Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Sky Fibre - Post your results here!

  • 07-01-2015 10:23pm
    #1
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭


    Installs are happening this week. It would be interesting to see speed tests posted here to give boardsies a flavour of what to expect. So, let's see those results :D.


Comments

  • #2
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Same cabs, same speeds. Won't be abything to write home about.


  • #3
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭degsie


    ED E wrote: »
    Same cabs, same speeds. Won't be abything to write home about.

    Different router/hub :)


  • #4
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    degsie wrote: »
    Different router/hub :)

    Different backhaul:mad: Hopefully they've overcome their dire evening speed issues...


  • #5
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    Great idea for a thread!

    Can't wait to see what we've all been waiting 18 months for! ;)


  • #6
    ElNino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭ElNino


    jca wrote: »
    Different backhaul:mad: Hopefully they've overcome their dire evening speed issues...

    I think someone, elsewhere in this forum, posted that Sky are using eircom's backhaul for their VDSL. Therefore one would expect there to be no difference in speeds between Sky and eircom VDSL.


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,276 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    ElNino wrote: »
    I think someone, elsewhere in this forum, posted that Sky are using eircom's backhaul for their VDSL. Therefore one would expect there to be no difference in speeds between Sky and eircom VDSL.

    Not necessarily. Sky will buy a certain amount of capacity off of Eircom Wholesale. The question is will they buy enough capacity?

    Also they will have their own routing gear and their own arrangements for international backhaul. So no guarantee they will perform the same, not at all.

    Just look at the awful congestion problems they had when they launched ADSL. It was actually where they were using Eircom backhaul that they seemed to have the most problems.

    Hopefully it will be different this time, but they certainly don't have a good track record.


  • #8
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭degsie


    To get the ball rolling...

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=93803849&postcount=555


  • #9
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭degsie


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=93819815&postcount=566


  • #10
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    Shame we've no actual SpeedTest pic results!


  • #11
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭degsie


    AlanS181824 wrote: »
    Shame we've no actual SpeedTest pic results!

    I know what you mean :(

    Anyway...http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=93826520&postcount=569


  • Advertisement
  • #12
    xii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭xii


    4057162420.png

    Mine activated this evening, 500m from cabinet


  • #13
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    xii wrote: »
    4057162420.png

    Mine activated this evening, 500m from cabinet

    That's very good I'm about 550m from the cab and getting an average of 49-50meg.


  • #14
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    xii wrote: »
    4057162420.png

    Mine activated this evening, 500m from cabinet

    For 500m thats very very good. Is it a new cab? If so you may see a dropoff when crosstalk increases.


  • #15
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    Yay! Nice to see people are getting great speeds!


  • #16
    xii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭xii


    ED E wrote: »
    For 500m thats very very good. Is it a new cab? If so you may see a dropoff when crosstalk increases.


    One of the first actually, Dooradoyle, Limerick


  • #17
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    AlanS181824 wrote: »
    Yay! Nice to see people are getting great speeds!

    There was never a problem at 12:52pm. 19:00 to 23:30 was when the fun started:mad: I'd be very reluctant to use sky as my ISP tbh.


  • #18
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭degsie


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=93835382&postcount=574


  • #19
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    jca wrote: »
    There was never a problem at 12:52pm. 19:00 to 23:30 was when the fun started:mad: I'd be very reluctant to use sky as my ISP tbh.

    I never experienced this when I had Sky but I know it was a rampant issue alright.


  • #20
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,276 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    AlanS181824 wrote: »
    I never experienced this when I had Sky but I know it was a rampant issue alright.

    It seemed to depend on the type of exchange you were connected to.

    If you were connected to an exchange with BT DSLAMS in it and thus were a Sky/BT LLU customer, there didn't seem to be any issues.

    If you were on a non LLU exchange, then you were using pure Eircom resold ADSL and thus that seemed to be where the issues arose. It looked like Sky didn't purchase sufficient backhaul capacity from Eircom.


  • #21
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    bk wrote: »
    It seemed to depend on the type of exchange you were connected to.

    If you were connected to an exchange with BT DSLAMS in it and thus were a Sky/BT LLU customer, there didn't seem to be any issues.

    If you were on a non LLU exchange, then you were using pure Eircom resold ADSL and thus that seemed to be where the issues arose. It looked like Sky didn't purchase sufficient backhaul capacity from Eircom.

    No, that wasn't the problem in my case, my exchange was LLU that's what had sky so puzzled.


  • Advertisement
  • #22
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    bk wrote: »
    It seemed to depend on the type of exchange you were connected to.

    If you were connected to an exchange with BT DSLAMS in it and thus were a Sky/BT LLU customer, there didn't seem to be any issues.

    If you were on a non LLU exchange, then you were using pure Eircom resold ADSL and thus that seemed to be where the issues arose. It looked like Sky didn't purchase sufficient backhaul capacity from Eircom.

    I was on an LLU exchange alright, eventually started having issues as per my long thread about it on here somewhere!

    Happy with Vodafone now but also happy to see Sky has their act together in terms of a Fibre offering.


  • #23
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭degsie


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=93973329&postcount=637


  • #24
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭degsie


    http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/1115254788


  • #25
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    So far we've yet to see anyone near 100/20!


  • #26
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,276 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    AlanS181824 wrote: »
    So far we've yet to see anyone near 100/20!

    I expect we will, I really don't expect to see these early speed tests being any different then Eircoms given they are using the same gear.

    The question I have is will you continue to get this good performance in 3 or 4 months time when lots of more people are connected.

    The congestion problems Sky suffered when they first entered the Irish market with ADSL2+ only emerged after a few months after lots of people le signed up and it was clear sky hadn't sufficient back haul in place.

    Sky have a lot to prove yet IMO.


  • #27
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    bk wrote: »
    I expect we will, I really don't expect to see these early speed tests being any different then Eircoms given they are using the same gear.

    The question I have is will you continue to get this good performance in 3 or 4 months time when lots of more people are connected.

    The congestion problems Sky suffered when they first entered the Irish market with ADSL2+ only emerged after a few months after lots of people le signed up and it was clear sky hadn't sufficient back haul in place.

    Sky have a lot to prove yet IMO.

    That's it exactly. Hopefully they'll provide a decent service.


Advertisement