Sky vs BT fibre optic?

hotcookie101

Anyone got recommendations for either one? We are leaving virgin due to constant service issues for the past 12 months (are on their fibre optic BB, do BT and Sky use different cables? Or are we likely to suffer the same consequences with them?
We are high users, with lots of downloads, so need unlimited downloads, and preferably with no traffic management/shaping etc

penrhyn

Its still a copper cable when it comes into your property. BT FTTC is totally separate to Virgins own closed network. All ISPs are in effect reselling BT Infinity Fibre optic broadband.

hotcookie101

penrhyn wrote: »

Its still a copper cable when it comes into your property. BT FTTC is totally separate to Virgins own closed network. All ISPs are in effect reselling BT Infinity Fibre optic broadband.

Thats fine. As long as it is separate from virgins infrastructure thats cool

socmwils23

BT do cap torrent speeds though during the daytime. Not sure if sky do or not but you can only get top speeds on torrents during the night.

hotcookie101

We don't use p2p downloads, is that the only thing they cap?

chanz4

yes, but sky are good at grassing you up for ilegal activity

pullenuk

Try plusnet? Their Fibre extra (same as BT) costs £19.99 per month and gives you 250gb during peak times (8am to midnight, free unlimited midnight to 8am) and gives you up to 76mb download and 19.5mb upload.

Traffic is managed on Plusnet, but you can pay an extra £5 a month to *almost* run everything at full speed. Since you said you don't use p2p download - you will basically get everything at line speed.

I highly recomend them. If you are burning 250gb in a month between 8am and midnight - what the heck are you doing? ;-)

sam959

virgin fibre optic are the best in my area! i download like 2gd in about 10 to 15 mins! so muc faster than Sky or BT

pullenuk

sam959 wrote: »

virgin fibre optic are the best in my area! i download like 2gd in about 10 to 15 mins! so muc faster than Sky or BT

What speed you managed to get from them?

banger9365

sam959 wrote: »

virgin fibre optic are the best in my area! i download like 2gd in about 10 to 15 mins! so muc faster than Sky or BT

thats a lot slow i get 2Gb in about 2 mins,but then again it is 100mbps

prowla

Sky runs over BT's network.

(I had numerous problems with Sky's ADSL earlier in the year, which were probably due to BT.)