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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: STEMO on 04 May 2017, 12:57:17
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I got a rather good deal on this, £11 a month for the 18 month contract :)
Question: When my router arrives, can I connect it straight up and still get a slow connection or do I have to wait for activation day before plugging it in? Thanks.
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Probably have to wait until activation, the speed that you are allowed is not set at the router level. :y
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Probably have to wait until activation, the speed that you are allowed is not set at the router level. :y
Yes thanks, Mark. I know I won't get the speed, I was just wondering if I'd get anything at all, so I could connect it and wait for activation to happen. I guess I'll just have to 'fiddle'.
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Probably have to wait until activation, the speed that you are allowed is not set at the router level. :y
Yes thanks, Mark. I know I won't get the speed, I was just wondering if I'd get anything at all, so I could connect it and wait for activation to happen. I guess I'll just have to 'fiddle'.
Fiddle with it ::) your going to break the bloody thing before its even been activated. ;D
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Is it real Fibre or FTTC?
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Probably have to wait until activation, the speed that you are allowed is not set at the router level. :y
Yes thanks, Mark. I know I won't get the speed, I was just wondering if I'd get anything at all, so I could connect it and wait for activation to happen. I guess I'll just have to 'fiddle'.
Do you have Sky BB currently?
If not, again it will only work at activation date.
Is it real Fibre or FTTC?
I think Sky only do fibre to the cabinet :-\
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Mark, it's FTTC
Tunnie, I already have Sky bb
Zirk, I have been fiddling with it for over 50 years and I haven't broken it yet.
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Suspect it's all on the Sky side then, at your activation date you will be switched to Fibre speed. So when you plug it in, you would get 'normal' speed I would have thought, then on the day they activate it, get full beans speed :y
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Suspect it's all on the Sky side then, at your activation date you will be switched to Fibre speed. So when you plug it in, you would get 'normal' speed I would have thought, then on the day they activate it, get full beans speed :y
That's what I was looking for. Various opinions on the sky forum, so I'll just ignore them. ;D
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Mark, it's FTTC
Tunnie, I already have Sky bb
Zirk, I have been fiddling with it for over 50 years and I haven't broken it yet.
So is your current broadband also FTTC or exchange based?
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Mark, it's FTTC
Tunnie, I already have Sky bb
Zirk, I have been fiddling with it for over 50 years and I haven't broken it yet.
So is your current broadband also FTTC or exchange based?
Exchange based.
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Have you got a normal phone socket or a mk II / mk III split one?
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Have you got a normal phone socket or a mk II / mk III split one?
Just a normal old fashioned one.
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Mark, it's FTTC
Tunnie, I already have Sky bb
Zirk, I have been fiddling with it for over 50 years and I haven't broken it yet.
So is your current broadband also FTTC or exchange based?
Exchange based.
Easy answer then.....no
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Well....it's connected......working at just the same speed as the old one. Activation date for fibre is Thursday.
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Well....it's connected......working at just the same speed as the old one. Activation date for fibre is Thursday.
I read that as disconnection date when they fubar it up......better get in all the rubbish you talk quick Steve....we may not see you for a while ;D ::) :)
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Well....it's connected......working at just the same speed as the old one. Activation date for fibre is Thursday.
I read that as disconnection date when they fubar it up......better get in all the rubbish you talk quick Steve....we may not see you for a while ;D ::) :)
I have a phone, so fear not, Dave :-*
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My Sky Q Ultra HD thingymebob went live on Sunday. Very impressed so far. To get the UHD you have to have the 2TB box and if you have the 2TB box you have to have multiscreen - whilst this is basically b****x I managed to get a fair price for everything overall with all new kit and both normal and fancy controllers. Having saved on this package (in my mind at least) the savings now offset by Mrs who has dropped her phone again for second time in 2 months - might give Sky Mobile a go. With multiscreen at least there are more interesting options in the bedroom......
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Changeover was seamless, only getting 25Mbs down and 11 up at the moment but have been assured that this will improve with time..........a bit like me :)
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Changeover was seamless, only getting 25Mbs down and 11 up at the moment but have been assured that this will improve with time..........a bit like me :)
Really? Training normally goes other way, as training is about discovering what the line can't sustain.
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Changeover was seamless, only getting 25Mbs down and 11 up at the moment but have been assured that this will improve with time..........a bit like me :)
Really? Training normally goes other way, as training is about discovering what the line can't sustain.
Well....it better not go the other way, cause I was promised 38-39. So.....I will tell them I wouldn't of bought it if I couldn't get those speeds.....so they can jolly well do something about it. So there. :P
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Changeover was seamless, only getting 25Mbs down and 11 up at the moment but have been assured that this will improve with time..........a bit like me :)
Really? Training normally goes other way, as training is about discovering what the line can't sustain.
Well....it better not go the other way, cause I was promised 38-39. So.....I will tell them I wouldn't of bought it if I couldn't get those speeds.....so they can jolly well do something about it. So there. :P
Well, fingers crossed for you.
Don't mess with router for the training period, as that can drag it down as well.
But in my experience, the initial sync isn't far from the mark, and tends to drop around 5-10% before settling...
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Changeover was seamless, only getting 25Mbs down and 11 up at the moment but have been assured that this will improve with time..........a bit like me :)
Really? Training normally goes other way, as training is about discovering what the line can't sustain.
Well....it better not go the other way, cause I was promised 38-39. So.....I will tell them I wouldn't of bought it if I couldn't get those speeds.....so they can jolly well do something about it. So there. :P
Well, fingers crossed for you.
Don't mess with router for the training period, as that can drag it down as well.
But in my experience, the initial sync isn't far from the mark, and tends to drop around 5-10% before settling...
TBH, I don't think it really matters. I don't download films or anything like that, I just thought I should 'keep up' with things. ;D
Not actually noticing any difference to the 6Mb I had before, except an app I downloaded whizzed through in about three seconds instead of the usual 20.
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For me, its the upload that I notice most - things like cloud services such as online storage become viable.
For general browsing with just 2 or 3 of you in the house, you'll not see much difference.
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I take it you are cabled in, not using wifi before you measure speeds?
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Just plugged a laptop in and got 30Mb.
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can you post the full results from speedtest.btwholesale.com
A couple at different times of the day would help too, evenings may well be slower.
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Just plugged a laptop in and got 30Mb.
Don't attempt speed tests over wifi, unless you know what you are doing.
With wifi, the wifi part will be the limiting factor with most 802.11g/a/n setups. Esp if someone else is active on same or overlap channel