Sky Fibre Optic

original.wood · 16 Jan 2017 at 17:23

Just went with Sky in a new house, Sky Fibre Unlimited, 40mbps. Is there anything I need to know about? I stream a lot of TV and films through Kodi. I'm currently using all hardware supplied by Sky

Sparx · 16 Jan 2017 at 19:21

original.wood said:
Just went with Sky in a new house, Sky Fibre Unlimited, 40mbps. Is there anything I need to know about? I stream a lot of TV and films through Kodi. I'm currently using all hardware supplied by Sky

Does it work? If so then no problem.

MagicBoy · 16 Jan 2017 at 20:47

pepp77 said:
Get the sky Q hub from sky (I got mine for £20), it is actually really really good.

This.

Buy a cheap switch if you need more ports.

V F · 22 Jan 2017 at 02:49

ChrisD. said:
Just having a Google and it appears Sky have relaxed the rules.

http://taupila.co.uk/blog/2016/04/17/replace-sky-router/

Look in the comments at the bottom, specifically:

This was getting on my nerves as I'm sufferring weird problems with the SR102 lately. Every 100 hours which never happened before and not long after midnight, it is locking up the connection. No internet but all lights are white and everything is connected and ticking away. Before this started happening it was pretty solid. 1500 hours or so uptime.

iMacMart · 23 Jan 2017 at 08:06

How does everyone rate the new Q router? Debating on whether to try it once I have it installed or stick with my current setup ...

cp88 · 23 Jan 2017 at 14:09

iMacMart said:
How does everyone rate the new Q router? Debating on whether to try it once I have it installed or stick with my current setup ...

It's decent for an ISP router, especially with the powerline setting enabled on the Q boxes and the router itself.

Obviously the features are basic though!

iMacMart · 23 Jan 2017 at 18:06

cp88 said:
It's decent for an ISP router, especially with the powerline setting enabled on the Q boxes and the router itself.

Obviously the features are basic though!

Power line? So I could have e another power line in another room.and the internet signal would get passed round..

bremen1874 · 23 Jan 2017 at 23:09

They'll presumably try to have it locked down so it'll only communicate between their own devices.

ChrisD. · 24 Jan 2017 at 08:20

Powerline brands only authenticate with themselves.

bremen1874 · 24 Jan 2017 at 13:19

Not true. Most adapters are built to set standards 'HomePlug AV', 'HomePlug AV2', etc. to allow them to interoperate.

I'm sure there are real world examples where they don't interoperate, but they should. They even all come with the same default encryption keys (which can be a problem in itself).

ChrisD. · 24 Jan 2017 at 14:21

My bad, I'd assumed each brand used their own encryption keys.

MagicBoy · 25 Jan 2017 at 01:37

iMacMart said:
How does everyone rate the new Q router? Debating on whether to try it once I have it installed or stick with my current setup ...

Very happy with it.

The powerline is supposed to work only with other Sky Q equipment to extend the WiFi. I'm just running it as a standalone AC router.

MissChief · 25 Jan 2017 at 03:08

No issues here at all but then the Hub 2 was fine throughout my house too.

OLDPHART · 25 Jan 2017 at 07:12

Gtiracer said:
Anyone know if I can use the TP Link Archer C9 with Sky Fibre please?

Looking for the best router under £100

This is the one you want l believe>TP-Link Archer AC 1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit VDSL2 Modem Router (Archer VR900).

As it supports in ATM/PPP Protocols>MER\IPoE (RFC 1483Routed) which your router needs to connect to sky.

Shop round.

MikeTheNative · 25 Jan 2017 at 16:30

I just use the crappy sky hub as a modem then my asus router as a WAP plus switch if I ever plug anything in

teaboy5 · 25 Jan 2017 at 19:57

MissChief do you work for sky?

Just have a quick message in regards to a replacement sky+ HD box.

YoungBlood · 29 Jan 2017 at 17:18

Price of my broadband going up to £48.99 a month :eek:

For once Sky refuse to budge on price, no offers to reduce line rental from £18.99 and no offers to reduce broadband from £30.

Guess they really want people off the Pro package

gamesaregood · 29 Jan 2017 at 18:51

YoungBlood said:
Price of my broadband going up to £48.99 a month
For once Sky refuse to budge on price, no offers to reduce line rental from £18.99 and no offers to reduce broadband from £30.

Guess they really want people off the Pro package

Ouch, no offers on max to try and make you move then?

I think all contracts are 18 months now also?

ic1male · 29 Jan 2017 at 20:20

The buggers haven't even told me yet about the price increase.

KIA · 29 Jan 2017 at 21:19

18 months to 12 months to 18 months.