Sky doing what they do best..

It is Openeach who have done the work, not SKY!

Are you sure you are connected to the SKY broadband - by connected your telephone they could have connected you to whoever had BB on that connection previously.

Or they could have jumpered you to SKY MSAN at the same time.

Edited by deleted (Tue 16-Apr-13 13:20:45)

And are you now going to ruin other Sky BB connections by downloading the whole of the internet as usual?

Edited by deleted (Tue 16-Apr-13 17:38:37)

I am sure you will enjoy this new service. It starts at 4M and then over 3->5->10 days the speed slowly increases to your final value. After 5 days I reached my maximum. For some, they need to reboot the router to pick up the extra speed, for others it happens automatically.

Good luck

In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

I'm locked to 4mbps

Not locked but at initial value before they up it steadily until it reaches the max it can hold.

Altho' it won't take much to better 4 millibits per sec.

Edited by XRaySpeX (Tue 16-Apr-13 18:20:40)

Your lucky! Although BTO have completed the work, Sky's systems won't activate your connection from there end until the activation date has reached.

I was due activating on a Friday and all the work was complete two days prior to that but I had to wait for Sky to press there magic button to start the talk/bb, unfortunately

I'm really annoyed with SKY, 43 days without losing connection, then 3/4 through the 43rd day in the early hours, it goes , go figure, How much do you have to pay for solid connection, these days. I know I live in a rural location (yuk spit from the urbanites) but only for 43 days come on SKY sort your DLM out .

Won't be going to Sky. Will take at least a year before anything happens anyway.

Upto 16Mbps on O2 legacy product with unlimited and FUP. As I only d/l 2GB/month I would hardly upset anyone's connection, unlike others.

SKY DLM Normally begins within 72 hours.

the number reusing is true you should of not got the same number, more likely what they did was take over the line and kept the same number

You did mention it on another of your posts.

Surely downloading the amount that you profess to download must have an impact on others?

Edited by deleted (Tue 23-Apr-13 12:24:38)

In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

He also said that it was not possible for him to alter any of the profile from his system - which again is not true.

If he was first line support, then he would not have access to alter your line profile.

In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

Our exchange currently has 2x 155mbps for sky so no I don't think so - and these pipes are unlimited to the web so again not going to upset sky.

Where'd you get that from? 155Mb isn't available as an LLU backhaul, it's n x 100, 1000 or 10000Mb and there shouldn't be anything on less than 1000Mb on Sky's network now.

my LLU line went through several stages of change. Wait a few more days to see what happens. I would leave it for a week, reboot your router then and then compare against what you were getting from your previous provider.

In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

The guy didn't sound like he wanted to be there and he told me that DLM is running on my line. know this is not true. Firstly my router has not rebooted since activation which it would do if LLU DLM was running. He also said that it was not possible for him to alter any of the profile from his system - which again is not true.

You can see in your MySky screen if DLM is active.

In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

But it clearly is.

Huh, that's annoying. It worked ok on my mate's line in Dec, which was a new connection. (Previous occupants on Cable) Openreach guy did a good job running new cable into the building from the street.

The website can take up to 48 hours to update.

In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

In reply to a post by pcoventry76:

Our exchange currently has 2x 155mbps for sky so no I don't think so - and these pipes are unlimited to the web so again not going to upset sky.

Where'd you get that from? 155Mb isn't available as an LLU backhaul, it's n x 100, 1000 or 10000Mb and there shouldn't be anything on less than 1000Mb on Sky's network now.

The Oftel "Local loop unbundling: backhaul services" consultation document back in 2001 recommended using 155 Mbps and above leased lines for LLU backhauls as it was more cost effective.

Sky are still upgrading their backhauls so I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't still a few exchanges still using 155Mbps lines.

Funny things seem to be happening at Sky. My Sky unlimited broadband was capped at 13meg when I first joined over three years ago. I was happy as my line was stable.

In seems the cap has been removed a week or so ago. I'm currently syncing at 17meg at the moment but the line quality doesn't look good, looking at my BQM. Nothing in 'My Sky' to indicate DLM is running either.

I can't run a BQM as I have a dynamic IP

So have I but I have a BQM running. If my IP changes just delete the running BQM and create a new one.

In reply to a post by wingco1:

So have I but I have a BQM running. If my IP changes just delete the running BQM and create a new one.

Yes, I do the same. My IP address seems a bit more sticky of late though.

Edited by _Resonance_ (Thu 02-May-13 18:30:28)

I never know that! I thought it wouldn't let you.

I've just started one. I gave me a warning but still let me. I'm sure it used to prevent me running it with a dynamic IP. Has it changed?

I've always had dynamic IPs and never had a warning when setting up a TBB BQM.

I wish they'd add hostname support though.

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

I've always had dynamic IPs and never had a warning when setting up a TBB BQM.

I guess previously I foolishly heeded the warning:

We have detected that your IP address (2.x.y.z) is dynamic.
We do not currently support monitoring of dynamic addresses.

This time, on your prompting, I ignored it.

I had to remember to respond to PINGs.

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

I've always had dynamic IPs and never had a warning when setting up a TBB BQM.

I guess previously I foolishly heeded the warning:

We have detected that your IP address (2.x.y.z) is dynamic.
We do not currently support monitoring of dynamic addresses.

This time, on your prompting, I ignored it.

Perhaps they haven't got Sky's IP addresses in their dynamic IP warning system.

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

I wish they'd add hostname support though.

Me too, it can't be that hard, the BQM is using a FireBrick, and F8lure has a firebrick graph and that supports hostnames, plus it can email when your host doesn't respond too