Sky Fibre Optic

BEN_UK · 31 Jan 2015 at 14:25

monkehhh said:
You'll still be on ADSL until the switch date, then your ADSL will die and your fibre should come alive some point after that.

Thanks.

I was surprised the new router was working before the activation date, roll on Friday!

dottty27 · 1 Feb 2015 at 16:06

In the last 30 days of my contract with sky now will be cancelling my 40mb

Sparx · 1 Feb 2015 at 18:33

BEN_UK said:
Thanks.

I was surprised the new router was working before the activation date, roll on Friday!

It's pre-configured with your details and capable of both ADSL and VDSL syncs hence it works still. You'll notice at some point during the day when the OR engineer does the work at the cab (if needed) or remotely at the exchange line will re-sync after a few minutes to fibre speeds.

BEN_UK · 1 Feb 2015 at 18:38

Sparx said:
It's pre-configured with your details and capable of both ADSL and VDSL syncs hence it works still. You'll notice at some point during the day when the OR engineer does the work at the cab (if needed) or remotely at the exchange line will re-sync after a few minutes to fibre speeds.

Thanks for the that

dottty27 · 1 Feb 2015 at 18:59

I do like sky cancel my 40mb Was paying £30 inc phone for that

Got 80mb for £37 a month inc phone line

tipsy · 1 Feb 2015 at 19:24

sky are going to let me out of my contract now as my 38mb down 8mb up is now 29mb down 6mb up, due to cross talk. thats 9mb loss on the down and 2 on the up and interleaving is sky high 60ms plus. I think going back to adsl and having 7down and a ping of 20ms is better and far cheaper.

Scottland · 5 Feb 2015 at 10:16

Managed to get an openreach modem for £8 from the bay

Is there a guide anywhere for setting up a HG612 and RT-AC66U with Merlin? Already have my username/password - but just need to figure out how to configure it together.

ChrisD. · 5 Feb 2015 at 11:31

http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/asking-help/54213-how-set-up-asus-rt-n66u-work-sky-fibre-mer.html

It goes in the Manual clientid box within WAN settings.

Scottland · 5 Feb 2015 at 11:50

Nice one thanks. Did you find sync speed any better/worse with the Openreach modem compared to the SR102?

ChrisD. · 5 Feb 2015 at 11:53

No idea, because the SR102 wasn't in long enough and due to having a few restarts it lowered anyway.

tipsy · 5 Feb 2015 at 17:31

well I wont be buying a billion 8800nl!!! grrr speeding fine

will soldier on with the SR102. Its ok but does it hell like to hold on to sync like the older dlink did and the wifi is naff but needs must. On the very plus side

my connection is now stable at 34down & 7.8up and ping is 21, hope it continues.

neuroducky · 6 Feb 2015 at 22:36

Quick question , I'm on sky fibre and am considering changing to thie Billion 8800nl. What's the WiFi signal like on this, I'm coming from the supplied Sky Sr102, so any comparison with that is appreciated. Cheers

tipsy · 7 Feb 2015 at 13:19

It should be far far better than what sky offer, go check out some reviews like I did. you could go the asus route but its far more expensive.

the wopster · 7 Feb 2015 at 16:13

tipsy said:
well I wont be buying a billion 8800nl!!! grrr speeding fine will soldier on with the SR102. Its ok but does it hell like to hold on to sync like the older dlink did and the wifi is naff but needs must. On the very plus side my connection is now stable at 34down & 7.8up and ping is 21, hope it continues.

If you check in the MM in a few days I may have one for sale as I may be going the AXL or asus route. I can also confirm it works spot on with sky fibre.

tipsy · 7 Feb 2015 at 20:07

woppy101 said:
If you check in the MM in a few days I may have one for sale as I may be going the AXL or asus route. I can also confirm it works spot on with sky fibre.

will look nearer the time

will see if I get a fine or a course!! beware of stamfordam road leading to cowgate..... nasty man in a van

modd1uk · 7 Feb 2015 at 20:12

Do you still have to get a packet sniffer on and faff about trying to get the username/password to use your own router with Sky?

neuroducky · 7 Feb 2015 at 21:46

tipsy said:
It should be far far better than what sky offer, go check out some reviews like I did. you could go the asus route but its far more expensive.

Thanks for reply, haven't found any reviews that have specifically mentioned anything about WiFi signal, as I said I just want a ex sky router user to confirm if the WiFi is at least as good as the supplied Sr102. I've heard various people on different websites say that the WiFi is poor.

Terrier_Jimlad · 7 Feb 2015 at 22:06

modd1uk said:
Do you still have to get a packet sniffer on and faff about trying to get the username/password to use your own router with Sky?

Takes about 5 mins, not much of a faff really :confused:

the wopster · 8 Feb 2015 at 06:56

tipsy said:
will look nearer the time will see if I get a fine or a course!! beware of stamfordam road leading to cowgate..... nasty man in a van

I got done there about 10 years ago "twice" going up the hill then back down taking my mrs to the freman hospital

the wopster · 8 Feb 2015 at 06:57

neuroducky said:
Thanks for reply, haven't found any reviews that have specifically mentioned anything about WiFi signal, as I said I just want a ex sky router user to confirm if the WiFi is at least as good as the supplied Sr102. I've heard various people on different websites say that the WiFi is poor.

The wifi isn't poor it's just not as good as I had hoped