Sky Fibre Optic

Terrier_Jimlad · 11 Aug 2013 at 21:44

If you're getting 6mb ADSL then you should expect A LOT more than 26mb on FTTC, I would expect at least 40+. My village was on 1.5mb on ADSL and most get 23mb now

1) Depends how busy your area is
2) 5Mb
3) Yes

bremen1874 · 11 Aug 2013 at 21:50

There's no direct link between ADSL and FTTC speeds on the same line.

peter212693 · 11 Aug 2013 at 22:02

Thanks guys,

As for the installation does it NEED to have the openreach modem installed on the master socket? Reason I ask is my router and media server are upstairs in a extension I ran using cat5e when I got my house, so ideally its better up there for me.

bremen1874 · 11 Aug 2013 at 22:10

You should be able to use the Cat5e you already have.

My modem is upstairs connected via one pair of a Cat5e cable (with two voice lines running though two of the other pairs). The speed is the same as plugging in directly.

russ9898 · 12 Aug 2013 at 07:15

peter212693 said:
Thanks guys,

As for the installation does it NEED to have the openreach modem installed on the master socket? Reason I ask is my router and media server are upstairs in a extension I ran using cat5e when I got my house, so ideally its better up there for me.

As currently a seperate modem and router are provided, could you not keep the modem by the master socket and use the existing cat5e as the link between your modem and router?

The Deuce · 12 Aug 2013 at 10:00

I'm quite happy to say that this is my last day on Sky Fibre, I move to Plusnet tomorrow, thanks for the £300 credit though

Terrier_Jimlad · 12 Aug 2013 at 11:33

The Deuce said:
I'm quite happy to say that this is my last day on Sky Fibre, I move to Plusnet tomorrow, thanks for the £300 credit though

Hope you enjoy PlusNet's insanely OTT traffic shaping

The Deuce · 12 Aug 2013 at 13:45

Terrier_Jimlad said:
Hope you enjoy PlusNet's insanely OTT traffic shaping

considering I don't download much and only have my son online gaming then I can't see it being a problem, either that or put up with the half speed issue and get another £300 credit in another 12 months :O

peter212693 · 12 Aug 2013 at 17:32

peter212693 said:
Thanks guys,

As for the installation does it NEED to have the openreach modem installed on the master socket? Reason I ask is my router and media server are upstairs in a extension I ran using cat5e when I got my house, so ideally its better up there for me.

bremen1874 said:
You should be able to use the Cat5e you already have.

My modem is upstairs connected via one pair of a Cat5e cable (with two voice lines running though two of the other pairs). The speed is the same as plugging in directly.

True, thanks guys. I don't need voice upstairs as I've got a wireless handset up there so I could just pull the cat5 from the back of the master socket and crimp and end on and do the same upstairs doing away with the physical phone box

KIA · 12 Aug 2013 at 21:00

Terrier_Jimlad said:
Hope you enjoy PlusNet's insanely OTT traffic shaping

Insanely OTT traffic shaping doesn't exist.

Baplad · 13 Aug 2013 at 19:59

Anyone having issues in Belfast / surrounding areas with complete outage at the moment?

iMacMart · 13 Aug 2013 at 21:50

My youtube is still poor and buffers all the time, anyone else still getting this?

The Deuce · 13 Aug 2013 at 21:58

I did yesterday,but I don't today not since moving to Plusnet

OllyM · 13 Aug 2013 at 22:00

iMacMart said:
My youtube is still poor and buffers all the time, anyone else still getting this?

Seems fine here, I just put a 1080p video on - it started playing straight away and came down at over 6MB/sec.

MagicBoy · 13 Aug 2013 at 23:58

It's been fine for a couple of weeks now.

iMacMart · 14 Aug 2013 at 08:41

OllyM said:
Seems fine here, I just put a 1080p video on - it started playing straight away and came down at over 6MB/sec.

MagicBoy said:
It's been fine for a couple of weeks now.

Mines still not right, are you guys using the Sky supplied router?

I've logged a support call

OllyM · 14 Aug 2013 at 08:56

iMacMart said:
Mines still not right, are you guys using the Sky supplied router?

Nope, I use an Airport Extreme.

iMacMart · 14 Aug 2013 at 09:16

OllyM said:
Nope, I use an Airport Extreme.

OK I have a Draytek 2820, just wanted to check it wasn't only the Sky routers working fine

Thanks

Terrier_Jimlad · 14 Aug 2013 at 10:13

YouTube fires up first time every time even when on 720p or 1080p

iMacMart · 14 Aug 2013 at 12:11

Terrier_Jimlad said:
YouTube fires up first time every time even when on 720p or 1080p

Mine fires up OK, it just hangs every few mines when I try to watch anything