Just had sky fibre installed

[AdamD]

Originally Posted by Qtx

5ms is awesome

Hopefully a nice stable line now

Yea and that's on a wireless connection to, so not bad at all.

[Qtx]

Originally Posted by AdamD

Yea and that's on a wireless connection to, so not bad at all.

Even more impressive if that is wireless

Is that the router Sky give you?

[AdamD]

When I did that test, yes.

That was the first speedtest I ran, might've been coincedence though, as the average ping I get now, is anywhere from 12-17ms (which isn't bad either, really)

Average ping to the BBC is 15ms

But I am using another router right now, I'll try switching to the sky one again in a sec.

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Yea, same kinda ping going through the sky box, 15-16 on average using speedtest.net and pingtest.

[Qtx]

Still nice and low and the added bonus it will be stable

[AdamD]

Very and it's so nice to be able to watch Youtube videos again, without any buffering.
hehe

[AdamD]

Nom nom nom
Your Sky Broadband

• Sky Fibre Unlimited Cancellation in progress
• Sky Fibre Unlimited Pro Awaiting activation

[Mick Fisher]

Originally Posted by AdamD

Nom nom nom

Your Sky Broadband

• Sky Fibre Unlimited Cancellation in progress
• Sky Fibre Unlimited Pro Awaiting activation

So you can't get enough of a good thing then

[Chrysalis]

haha.

[Qtx]

Originally Posted by AdamD

Nom nom nom
Your Sky Broadband

• Sky Fibre Unlimited Cancellation in progress
• Sky Fibre Unlimited Pro Awaiting activation

Did you cancel your VM line too?

[qasdfdsaq]

Originally Posted by AdamD

Nom nom nom
Your Sky Broadband

• Sky Fibre Unlimited Cancellation in progress
• Sky Fibre Unlimited Pro Awaiting activation

Why would you upgrade to 80Mb when you can't even make full use of the 40Mb service?

[AdamD]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Why would you upgrade to 80Mb when you can't even make full use of the 40Mb service?

Because as I've found out, it doesn't matter if you can't hit the full 40, or 80mb, upgrading still grants you a higher speed.

I'm getting between 60 and 67mb down, 16-19 up. (And that's with 3 people using the connection, including my dad torrenting...heh)



http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/res...833&v=18229417

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Originally Posted by Qtx

Did you cancel your VM line too?

Yep.
They've called me three times now to ask why,



Different server

[Qtx]

Awesome! 71.5 Mb/s isnt bad at all and the 17 Mb/s is seeding bandwidth I would guess XD

How much extra was the Pro on top? I forgot to ask them before.

Virgin called me a ton of times, sometimes a few days in a row. The last guy said maybe they can sort out my network problems with an engineer lol. I know its their job and training but I couldn't be arsed to explain there would be no quick fix.

[AdamD]

Pro is an extra £10 on top, I primarily upgraded for the upload speed (I am due to start making gaming videos to upload to Youtube, thus, needed the upload speed)

Total cost from memory is £44.95 a month, with the sky phone line. (£30 for Fibre pro, £14.95 for sky talk/rental)

But, it's the only true unlimited broadband in the UK these days, so it's worth the price I think.

[Qtx]

Not bad for a tenner more.

Paying the same as you but mine is 40/10, phoneline and Sky 2TB HD+ box with Entertainment extra package. Still cheaper than I was paying virgin and faster broadband along with lots of channels compared to the M+ I had. It was the unlimited/unshaped that made me decide on sky over the others too. Might have gone for Plusnet if they had removed their limits sooner.

[Chrysalis]

if you have a HG modem then unlocking it and disabling QoS will also give around 10% extra throughput on the upstream. From looking at speedtests of ECI modems I think they dont have any such issue in their locked state.