what download speeds do people get?

If people have read my other thread, I'm due to move over to Sky (from O2).

Just wondered what sort of download speeds people get, especially on P2P at peak times (say, around 7pm - midnight) ...

2 Megabytes per second which is about the max my line can do once overheads are taken into account. Time of day doesn't make any difference.

As Sky don't throttle you'll get whatever your line/seeds can supply at any time of the day.

Edited by deleted (Mon 21-May-12 19:42:04)

Sky might not throttle but some people do see signs of natural contention, so you might not always see line speed.

Sky might not throttle but some people do see signs of natural contention, so you might not always see line speed.

In areas where there is 'natural contention' Sky have ALWAYS upgraded the backhaul to the affected area within a few weeks.

There was some natural contention issues recently (I was affected). Sky made a list of all affected areas and listed fix dates.

When there was contention in 2011. Again sky resolved all of the problem areas

Net result is that you get full wack everything 24/7.

NO PEAK TIME SLOWDOWNS! It's a commitment made by sky
Torrents, p2p, vpn, everything IS NOT slowed down.

Sky have always upto date upgraded capacity wherever there are slowdowns. They have a tonne of money to throw at their network which they purchased from easynet and boy they have upgraded the heck outta that network since they purchased it.

I'm getting 40 mbps 24/7 even at 8pm. I have sky's fibre offering now. That's 4mb/s even on torrents

This is assuming you are not on sky connect.

So I would argue that you should expect consitent speeds 24/7

Same here I sync at 22Meg and typically get between 2 and 2.3Megabytes regardless, occasionally things do slow down a bit at peek but still well up there and perfectly acceptable for gaming or iPlayer....