SKY broadband 16mbit

[Nikesh]

What upload speed do you get with Sky 16mb broadband?

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by Nikesh

What upload speed do you get with Sky 16mb broadband?

8Mb/400Kb
16Mb/768Kb

source.

[nho1993]

im just wondering, how long does it take sky to connect you once you order and i dont want wireless, can i just use a ethernet cable to the wireless router/modem they provide?

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by nho1993

im just wondering, how long does it take sky to connect you once you order and i dont want wireless, can i just use a ethernet cable to the wireless router/modem they provide?

I think the wireless router they use is a Sky branded version of the Netgear DG834G. Like pretty much all wireless routers, it should have a built-in 4 port switch, so you can use ethernet if you want.

[kronas]

Originally Posted by AdamD

I sync at a lovely 16mb on my Bulldog line, but my god, is it unstable

It drops the connection at least once an hour, then reconnects
I've called them about 20 times in the past 6 months, had a BT engineer up, still not fixed
Bulldog is deserving of their poor reputation

on sky people have had their tier capped to a lower speed, lines maybe able to sync at close to full speed but if its pushing your line to its limits then you will see drops, i have heard of people on the 16mbit service being capped to 8096 down 416up, after that their broadband works fine.

Originally Posted by Matt D

I think the wireless router they use is a Sky branded version of the Netgear DG834G. Like pretty much all wireless routers, it should have a built-in 4 port switch, so you can use ethernet if you want.

yes it is that router and has four ethernet ports, im using wired as its better throughput and response

i must add its oh so sweet to be proxyless

[nho1993]

Originally Posted by kronas

on sky people have had their tier capped to a lower speed, lines maybe able to sync at close to full speed but if its pushing your line to its limits then you will see drops, i have heard of people on the 16mbit service being capped to 8096 down 416up, after that their broadband works fine.



yes it is that router and has four ethernet ports, im using wired as its better throughput and response

i must add its oh so sweet to be proxyless

how long did sky take to connect you, also on speed checkers tec they say i sohuld be able to round 3MB what is the possibility of me getting higher on sky, what i dont understand is that they till offer me 16MB when i should realyl only sign up to up to 8MB?

Thanks

[Chrysalis]

that bulldog line probably has a too low snr margin and getting noise bursts, if they increase the snr margin target by a few dB that may be enough to stabalise the line, or if you get a speedtouch 546/585 router you can use dmt to adjust the snr margin yourself.

[dragon]

Originally Posted by Matt D

I think the wireless router they use is a Sky branded version of the Netgear DG834G. Like pretty much all wireless routers, it should have a built-in 4 port switch, so you can use ethernet if you want.

It is, i setup my friends one for them

Ironicly replacing their existing DG834G (i think it was it looked identeical) with the Sky one. Least i didn't have to mess about behind their cabnet re running the cables seeing as the psu for their old router had the same as the one (i did carefully check the voltage/polairty/current rating before plugging it in)

with the sky router i just used the one that was already there rather than pull out all their neatly run cables to the old router.

[kronas]

Originally Posted by nho1993

how long did sky take to connect you, also on speed checkers tec they say i sohuld be able to round 3MB what is the possibility of me getting higher on sky, what i dont understand is that they till offer me 16MB when i should realyl only sign up to up to 8MB?

Thanks

it took 10 days for BT to complete their end and the next day i was online by just connecting the router up.

they will offer you max maybe, they really shoudlnt but it is 'upto' so thats the get out clause for them, your not guaranteed those speeds, even on the lower tiers, thats the nature of ADSL, you have to take the risk and go with a provider and chance it, i had good stats to go with before i was connected, but its still arisk because even though i am close to the exchange in straight line distance it very much depends on other factors too, they have been discussed in this thread.

[dragon]

Originally Posted by kronas

it took 10 days for BT to complete their end and the next day i was online by just connecting the router up.

they will offer you max maybe, they really shoudlnt but it is 'upto' so thats the get out clause for them, your not guaranteed those speeds, even on the lower tiers, thats the nature of ADSL, you have to take the risk and go with a provider and chance it, i had good stats to go with before i was connected, but its still arisk because even though i am close to the exchange in straight line distance it very much depends on other factors too, they have been discussed in this thread.

given Skys pricing most people probably wont mind if they don't get the full 16mbit

[nho1993]

I might just go for mid and see how that goes, if i only get around 3MBS i will stay on mid but if i get over i might risk to upgrade to max, you say there is no fees to upgrade and you can upgrade when ever you want?

[iain_herts]

yes there are no fees to upgrade i have been on sky BB for a few days my wired pc downstairs get aroung 1300kb/s were as my pc upstairs which is wireless gets aroung 9000 - 10000

[nho1993]

Originally Posted by iain_herts

yes there are no fees to upgrade i have been on sky BB for a few days my wired pc downstairs get aroung 1300kb/s were as my pc upstairs which is wireless gets aroung 9000 - 10000

i thought if it was wired you would get a better connection??

[iain_herts]

i do my pc upstairs is wireless and i get less on that

[nho1993]

does anyone have NTLS address to sed a letter to, even though my contract ends on the 17th of jan can i still phone now to cancel when my contract ends?