SKY Fibre!

[Angel_Rex]

Hey guys, just thought I'd ask around about SKY fibre.

I registered my interest here two weeks ago : https://fibre.sky.com/shop/broadband-talk/broadband-options/sky-fibre-broadband/

I got a call last night offering me fibre broadband from sky for £20 a month and asked if I wanted to order it.

Specs:

40mb down
2mb up (changing to 10mb in a few months)
have to be a sky tv, phone, line rental & broadband customer
have to sign another 12 months broadband subscription.

I have agreed and will be connected to sky's fibre service on the 2nd March

does anyone else have it here or know anyone who does? They reckon my minimum speed will be 34mb^^


Updated stats:

Not toooo shabby eh?

The engineers *Machine* said I could get a max of 45mb down & 7.6mb up






Router Statistics

System Up Time: 0:26:44

Broadband Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 39997 kbps 1999 kbps


No SNR etc tho


System Details
Manufacturer Sagemcom
Model Number F@ST2504n
Firmware Version 5.27.1a4N

router was listed as phase 3 router


ping www.bbc.co.uk

Pinging www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.244.69] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.58.244.69: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=56
Reply from 212.58.244.69: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=56
Reply from 212.58.244.69: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=56
Reply from 212.58.244.69: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=56

Ping statistics for 212.58.244.69:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 9ms, Maximum = 10ms, Average = 9ms

 

[KIA]

Are you part of the trial or is it launching early?

I hope the bit about the upload speed changing is correct.

 

[Spenty]

BT's network is gonna become slow as **** with all the different companies using it.

 

[Matteysan]

BT's network is gonna become slow as **** with all the different companies using it.

It isn't going to be BT's network though is it? I presume Sky will have their own equipment in the cabinets? Or am I mistaken?

 

[cravin penut]

Sky will be using the BTO network

 

[Spenty]

All of the major companies offering fibre (apart from virgin) will be using BT's infrastructure. BT will end up shooting themself in the foot again like they did with ADSL as the more companies they sold out to the worse their own customers broadband seem to perform.

 

[Matteysan]

Sky will be using the BTO network

So it'll basically be Sky Connect but the fibre version. Meh I'll wait till they get their own equipment like they got for LLU

 

[CrimsonAvenger]

BT's network is gonna become slow as **** with all the different companies using it.

and your point is exactly ?

 

[Spenty]

and your point is exactly ?

Why the need to sell out to all the other broadband providers. They sell out and the other providers seem to give better throughput and stuff than BT do for their own customers. ***** me off.

 

[DJMK4]

BT's network is gonna become slow as **** with all the different companies using it.

I would rather use someone else that BT TBH

BE should be launching their FTTC services soon, I know they are already trailing it in some exchanges.

 

[DJMK4]

Why the need to sell out to all the other broadband providers. They sell out and the other providers seem to give better throughput and stuff than BT do for their own customers. ***** me off.

Then why don't you do the logical thing and move when this said slowdown happens ?

As an ISP, I would never opt for BT in a million years, but thats me.

 

[CrimsonAvenger]

As others have said why BT ?

They are the easy choice if nothing else, but everything else with them sucks.

And sharing it with other providers is no different to standard DSL/phone etc. etc.

 

[Matteysan]

Plus they have to share it anyway else ofcom will cry like babies Personally though I'd never use BT in a million years terrible.

 

[CrimsonAvenger]

Plus they have to share it anyway else ofcom will cry like babies Personally though I'd never use BT in a million years terrible.

this!

 

[GeX]

Why the need to sell out to all the other broadband providers. They sell out and the other providers seem to give better throughput and stuff than BT do for their own customers. ***** me off.

BT is not BTO. It's BTO's network and other ISPs (like BT) use it. This makes the whole thing viable on the kind of costs that the public are willing to pay.

 

[inSilica]

I would rather use someone else that BT TBH

BE should be launching their FTTC services soon, I know they are already trailing it in some exchanges.

I've been with Be since 2006 and I'm telling you since O2 took over its been crap. They can trial all they want! I'm leaving

 

[Spenty]

Then why don't you do the logical thing and move when this said slowdown happens ?

As an ISP, I would never opt for BT in a million years, but thats me.

In this day and age of ISP's there is a thing called a contract no?

 

[Spenty]

Plus they have to share it anyway else ofcom will cry like babies Personally though I'd never use BT in a million years terrible.

The thing is BT Infinity isn't terrible at all atm. I've had it 3 months and full 40 down 10 up consistently, 5ms pings. Cant fault it but like anything else I cant see it staying this way for long.

 

[KIA]

Don't compare it to Infinity & Sky Connect as it will not use BT Wholesale WBC network.

 

[Spenty]

I've been with Be since 2006 and I'm telling you since O2 took over its been crap. They can trial all they want! I'm leaving

Yeah because o2 basically accumulated thousands of customer because of there low priced and unlimited packages they offered at first. o2 when it first started was awesome, then as the numbers rose it became pathetic.