BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion

Armadillo · 5 Aug 2019 at 00:59

I switched from BT to Sky.

Other than the Q hub being crap, I've had no real issues. Same sync speed, pings are little lower than BT (not much, but a little lower). Sky run a transparent dns proxy on the Q hub now, so if you use custom dns, you'll have to get firmware rollback or use something else.

Not sure what hub you had from BT, but you can flash the hh5a with openwrt and then use on sky. It's a nice enough router when it's not crippled by BT's firmware.

MissChief · 5 Aug 2019 at 01:25

Armadillo said:
I switched from BT to Sky.

Other than the Q hub being crap, I've had no real issues. Same sync speed, pings are little lower than BT (not much, but a little lower). Sky run a transparent dns proxy on the Q hub now, so if you use custom dns, you'll have to get firmware rollback or use something else.

Not sure what hub you had from BT, but you can flash the hh5a with openwrt and then use on sky. It's a nice enough router when it's not crippled by BT's firmware.

The new Hub 4 coming by the end of the year is much, much better.

V_R · 5 Aug 2019 at 07:56

Will Sky be sending out the new hub 4 to existing hub 3 customers out of interest?

opethdisciple · 5 Aug 2019 at 10:16

V_R said:
Will Sky be sending out the new hub 4 to existing hub 3 customers out of interest?

Doubt it. They aren't cheap, and they usually want you to pay for it or renew your contract.

Also Hub 4? You mean home hub 4? Isn't that already out? A quick good brings back search results.

WJA96 · 5 Aug 2019 at 12:24

opethdisciple said:
Also Hub 4? You mean home hub 4? Isn't that already out? A quick good brings back search results.

As @MissChief is an employee in some way, shape or form, of Sky, I suspect it’s a new Sky home WLAN AP/Modem/Router to the replace the current one.

V_R · 5 Aug 2019 at 13:08

opethdisciple said:
Also Hub 4? You mean home hub 4? Isn't that already out? A quick good brings back search results.

No, I mean the Hub 4 as in Sky Hub 4 (and Sky Hub 3). That's why I was asking about Sky and not BT.

ic1male · 6 Aug 2019 at 11:05

LOL, just spoke to a right one at Sky. Offered me a contract renewal of £29.50 per month which halved my Internet speed from 65Mb to 35Mb. He said they couldn't offer a higher speed to my location. Off to PlusNet then!

thewanted · 6 Aug 2019 at 11:19

ic1male said:
LOL, just spoke to a right one at Sky. Offered me a contract renewal of £29.50 per month which halved my Internet speed from 65Mb to 35Mb. He said they couldn't offer a higher speed to my location. Off to PlusNet then!

I have the same problem with Sky in my area. Sucks :/

ic1male · 6 Aug 2019 at 11:24

thewanted said:
I have the same problem with Sky in my area. Sucks :/

I wouldn't mind but the fact that I'm getting 66Mb as an existing Sky customer is absolutely mind-boggling!

thewanted · 6 Aug 2019 at 11:25

ic1male said:
I wouldn't mind but the fact that I'm getting 66Mb as an existing Sky customer is absolutely mind-boggling!

Oh, lol

He must be confused then.

ic1male · 6 Aug 2019 at 11:28

thewanted said:
Oh, lol He must be confused then.

Indeed so insufficient knowledge/training at their end cost them a customer.

Caged · 6 Aug 2019 at 16:14

It seems to be the really predictable outcome of ISPs having to advertise the average speed that their customers receive - there's no incentive to offer people who can get a sync rate around the 50Mbps mark anything other than the up-to 40Mbps service, as it will bring down the number they're allowed to advertise the 80Mbps tier at.

willhub · 6 Aug 2019 at 18:03

I really wish BT would install in my APPT block, it's getting hard with 6mbit internet.

MissChief · 6 Aug 2019 at 18:09

willhub said:
I really wish BT would install in my APPT block, it's getting hard with 6mbit internet.

Considered approaching Gigaclear or another FTTP company? How many apartments are there?

willhub · 6 Aug 2019 at 18:25

MissChief said:
Considered approaching Gigaclear or another FTTP company? How many apartments are there?

108 apts, but the other tower is connected to perhaps about 250-300.

We only rent though.

MissChief · 6 Aug 2019 at 19:24

willhub said:
108 apts, but the other tower is connected to perhaps about 250-300.

We only rent though.

Might be worth trying to get some of the apartments on board. They’d likely go for that number.

Caged · 6 Aug 2019 at 21:14

You've already said in another thread that the freeholder sees it as an opportunity to make a load of cash off the wayleave agreement required for someone to come in, that's an argument that you need to have with them. It's unreasonable IMO to block someone like Hyperoptic coming in at no cost to yourself other than a bit of admin work and providing a shared space for the equipment to live.

welshboy · 7 Aug 2019 at 11:20

Gone for Vodafone 22.99 for superfast2 70mb

ic1male · 15 Aug 2019 at 09:55

Plusnet seem like a right shower, too. My order hasn't progressed since sign up 9 days ago so I've knocked them on the head under the 14-day cooling off period. Where to try next? Talktalk.

Steveocee · 15 Aug 2019 at 10:53

ic1male said:
Plusnet seem like a right shower, too. My order hasn't progressed since sign up 9 days ago so I've knocked them on the head under the 14-day cooling off period. Where to try next? Talktalk.

Zen.