In reply to a post by therioman:

It has to be said, Sky Fibre Pro has been nothing short of stunningly reliable in my experience - much against the expectations - it always achieves the full 80/20 it offers, anytime, all the time, and hasn't let me down.

Of course, it costs a lot more than PlusNet, but you get what you pay for...

Also Sky gives your details out to any Tom, Dick and Harry. I was looking at it myself until I heard they gave user details out.

In reply to a post by therioman:

Don't tell that to my colleague who lives in a shared house with Virgin Media - even with nobody else using it, latency is horrible in the evening, every evening. And this week, it's mostly been so bad on speed he can't stream a 360p level Netflix.

My nephew lives in Moseley and uses Virgin, he seems happy enough with it. He only got broadband, no phone or TV, and use Netflix for video use.

He even uses it for facetime to his parents at the same time netflix is on and no problem at all.

In what way do they give details out ?

Had sky fttc for 2 years with full 80 meg profile with no issues. If you mean they don't give you the username and password ? well yes that's true but wireshark can get you the info in 10 mins. If you mean give details out that you get unsolicited texts/emails/postal spam ? then no ive not had that either.

In reply to a post by therioman:

Of course, it costs a lot more than PlusNet, but you get what you pay for...

No static IP, no reverse DNS and higher costs? er, not sure that's a good deal :-0

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by therioman:

Of course, it costs a lot more than PlusNet, but you get what you pay for...

No static IP, no reverse DNS and higher costs? er, not sure that's a good deal :-0

Sky Fibre Pro has static IP.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by therioman:

Of course, it costs a lot more than PlusNet, but you get what you pay for...

No static IP, no reverse DNS and higher costs? er, not sure that's a good deal :-0

You get a Static IP on Sky Fibre Pro, as you do on Sky Unlimited Pro.

However, given this is a residential only service, I see no compelling reason to have a need for Reverse DNS (nice to have, not necessary). I quite happily have a number of services and servers in my "home lab" at home and it's never bothered me yet.

Higher cost - yes, but it always works. If it didn't, it wouldn't be worth it. No micro management of usage profiles, no worrying if my data will be miscategorised, it just all flows 24/7.

So far with the PN line I find that latency is pathetic in the evenings, it has occasionally miscategorised my traffic resulting in undesirable "management" for my good supposedly.

Given I've got access to lines on pretty much all the main providers, I'm pretty familiar with the pro's and con's of them all. Goes with my job.

Also Sky gives your details out to any Tom, Dick and Harry. I was looking at it myself until I heard they gave user details out.

Can't say I've been made aware of such an issue, but hopefully if it does, someone else will also get my bill

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

In reply to a post by therioman:

Don't tell that to my colleague who lives in a shared house with Virgin Media - even with nobody else using it, latency is horrible in the evening, every evening. And this week, it's mostly been so bad on speed he can't stream a 360p level Netflix.

My nephew lives in Moseley and uses Virgin, he seems happy enough with it. He only got broadband, no phone or TV, and use Netflix for video use.

He even uses it for facetime to his parents at the same time netflix is on and no problem at all.

I can believe it. Virgin Media performance and service levels depend a lot on local usage and congestion - heavily student filled areas tend to suck at peak student times, whereas people in less congested areas have fewer complaints. It's far more variable at a local level than xDSL variants.

In reply to a post by therioman:

You get a Static IP on Sky Fibre Pro, as you do on Sky Unlimited Pro.

Handy - I did try to get Sky Fibre but on the day of installation they failed to let me know they couldn't supply, so I got an apology and a discount of my TV bill ! I currently don't have an issue with PN but keeping eye on options. I'm in min contract until Jan 2016. The Sky Pro services were always "non competitive" for the 80/20 openreach profile previously.

However, given this is a residential only service, I see no compelling reason to have a need for Reverse DNS (nice to have, not necessary). I quite happily have a number of services and servers in my "home lab" at home and it's never bothered me yet.

Yes, I'd be happy with static IP and a generic rDNS but its nice to have. Static IP saves me hassle.

Higher cost - yes, but it always works. If it didn't, it wouldn't be worth it. No micro management of usage profiles, no worrying if my data will be miscategorised, it just all flows 24/7.

I've not seen any issues on PN for my usage here, but its obvious there are problems. (My Samknows box hasn't shown any issues either).

So far with the PN line I find that latency is pathetic in the evenings, it has occasionally miscategorised my traffic resulting in undesirable "management" for my good supposedly.

Given I've got access to lines on pretty much all the main providers, I'm pretty familiar with the pro's and con's of them all. Goes with my job.

Not seen the latency changes but I'm still convinced its regional and something to do with the BTw network.

Yes thought 4 years had made a difference, but they are reverting back to the PN they were in those days, deception, look at the time they tell you about ticket closure, poor speeds and tickets left open and no real answers. General poor customer service and through all of that they claimed they had won some awards!!! But customers were leaving in droves. If they had not been taken over I think the y would have gone to the wall.