Sky Fibre Optic
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I noticed the Broadband Pro page in the MySky section once logged in but it says I can't access it as it's only available to Fibre Unlimited customers, of which I am, I guess it's a "coming soon" thing ... I guess time will tell
Well the latest build of Merlin is super solid at the mo, only had the router a week or so so cant comment on older builds.
Think I'm going to move to Sky, My ISP (Coms.com, formally ADSL24) have managed to ruin a great ISP in a matter of weeks.
Cheers for the info TJ.
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Merlin has been rock solid for me.
Got some nice router-side ad blocking on the go now too.
Got some nice router-side ad blocking on the go now too.
Not too shabby
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Plus turn around time from ordering to going active was 12 days, so not too long a wait.
Damn that's good!
Zero, none, zlitch etc.
Any more news on this? I'd prefer a Static IP if i can get one, take it theres still no ETA?Did everyone on Sky Fibre Pro get the email about new features?
Static IP and line profile customisation
I've just had a live chat with Sky CS and you'll be able to set target snr to 3,6,9 or 12 from your settings page. They couldn't give an ETA but said it would be soon.
Good cheers.
Hows gaming on Sky, good latency etc? Playing BF4 I ping most UK servers at around 8-10ms consistently at the mo, can i expect it to be much the same if i move to Sky?
When i asked them about moving phone and BB they offered me, along with Fibre pro and phone, 25% off my TV (have full package, HD etc) for 12 months. A good deal, so am very tempted by it....
Not too shabby
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Plus turn around time from ordering to going active was 12 days, so not too long a wait.
Fibre pro?
I've got the standard Sky Broadband unlimited atm but got the itch to get better... Have read a lot of horror stories about upgrading to fibre (including going a week without any internet in some cases) but tempted non the less just not sure about fibre unlimited vs fibre pro
^ Yeah Fibre Pro.
Have to say, downloading Skyrim in 10 minutes was pretty awesome But the upgrade process was fairly painless, I guess there'll always be good and bad where ever you go, and it's always worse migrating from one provider to another. Downtime was only 20 minutes while they switched over the cables at the cabinet.
Have to say, downloading Skyrim in 10 minutes was pretty awesome
But the upgrade process was fairly painless, I guess there'll always be good and bad where ever you go, and it's always worse migrating from one provider to another. Downtime was only 20 minutes while they switched over the cables at the cabinet.
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Well I transferred over without hassle on the same day; I was at work all day so ive no idea how long i was without net access (not that it would have mattered) but I had no problems.
As for pro, depends on your usage and where you are (line stats). Theres no point going for pro if you line will only cope wit 30 Mbps anyway, saything that my estimated speed was 59, the checker kept going down and stopped at ~53 so was thinking about changing the pro to normal, however when I went live I was on 77/20; stupid estimates.
^I agress d/l at 7MB/s is amazing!
As for pro, depends on your usage and where you are (line stats). Theres no point going for pro if you line will only cope wit 30 Mbps anyway, saything that my estimated speed was 59, the checker kept going down and stopped at ~53 so was thinking about changing the pro to normal, however when I went live I was on 77/20; stupid estimates.
^I agress d/l at 7MB/s is amazing!
Yeah, I'm under no illusions however, the exchange only just went live for FTTC, I imagine as more subscribers come online over the next few months, crosstalk will drop me down, either way I'm happy over my previous speeds.
Cheers for the feedback guys, good to hear the interruption isn't the standard
Had a look on the coverage checker (pita to get to on sky's website, had to pretend I was a new customer) and looks like can only get standard fibre rather than Fibre Pro - will still be upgrading mind
Had a look on the coverage checker (pita to get to on sky's website, had to pretend I was a new customer) and looks like can only get standard fibre rather than Fibre Pro - will still be upgrading mind
Might be why it doesn't look like I can get pro then - Have this when check availiability;
Estimated access line speed: 36.5-36.5 Mbps
So guessing non-starter to get anymore than that
Also can't remember what speed my plug socket lan setup (better than wifi) can support so may even be a non-starter. Guess it's more than current speed anyway.
Have you used BT line checker (www.dslchecker.bt.com) rather than sky website?
What I find strange is thart my adsl was 5/0.8 and got 77/20 on FTTC, where as my Dad has adsl of 15/1 and his estimates is 35/8; I don't get that.
What I find strange is thart my adsl was 5/0.8 and got 77/20 on FTTC, where as my Dad has adsl of 15/1 and his estimates is 35/8; I don't get that.