
Disadvantages:
- Traffic Prioritization, however with the Unlimited Fibre product is not hard capped just shaped
http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/speed_guide/download_speeds.shtml
Prioritization table can be found here:
http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/speed_guide/traffic_management.shtml
To see what times things are managed on various packages: http://usergroup.plus.net/prodcomp1.php
- Costly to switch as your switch-over cost is based on per-month-of-subscription remaining
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Why is this a bad thing?
 
badcompany said:
a lot of people have congestion on sky fibre if you check sky forums
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Sky is not the only ISP suffering this, at least they admint it, the ISP's really underestimated how many people wanted fibre. Sadly it takes time to re-upgrade a exchange to solve the problem, been with sky a few years now cant complain at all.

I was stuck at 7.0mb-down/0.796mb-up ADSL but with fibre l get the full 40mb-down/10mb-up no problems at all its been great. :D
 
speaking from my own experience, sky fibre is a total sham, it's terrible to say the least. Sky have NOW only acknowledged that they have a problem, 10 months now I've had the half speed issue and nothing has been done about it, their CS is a joke, personally can't wait until I'm out of contract and leave these oxygen thieves for good :)
 
The Deuce said:
speaking from my own experience, sky fibre is a total sham, it's terrible to say the least. Sky have NOW only acknowledged that they have a problem, 10 months now I've had the half speed issue and nothing has been done about it, their CS is a joke, personally can't wait until I'm out of contract and leave these oxygen thieves for good :)
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Sorry to here that, what makes you think another ISP will be better , Virgin, BT, Plusnet, they all have this problem, they just don't admit it.

Everybody is leaving one ISP to Another, good luck with your Quest. :)
 
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