Sky Fibre Optic

andy_mk3 · 15 Jul 2012 at 16:35

Wow, didn't know Sky had upped the upload

rebooted the modem and now synced at 32/7.5 sweet

SHEDDER1uk · 15 Jul 2012 at 17:36

Ok sorted the tv package out. As there is no working phone line in the house will It be an extra charge to get one working and relocate the master socket upstairs.

sunama · 15 Jul 2012 at 17:50

You certainly do not need SKY TV.
I certainly would not pay a penny for any SKY TV services.

The SKY fibre basic package should come as follows:
£20/month - internet
£12.25/month (or thereabouts) - phone line rental
£50 installation
£2.50 (or thereabouts) 0 -modem postage

That is the package which I have signed up to.

SHEDDER1uk · 15 Jul 2012 at 18:35

Its the fibre unlimited I am going for. Just trying to find out if there are any hidden charges for reconnecting the phone line and moving the phone socket upstairs.

KIA · 15 Jul 2012 at 23:03

kunjar said:
Is your upload rate ever throttled outside the hours of 4pm-midnight as mentioned on the BT website?

BT Infinity? Yes.

iMacMart · 17 Jul 2012 at 09:19

I Get staff discount 50% off my overall package, Think I'd be best to go with Sky and take advantage of that (I don't work for Sky but for a partner)...

How much is the Pro package?

Thanks

sunama · 17 Jul 2012 at 09:23

£30 for the internet + phone line rental (I think the price of this shall be going up to £14.50).

KIA · 18 Jul 2012 at 11:45

Virgin Media UK Fails to Get Sky Totally Unlimited Broadband Claim Banned

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...totally-unlimited-broadband-claim-banned.html

Pathetic ISP.

zoomee · 18 Jul 2012 at 12:22

hah! - serves em right. Virgin is the one who should be stopped from using their 'unlimited broadband' claim due to their throttling services! Even as top end 100MB users some of my colleagues have had threatening letters from virgin for downloading too much, and one even got cut off!!!

Xein · 18 Jul 2012 at 17:51

Although this is not a Sky Fibre question, I didn't want to create another thread.

We're on Sky Unlimited, and currently have one of their newer routers, but our download speeds are still rubbish, but in our previous house we had the same package but with a Netgear router (from Sky) and received a dramatic increase of speeds compared to now. Are we allowed to change the router or do Sky forbid this?

aln · 18 Jul 2012 at 18:03

Frozo said:
Although this is not a Sky Fibre question, I didn't want to create another thread.

We're on Sky Unlimited, and currently have one of their newer routers, but our download speeds are still rubbish, but in our previous house we had the same package but with a Netgear router (from Sky) and received a dramatic increase of speeds compared to now. Are we allowed to change the router or do Sky forbid this?

You're technically not supposed to, and there have been reports of sky contacting customers about it, but lots of people go ahead and do it without problems.

Requires some hackery that'll you need to google and put a little work into. That said, probably pointless, as the distance and quality of your line won't change by adding a new router.

Xein · 18 Jul 2012 at 18:31

aln said:
You're technically not supposed to, and there have been reports of sky contacting customers about it, but lots of people go ahead and do it without problems.

Requires some hackery that'll you need to google and put a little work into. That said, probably pointless, as the distance and quality of your line won't change by adding a new router.

I think I'll leave it for now then

Br4d · 19 Jul 2012 at 12:00

Just got Sky's Fibre Unlimited installed after being on 5Mb on their ADSL Broadband

Currenty im synced at...
DownStream Connection Speed 39999 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed 1997 kbps

I've heard that they have increased the upload from 2Mb to 10Mb,
When should i see this rise?

Cheers

morfmedia · 19 Jul 2012 at 12:28

Give it a whirl on test sites, mine was upgraded but the router didn't show it until it was rebooted even though I'd get 8+mbit upload

Br4d · 19 Jul 2012 at 12:53

morfmedia said:
Give it a whirl on test sites, mine was upgraded but the router didn't show it until it was rebooted even though I'd get 8+mbit upload

How long till you got the 8Mb+ upload?
mines only been on a couple hours.

dlockers · 19 Jul 2012 at 13:58

I had fibre installed a while back now, using PfSense - still no upgrade.

sunama · 19 Jul 2012 at 15:31

I just got my SKY FTCC.

Its a lot faster than my old connection, but my upload is slower than the 10MBit/s which some people are getting.

Its a decent upgrade though - approximately 8 times faster than my old connection.

SHEDDER1uk · 19 Jul 2012 at 19:38

Actually ordered mine just now. Not being installed till 17th of next month though

fraseredwards · 19 Jul 2012 at 22:03

just noticed my router profile has changed to 10 meg upload! :cool:

Br4d · 20 Jul 2012 at 09:31

Finally got my 10Mb Upload too! Very Happy!