Sky Fibre Optic

pepp77 · 12 Sep 2016 at 15:46

Dooksy said:
Result!

Yep (apart from how long it took). Line has remained stable still with zero outages since the work was done.

Now I just need Sky to call me on the follow up call to check I am happy with the fix as they promised me they would as I was waiting for that call to ask about credit for the outage.

Looks like I am going to have to call them to complain about them not calling me about my complaint!!

peter212693 · 13 Sep 2016 at 08:30

Looks like its been upgraded overnight and getting the below sync speeds:

Would you say this is looking good? The cabinet is about 3 doors away and when I was on the standard package I was syncing at the full 40000 and 9999 constantly. Is this the highest sync speed on this package?

D3K · 13 Sep 2016 at 08:34

Unless you are asking about Line Attentuation or Noise Margin which I know nothing of, then of course it's good. It's double what you had before, which is exactly what you paid for.

peter212693 · 13 Sep 2016 at 09:26

D3K said:
Unless you are asking about Line Attentuation or Noise Margin which I know nothing of, then of course it's good. It's double what you had before, which is exactly what you paid for.

Thanks for your help.

This is true but maybe im being fussy and was thinking it may sync at 80000 as the previous package was up to 38Mbps and was synced at 40000.

Danthus · 13 Sep 2016 at 20:32

I have just gone live with Sky Fibre, the Sky Q Modem is showing these stats.

Broadband Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 39998 kbps 9999 kbps
Line Attenuation 15.4 dB 0.0 dB
Noise Margin 17.9 dB 22.22 dB

How much more is there in the line so to speak in terms of speed?

Christmas themed thank · 14 Sep 2016 at 12:09

You're capped at 40Mb. You've got a lot of spare SNRM there so I would think your line could do between 65-80Mb (the maximum speed on FTTC at present).

Christmas themed thank · 14 Sep 2016 at 12:10

peter212693 said:
Looks like its been upgraded overnight and getting the below sync speeds:

Would you say this is looking good? The cabinet is about 3 doors away and when I was on the standard package I was syncing at the full 40000 and 9999 constantly. Is this the highest sync speed on this package?

The highest is 79999 so it's a bit odd you're not getting that considering how short your line is.

ic1male · 14 Sep 2016 at 12:13

Gigabit said:
The highest is 79999 so it's a bit odd you're not getting that considering how short your line is.

It might take a few days to sort out. My cabinet is somewhere down the road, I was only expected to get 65Mbits but after it went up and down for a week or so, it's been steady at 79998 for 25 days now.

Christmas themed thank · 14 Sep 2016 at 12:15

Without seeing detailed line stats it is impossible to say.

Furyus · 14 Sep 2016 at 12:18

I wonder if sky are going to introduce FTTP, Also what is this Fiber max?

ChrisD. · 14 Sep 2016 at 12:20

Max is the new name for pro, without static IP.

peter212693 · 14 Sep 2016 at 12:52

Gigabit said:
The highest is 79999 so it's a bit odd you're not getting that considering how short your line is.

I will give the router another reboot tonight, I didnt want to keep rebooting it incase it was in the "training" phase and it thought the line couldnt sustain that speed.

ChrisD. · 14 Sep 2016 at 12:59

Every time you reboot it you increase the chance of DLM kicking in.

KIA · 14 Sep 2016 at 17:39

Furyus said:
I wonder if sky are going to introduce FTTP

Closest thing to Sky FTTP is http://www.sky.com/shop/broadband-talk/ultrafast/

Openreach's FTTP footprint is still insignificant.

RobK · 22 Sep 2016 at 11:14

Can anyone tell me which port is used for the remote management on the Sky Q hub? I'm trying to connect to mine from work but can't remember the URL. I've tried 8080 and it didn't connect, so if it's that then I've obviously not set it up properly!

KIA · 22 Sep 2016 at 17:52

RobK said:
Can anyone tell me which port is used for the remote management on the Sky Q hub? I'm trying to connect to mine from work but can't remember the URL. I've tried 8080 and it didn't connect, so if it's that then I've obviously not set it up properly!

Please tell me you're accessing it over a VPN.

LoadsaMoney · 22 Sep 2016 at 19:04

I doubt i'll be able to get much more, so no point trying for max.

pepp77 · 22 Sep 2016 at 20:18

KIA said:
Please tell me you're accessing it over a VPN.

Mine is accessible from the internet but on a port in the 5 digit range.

V F · 22 Sep 2016 at 21:07

LoadsaMoney said:
I doubt i'll be able to get much more, so no point trying for max.

What did you have before fibre?

LoadsaMoney · 22 Sep 2016 at 22:11

V F said:
What did you have before fibre?

Was on O2 (LLU), getting around 6.5mb, before getting transferred to Sky when they took em over, then when Fibre was finally available here, i switched to it.

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