Opinion on sky unlimited broadband?

Techn

Hi,

I'm looking for any feedback and opinions on the quality of sky's broadband. I dont live in a cable area so it would be good old fashioned internet. i'm not overly far away from the exchange.

Currently on orange/EE. i imagine sky just offer the internet through a bt line so would it be much difference to my current service?

do users here ever have drop outs or serious slow down at peak times?

Edit.. just checked my exchange and sky appear to be listed a LLU, would there be any difference switching from the ADSL orange i'm on to the LLU of sky? all rather confusing

penrhyn

Sky LLU broadband is fine, there is another thread on the same topic here.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4385207

Sky do LLU, Connect ( resold BT ) and FTTC ( resold BT Infinity ) broadband.

jaybeetoo

I had Orange broadband and experienced problems nearly every day which I had to fix by rebooting the router - very tedious.

I moved to Sky and had no problems.

Even though both services were over the same copper wiring, Sky were much more reliable.

YMMV

Techn

jaybeetoo wrote: »

I had Orange broadband and experienced problems nearly every day which I had to fix by rebooting the router - very tedious.

I moved to Sky and had no problems.

Even though both services were over the same copper wiring, Sky were much more reliable.

YMMV

thats interesting. I used to have so many drop offs with orange, but found it was mainly down to their netgear router. bought a tp link one and problem was solved. though recently it tends stutter before carrying on as usual.

does sky not use ADSL2 then? would there be much of a change over delay switching from ADSL to whats listed on my exchange on samknows as LLU xDSL?

Techn

also while here, do these line stats look reasonable?

Downstream

SNR Margin (0.1 dB): 128
Attenuation (0.1 dB): 210
Output Power (0.1 dBm): 198
Attainable Rate (Kbps): 10240


Upstream

SNR Margin (0.1 dB): 270
Attenuation (0.1 dB): 130
Output Power (0.1 dBm): 119
Attainable Rate (Kbps): 1180

penrhyn

Techn wrote: »

also while here, do these line stats look reasonable?

Downstream

SNR Margin (0.1 dB): 128
Attenuation (0.1 dB): 210
Output Power (0.1 dBm): 198
Attainable Rate (Kbps): 10240


Upstream

SNR Margin (0.1 dB): 270
Attenuation (0.1 dB): 130
Output Power (0.1 dBm): 119
Attainable Rate (Kbps): 1180

Assuming your downstream attenuation is in fact 21 db then....
ADSL2+ Speed Test

We estimate your line is capable of between 16mb to 24mb broadband on an ADSL2+ service.

Sosdon

Been with several ISPs over the years and Sky has been the fastest and most reliable ..

Techn

penrhyn wrote: »

Assuming your downstream attenuation is in fact 21 db then....
ADSL2+ Speed Test

We estimate your line is capable of between 16mb to 24mb broadband on an ADSL2+ service.

i'm only on a standard 8mb ADSL. I think my exchange was only recently updated to ADSL2+ within the last 6 months or so. doesnt seem like orange have bothered to upgrade me or ask about it.
heard alot of bad things about sky when they first started offering BB, but maybe that was just the connect package. i think their LLU is recent here too.

Considering i've been with orange for enternity, through wanadoo, freeserve, orange and now EE. they should be offering me a free year lol