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Old 02-02-2018, 21:34   #46
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Re: Sky fibre optic coming

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The problem for operators such as Sky is that their broadband is based on inferior technology compared with the cable of Virgin Media. Sky may have very good LLU coverage but is reliant on Openreach. I probably cannot get more than 40mbps from Sky due to factors such as the distance between my house and the cabinet in which the DSLAM is installed and how Openreach configured the VDSL2 in the cabinet. In contrast, I get more than the promised 200mbps from Virgin Media's VIVID 200, and I have confidence that Virgin Media can deliver its service as it controls the optical nodes and line cards in the hub sites where contention can occur.
Openreach are now rolling out ultrafast. 100Mbps guaranteed minimum speed.
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Old 02-02-2018, 22:20   #47
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I thought I'd seen something mentioned about this before, thanks sp,the thing is, would they let Sky use Virgin's existing BB service to facilitate their new dish free offering, which would obviously result in Virgin losing customers, but at a cost to Sky?
I find it hard to believe that Ofcom would allow Virgin Media to block Sky's traffic.

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Openreach are now rolling out ultrafast. 100Mbps guaranteed minimum speed.
Is this G.fast? If so, I'd be amazed if Openreach will invest in cabinets in my area.
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I find it hard to believe that Ofcom would allow Virgin Media to block Sky's traffic.

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Is this G.fast? If so, I'd be amazed if Openreach will invest in cabinets in my area.
It will be a mixture of FTTP and G.fast initially. With 10M FTTP connections by 2025

https://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/hom...fibreaccess.do

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42902064

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the thing is, would they let Sky use Virgin's existing BB service to facilitate their new dish free offering, which would obviously result in Virgin losing customers, but at a cost to Sky?
Maybe. But why on earth would anyone want Sky if they can get cable?
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Re: Sky fibre optic coming

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It will be a mixture of FTTP and G.fast initially. With 10M FTTP connections by 2025

https://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/hom...fibreaccess.do

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42902064
From a personal perspective, I can't get enthusiastic about G.fast as the length of the copper wire to the cabinet becomes even more important. As my nearest cabinet is over 400 metres from my house, I won't get particularly fast broadband even if a G.fast extension pod gets attached to the cabinet.
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Maybe. But why on earth would anyone want Sky if they can get cable?
Do you mean for TV or Internet ?

I have Sky internet as a backup to my Virgin connection.

For TV, we prefer Sky to Virgin - we tried the Tivo for [almost] a year and just could not get on with the inteface, and went back to Sky.
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