How Good is Sky 5Gbps Internet service?

Tom01793

Tom01793

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Howdy all hope you all are well,

So interested in the Sky 5Gbps internet,

i don't want people saying why u need that speed, That speed is silly, Point less Ect Ect. Just after real world facts from people who have the service

I just want to know from people that are on that service ,

What kind of service have you received?

Any installation issues?

Did it work straightaway after install?

Also most importantly for me what is your ping in games ?

Are you getting full speed on downloads and uploads ?

Is the router coping with that amount of data? Any buffer bloat?

Does the router have Quality of Service (QoS) ?

And anything else i should know ?
 
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I find 5G extremely overrated. In fact i prefer 4g. 5g has a very laggy feeling to it, like loading a webpage often has a little delay whilst it figures everything out. Once it's loading it's lightning fast, but that little delay is noticeable for me.
 
Diddums said:
I find 5G extremely overrated. In fact i prefer 4g. 5g has a very laggy feeling to it, like loading a webpage often has a little delay whilst it figures everything out. Once it's loading it's lightning fast, but that little delay is noticeable for me.
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Have you tried 6G? Much better
 
If their 1Gbps package is anything to go by then it's good.

I'm on their 1GBps package, early adoptee so on the older rectangle router

On wired connections I see 950ish Mbps with single digit ping

On wireless connections I see around 840 with ping 12-17ms

Upload seems to stick about half of download on either connection type

There is a little bit of bufferbloating but again, I'm on an older router still, not the new one.

Installation was a breeze tbh, line was activated prior to engineer visit and line was fully active about 5 mins after he'd done all he needed to do, which included running the optic from the pole to the house.

Router control is now done through the Sky app rather than direct router access (192.168.0.1) and some setting can be difficult to find

That all being said, I do know that I am currently the ONLY FTTP customer connected on my street, everyone else is still on FTTC
 
The more fasterer connection speed is the more fasterer you get your bytes/bits and pieces.. ;P

And realistically - for ISP's it does not matter even cost wise; fibre switches purchase for them is fraction of cost we see on shelves, they get 'install-and-forget' option when putting them on your street, fibres are capable of running that speed and more and unless they really badly screwed on uplink - they do not get bandwidths contentions anymore, so no issues giving people 5Gbps.

For what price hike over 1Gbps - that is only consideration now, and I do not what that is, nor will have interest in looking up, unless someone tell me here.
 
Resident said:
There is a little bit of bufferbloating but again, I'm on an older router still, not the new one.
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Bufferbloat is a consequence of a smaller pipe butting into a bigger pipe (eg 1Gbps router, 2Gbps WAN or 2.5Gbps router 2Gbps WAN, or 1Gbps router 150Mbps WAN etc etc). The age or type of your router doesn't change it, it's just a fact of networking. The difference comes in if and how that router can handle it (fq_codel, cake etc). /pedant
 
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