Sky Fibre Optic

Hamster · 17 Aug 2012 at 22:35

Naan_H said:
Fair enough, it looks pretty obvious you need one then. That box for me was green when i ordered it, i did call sky to confirm whether they needed the MAC and they said they did not.

With regards to the phone line - my service was to be activated on the same date as my install date. Very odd indeed.

It could be that not providing the MAC has delayed the changeover. Also for the pedants like me, did you notice that they want a MAC code? So they want a Migration Authorisation Code code. I'll give them a call once I get the code code and ask them about the dates.

Naan_H · 17 Aug 2012 at 22:37

Hamster said:
It could be that not providing the MAC has delayed the changeover. Also for the pedants like me, did you notice that they want a MAC code? So they want a Migration Authorisation Code code. I'll give them a call once I get the code code and ask them about the dates.

Yeh best to ring them once you have it - hopefully it wont screw things up for you.

Hamster · 17 Aug 2012 at 22:42

Naan_H said:
Yeh best to ring them once you have it - hopefully it wont screw things up for you.

Will do. I'm not too concerned whether it's delayed for a few days as long as the change goes without a hitch. I've had bad experience changing phone providers and ISPs in the past, all of them due to my telephone number originally being provided by Telewest years ago.

BuZ · 17 Aug 2012 at 22:49

BT Infinity or Sky Fibre?!? Now I've got some contest going on for when I decide to switch from Virgin. Also Talk-Talk are fibre/going fibre. I am confused on what to get. :/ Hmm, I'll do some more research on them and try to add up and select the best. I'm still stuck with Fibre via Virgin. I am thinking of switching to Phone-line LLU because I can get around 14-16Mb/s; I am roughly 900metres from the exchange near to 1KM.

On the long run I am very worried if I switch from my current 10Mb/s Virgin (Which is slow, but it is reliable). I need at least 30Mb/s, but Virgin is useless and oversubscribed.

KIA · 18 Aug 2012 at 09:18

Sky, always. The other two are trash.

sunama · 18 Aug 2012 at 14:20

I can't comment on Virgin. But BT Infinity is certainly not "trash".
Their basic FTCC package is cheaper than SKY's, though they do throttle P2P downloads. If you have no intention to do P2P downloading, then I would prefer to go with BT (lower cost).

Correct me if I am wrong.

panyan · 18 Aug 2012 at 15:12

sunama said:
If you have no intention to do P2P downloading, then I would prefer to go with BT (lower cost).

I dont use P2P services but i wouldnt go with BT purely because they have policies that limit their users.

I would rather pay a little more and support an ISP that offers a truly unlimited service

SHEDDER1uk · 19 Aug 2012 at 16:26

SHEDDER1uk said:
Unlocking you will have to give me some details on that. They estimated 34 so pretty close. Infact just tested again and it's gone up already.

Well that didn't last long down to this speed today and utorrent uploads are very very slow.

KIA · 19 Aug 2012 at 17:38

SHEDDER1uk said:
Well that didn't last long down to this speed today and utorrent uploads are very very slow.

http://speedtester.bt.com/ (Java test)

Grab IP profile info.

SHEDDER1uk · 19 Aug 2012 at 17:47

Sorry grab what now?

KIA · 19 Aug 2012 at 17:54

SHEDDER1uk said:
Sorry grab what now?

Run the Java speed test. It will show you throughput and IP profile information.

SHEDDER1uk · 19 Aug 2012 at 17:59

Getting around 18.4 down and 8.5 up.

KIA · 19 Aug 2012 at 18:18

What's the IP profile?

Naan_H · 19 Aug 2012 at 18:39

KIA said:
http://speedtester.bt.com/ (Java test)

Grab IP profile info.

I can never get that to work - do you need to have a BT phone line for it to work?

SHEDDER1uk · 19 Aug 2012 at 18:44

It keeps crashing my ie as soon as I open it. Used chrome and got it to work but dont see ip profile there.

SHEDDER1uk · 19 Aug 2012 at 20:29

can't see any info on ip profile?

KIA · 19 Aug 2012 at 22:09

You need Java installed.

"ADSL & FTTC Diagnostics"

SHEDDER1uk · 19 Aug 2012 at 22:11

I have java it says can't run that test at this time.

Hamster · 20 Aug 2012 at 13:20

Can anyone please confirm whether Sky Fibre will work if the telephone line is still with BT? Reason I ask is that my Fibre is going to be installed on 31st August and the phone line is to be transferred to Sky on 3rd September. Sky CS said that it will work but I've had enough experience of them to know to double check these things.

KIA · 20 Aug 2012 at 13:42

Hamster said:
Can anyone please confirm whether Sky Fibre will work if the telephone line is still with BT? Reason I ask is that my Fibre is going to be installed on 31st August and the phone line is to be transferred to Sky on 3rd September. Sky CS said that it will work but I've had enough experience of them to know to double check these things.

Yes, it should work.