Soldato
I've downloaded huge ammounts through Sky's FTTC. Day and night(p2p), The speeds not budged once.
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Soldato
hm. oops.
Not really bothered about P2P stuff - more usenet and it doesn't look like that's affected via BT. I've also noticed more threads from sky fibre users about "half speed" issues.
I have to admit though that sky's customer service will be better than BT's - other than the usual BT and sky arguing with one another over who is at fault lol - i.e. line or system fault etc.
Will see if I can blag the PRO service for £20 otherwise will probably move to BT - as i find £30 pm a bit too much to stomach for internet use.
This thread doesn't exactly inspire confidence though!! http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Fibre-Unlimited/Half-speed/td-p/413509/page/39
I have to admit though that sky's customer service will be better than BT's - other than the usual BT and sky arguing with one another over who is at fault lol - i.e. line or system fault etc.
Will see if I can blag the PRO service for £20 otherwise will probably move to BT - as i find £30 pm a bit too much to stomach for internet use.
This thread doesn't exactly inspire confidence though!! http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Fibre-Unlimited/Half-speed/td-p/413509/page/39
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SKY don't throttle regardless, I've done 000's of gigs in a month and not even a peep from them, whereas my mate is on BT and gets hammered every night.
Sky are using BT's fibre service so are also subject to the same traffic management. Its the reason why BE won't currently offer a fibre service, as they are at the mercy of BT
Nonsense.
LINX is where A LOT of traffic is exchanged between ISP's in various London locations, they don't count in Mbit or Gigabit, they are now in Tbit!
https://www.linx.net/pubtools/trafficstats.html
wow, the current average is 115GBps!
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Sky are using BT's fibre service so are also subject to the same traffic management. Its the reason why BE won't currently offer a fibre service, as they are at the mercy of BT
BUT - If you know something i don't - please say so, as I've got till the 17th to cancel lol!
just LOL this is complete nonsense, they use BT's infrastructure not their service
Soldato
How long do they spend working on the master socket? Mine is quite awkwardly placed and installer is going to have a hard time if he'd got a bad back!
As long as is needed. My BT man was ace, he spent about a couple of hours here and while fitting the data kit we talked about cars and how to clean them - i learnt a few things or two!! He even went out to look at my car and told me what polisher and products to buy etc !
Its purely dependent - he told me he spent half a day at an install because it was so awkward.
Soldato
Thanks Naan
I hope my installer is as good as yours was! I'll try and make his life as easy as possible by making the socket easily accessible.Thanks Naan
Strange.
My installer spent about 5-10 minutes, maximum working on my socket.
Not sure why it would take more than this, given that all he does is replace the face plate. It certainly shouldnt take 2 hours to replace a face plate.
My installer spent about 5-10 minutes, maximum working on my socket.
Not sure why it would take more than this, given that all he does is replace the face plate. It certainly shouldnt take 2 hours to replace a face plate.
Not strange at all, unlike your reply. You really should read the thread. A master socket can be placed anywhere and in some cases in very difficult to reach places. My master socket is next to my front door, with no power source nearby. A data extension kit had to be installed to get the modem and router placed next to my pc, which obviously has a power source.
He had to drill through door frames to run the cable, something they do not normally do. And he took his time to do a neat job. I'm glad he did and appreciate the effort and lengths he went to make me happy with the install. Great service from openreach.