Sky Fibre Optic

Guys, I have a question: what do you use such a fast connection for? Do you download a lot of stuff. I plan to upgrade to FTTC, but this is because I sometimes download stuff and my internet connection generally syncs at around 4mbps (which is a little slow for my liking).

But what why do you guys require 30mbps - 40mbps?
 
sunama said:
Guys, I have a question: what do you use such a fast connection for? Do you download a lot of stuff. I plan to upgrade to FTTC, but this is because I sometimes download stuff and my internet connection generally syncs at around 4mbps (which is a little slow for my liking).

But what why do you guys require 30mbps - 40mbps?
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One word: Steam (well i guess two words really, steam + origin)
 
KIA said:
Based on what? A speedtest.net test?
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Yes, that's the only thing we've got out there. Unless anyone else knows of anything better

2 tests, you need to do - a) Wired and b) Wireless. There is a slight difference between the 2 which is the wired connection gives me a better throughput but only by 2 - 3 mbps.

Remember the more wireless devices you have attached the less bandwidth you will for each and also try to be on a different wireless channel compared to your neighbours.

To get insight on the wireless networks around you, get the tool below and change to a channel which isn't used or has the least entries.

Code: 
[URL="http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/"]http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/[/URL]
 
What are the response times like on the newer FTTC service please guys?

Hopefully my exchange will be getting FTTC in June this year, so I'll be looking to upgrade. However I hope its not like Virgins 'upgrades' which means speed increases also increase the latency!!!
 
zoomee said:
What are the response times like on the newer FTTC service please guys?

Hopefully my exchange will be getting FTTC in June this year, so I'll be looking to upgrade. However I hope its not like Virgins 'upgrades' which means speed increases also increase the latency!!!
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My latency measured by Ping:

Before (legacy ADSL) on 1.1 mbps about 70-80ms

After (FTTC) 30ms
 
How can you find out how far away you are from the cabinet?
I've seen many phone cabinets in my area, but I have no idea which one I am connected to.
 
sunama said:
How can you find out how far away you are from the cabinet?
I've seen many phone cabinets in my area, but I have no idea which one I am connected to.
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There is no exact science, I'm afraid.

There are 2 cabinets in my area, one which is close by and one which is further away. I presumed that my distribution point would be the nearer one.

You can recognise FTTC cabinets, as they are co-located with the traditional green phone cabinets. In other words, you will find 2 green cabinets together and it's this setup shows you that FTTC is available in your area.
 
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Just ordered my connection today for 1st June install. Think I'll be having to re-arrange the various connections though.
 
Just to confirm, for those on SKY FTTC, are the connections stable, have you had any issues?

I want to buy this connection, but am worried that I will be moving away from a slow reliable connection (which I have now), to a fast, unreliable one.
 
My connection has been solid, it's dropped out a couple of times but only in the early hours of the morning so it's never bothered me.
 
Very true, but was hoping as tech moved forward so did features.

My current prob is that when I'm downloading via Sky+ or anything meaningful my Vodafone SureSignal fights for bandwidth causing call quality issues. So I wanted to prioritise traffic etc.

Reminds me of when a certain NHS trust implemented VOIP without QOS - lol let's just say it was ****

Now with the fibre connection I would hope that this problem goes away.
 
Mikey said:
Very true, but was hoping as tech moved forward so did features.

My current prob is that when I'm downloading via Sky+ or anything meaningful my Vodafone SureSignal fights for bandwidth causing call quality issues.

Now with the fibre connection I would hope that this problem goes away.
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It isn't a feature limitation, QoS has to be implemented at the ISP end - something they would never do for Tom, Dick or Harry.

You should with fibre have enough bandwidth and low enough latency for both to be fine.
 
dLockers said:
It isn't a feature limitation, QoS has to be implemented at the ISP end - something they would never do for Tom, Dick or Harry.

You should with fibre have enough bandwidth and low enough latency for both to be fine.
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Ok thanks :) I was also thinking QOS at the local LAN level.

Networking isn't my strong point :( - can do most other things

Got boys in the office who do subnet calculations in binary for fun.. mmmm

At one stage my connection was as follows

Sky Router
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NetScreen
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Home LAN

With the idea of Sky + and the other "dumb" network devices in the DMZ with my laptops etc. on the home LAN section.

However the netscreen developed a PSU fault :(
 
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