In reply to a post by RossMcG:

Strange that they say they offer a static IP, for the first few weeks i constantly changed IP, seems stable now and the line syncs at perfect speed. Must have been testing the line.

They DO offer a static ip address on Fibre Pro, but turning it on/off is under customer control via a page on My Sky (>Settings>Sky Broadband Pro). Note that apparently the static ip address service is not yet available at every exchange where Sky has a presence.

In reply to a post by speedyrite:

In reply to a post by RossMcG:

Strange that they say they offer a static IP, for the first few weeks i constantly changed IP, seems stable now and the line syncs at perfect speed. Must have been testing the line.

They DO offer a static ip address on Fibre Pro, but turning it on/off is under customer control via a page on My Sky (>Settings>Sky Broadband Pro). Note that apparently the static ip address service is not yet available at every exchange where Sky has a presence.

Ahhh ! Cheers for that ill check it out

yeah when I signed up the guy was begging me to order 40/10 instead. Sky for whatever reason are acting like the 80/20 is a hindrance to them. But this product they dont want to sell is one of the best on the consumer market.

yeah if you a tv customer they will discount phone and BB heavily. There is people paying £11 sky rental at sky and getting pro for same price as standard fibre, however they spending a fair amount on tv.

I dont have a tv package, the best I expect is when my contract runs out in december, I can probably get my price matched to the 40/10 package whilst keeping pro.

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

yeah if you a tv customer they will discount phone and BB heavily. There is people paying £11 sky rental at sky and getting pro for same price as standard fibre, however they spending a fair amount on tv.

That was probably a discount for new customers. They only discount their ADSL2+ products if you have TV as well.

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

yeah when I signed up the guy was begging me to order 40/10 instead. Sky for whatever reason are acting like the 80/20 is a hindrance to them. But this product they dont want to sell is one of the best on the consumer market.

I wonder if they are concerned about their network becoming too congested? It just seems mad that they aren't promoting this a little harder. On their main Fibre page, its below the eye line - I mean you have to scroll down to see it.

I get that the average consumer possibly doesn't require this - but on the other hand - the likes of BT and Virgin are quite forward with the various speed packages they offer.

I have had a quick lurk around the Sky Pro Support forum. The guys on there actually seemed pretty switched on. Are some of them ex O2 support employees maybe?



I've ran the test again and I'm downloading 75 MB with 18.5 MB uploads. I assume I must be around 500 meters or so from the cabinet based on this chart (http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/2013/chart-bt-fttc-vdsl2-speed-against-distance)


Think broadband tested is showing 74.8 download and 18.5 upload - so I'm happy with what I am paying for )

Edited by deleted (Fri 17-Jun-16 17:36:21)

I was always under the impression that they aren't convinced their network could handle a lot of users on Pro, so they don't advertise it.

Historically they have had problems with backhaul capacity at some exchanges but they were the first ISP to launch a 100GB fibre network in the UK back in 2012 when they upgraded their core trunk network.

I don't really see any problem if they don't want to actively promote the faster product.