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Looking to Join to save about 50 quid a month off my current setup.

what is this max delay thing?

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Max delay is a setting Sky can change so that if you play games you will get a better ping.

If you play games, it is a must. If you don't then you have nothing to worry about!

Stop wasting your money and join in!

i dont get max delay?

why do you need it surely its pritty simple, fast or interleaved?

Sky give you Interleaved by default.

Max Delay is a way of technically making Interleaved lower your pings.

It refers to the depth of the interleaving, which has an effect on latency. There are different "levels" of interleaving.

Good explanation of interleaving on Kitz's site that mentions depth at the end.
http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/interleaving.htm

i get interleaving and have always got it but thanks for the explanation.

what i dont get is why they dont allow fast mode?

The whole idea of sky BB is one fits all attitude keep it simple hence the router and username issues and regards to support calls for unstable lines beliving by putting everyone on interleaved they would cut down on support calls accross the customer base - need it or not you have it! , not sure it working out like that though.

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what i dont get is why they dont allow fast mode?

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Because it creates more problems than it fixes, and internet gamers are a minority group.

They do now, it has recently been introduced. You need to rung customer support and ask for it, I tink it is done by tier3 support but speaking to them can be tricky. Most people seem to be requesting it online via the support website and although it may take upto 5 days, it seems to get done.

anyone on sky yet been switched to fast path?