Sky Broadband

[sav112]

South how far away are you from the exchange?

[Matt D]

Originally Posted by Skatoony

That would mean bandwidth limits, which the highest (£10) package doesn't have

That's why I have the "Max" package.


Can't actually get any more than 7-8mbps, at a push, 'cos of my line length, but still happy to pay £10 rather than £5 due to the higher upload speed & the "unlimited" usage.

[Burakiosaurus]

Originally Posted by Be*

This is the speeds I get on my Sky line

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/res...7135&v=3833818

that download speed is crazy, i use Sky BB too on the 16MB £10 a month package but dont get anywhere near that. I'll post my speed later tonight but how can I realistically get my speed up to what you have?

i am going the way of Phone socket > microfilter > Router > ethernet to PC

[Paul]

ADSL depends on many things including condition of internal telephone wiring (extensions can seriously impact coditions), condition of line between you and exchange, condition of equipment on line, condition of equipment at exchange, distance from exchange and contention to name but a few. If you have any extensions remove them from the line for testing, if you have old wiring you may be looking to remove the bell wire as it pulls in interference etc. Skyuser is a good place to start asking questions.

[Burakiosaurus]

good point, i am running an extension from main phone socket to the room where the PC is. Would a wireless connection give me a faster d/l speed if plugged the Router into where the main phone socet is?

i shall check out skyuser too, thanks for the advice

[Paul]

get shot of the extension or run a long ethernet, without the extension you may improve your speed but lose it again across wireless. Get the router directly onto the filter at the main socket and see if it improves things.

[Central]

Originally Posted by Burakiosaurus

that download speed is crazy, i use Sky BB too on the 16MB £10 a month package but dont get anywhere near that. I'll post my speed later tonight but how can I realistically get my speed up to what you have?

i am going the way of Phone socket > microfilter > Router > ethernet to PC

It is a awesome service

I dont get throttled nor do i get problems on peak

This was done just now

[sav112]

That is a great speed all the same,plenty on ~Virgin getting 5 and 6 mb and there on 20mb

[foreverwar]

And likewise, there are plenty on 4Mb getting 4Mb

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:51:53 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 2137 ms = 479.2 KB/sec, approx 3949 Kbps, 3.86 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 2133 ms = 480.1 KB/sec, approx 3956 Kbps, 3.86 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 2126 ms = 481.7 KB/sec, approx 3969 Kbps, 3.88 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 4262 ms = 480.5 KB/sec, approx 3959 Kbps, 3.87 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 3958 Kbps, 3.87 Mbps

[dragon]

Originally Posted by sav112

Sky would save me £10 a month for the 16Mb over Be but Be get great reviews.

need this for the Be wireless Modem

A 802.11b or 802.11g compatible network adapter for wireless connection to the Be Box if i kbew what that was lol

KINGNET KN-W510P PCI 802.11g/802.11b 54mbps Wireless Network Card

Current Bebox is a Thompson Speedtouch 585 v6 (although there should be a v7 coming out soon)

It's ok but not that great can have problems when a lot of connections are opened e.g P2p.etc and it's not the most user friendly thing in the world.

Then again BE* don't stop you from using your own router it's just the Bebox is the only Supported router so you can if you prefer use another router but keep the bebox somewhere where you can get to it should you need to call tech-support as they may request you connect up the Bebox.

It does support bridge mode though so you can actually just use it as a DSL modem for a separate router (Wrt54GL running Tomato in my case)

[spike7451]

Just a bit of advise for those who want to go wireless,
Sky DO NOT support 3rd party wireless adaptors,ie not bought from Sky.If you have a problem setting up a Lynxys for example & call Sky,you will in all likelyhood be referred to them.
If you do get put thru to the Philapines Tier 1,Then you'll get fobbed off to the old Tier 2 for a wired connection & have to re-do t/shooting & they may be able to help.
And for the 'experts' here who will say I dont know what I'm on about,Well,I used to work in Sky BBand Tier 2( and when it merged with Tier 3)until I left earlier this year

[Paul]

Sky only support their own hardware, they have a basic process in place to passively advise customers using other hardware but at end of day they can only do so much and often have to refer to OEM.

[spike7451]

What Paul said.

[dragon]

Originally Posted by spike7451

Just a bit of advise for those who want to go wireless,
Sky DO NOT support 3rd party wireless adaptors,ie not bought from Sky.If you have a problem setting up a Lynxys for example & call Sky,you will in all likelyhood be referred to them.
If you do get put thru to the Philapines Tier 1,Then you'll get fobbed off to the old Tier 2 for a wired connection & have to re-do t/shooting & they may be able to help.
And for the 'experts' here who will say I dont know what I'm on about,Well,I used to work in Sky BBand Tier 2( and when it merged with Tier 3)until I left earlier this year

No different to pretty much any other ISP out there.