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Face masks - to wear or not?

April 21, 2020, 10:28 am
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Hello everyone,

A short poll for you all...

Do you think that we should all start wearing face masks to help reduce the transmission of COVID-19?

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Can't remove a device from wireless access list

April 22, 2020, 1:04 am
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Hello,

I have a Netgear DG834GT router. I frequently use my Wireless Station and there is a list of devices Access List - I see a device there that I want to remove but whenever I try doing it it just displays an error message. After rebooting the device is still there.

Any ideas what I could do? I have a 4.01 firmware version.



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Poor wifi - Want to replace Sky Q hub - Complete Noob - Please Help!

April 22, 2020, 2:25 am
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Hi guys & gals, hoping someone can help a complete newbie lol

I'm fairly technically proficient, built a tinker with my own gaming PC etc and love tech & gadgets, but never really got into the "how it all works" on the internet side of things, so please bear with me :confused:

I have a Sky Q Hub (ER110) with sky fibre (FTTC).
But the WiFi is slow and rubbish round certain parts of the house, so looking to replace the Sky Q hub or boost the WiFi.

My configuration is Sky Q Hub, with an Ethernet cable going into a Netgear GS108 Gigabit switch in the upstairs cupboard, which is fed through the house to Ethernet sockets in each room. (This all works perfectly).

My original though was that I could just disable the WiFi on the Sky Q hub, and plug in an Amazon eero WiFi router to one of the Ethernet ports on the back of the Sky Q Hub, as I used to run a similar configuration with an Apple Airport extreme a few years ago.

But after doing some reading, seems that wont work??

My problem is, I don't understand all the terminology or what it means! And I read problems with things like "Double NAT", "PPPoE", etc. but am clueless as to what that means, and the more I read, the more confused I'm getting :cry:

I also read it maybe better to replace the Sky Q hub entirely with a dedicated modem? (Draytek Vigor 130 seems to be a good choice) Could I just get that with the Amazon eero??

So yeah, help please! :)
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Configuring Sky Q UHD through Soundbox

April 24, 2020, 12:21 am
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Hi

I've had Sky Q for a few years now and i've only recently actually got myself a UHD TV. It's the 2TB Sky Q and TV is Samsung UE50RU7020

I've seen the guide for setting up the UHD on the sky Q box when you're cabled from the sky Q box direct into the TV which seems simple enough.

What I can't find is what impact having a Sky Soundbox has on the process as it didn't like it when I tried last night.

So I have the Sky Q box feeding into the Soundbox via the HDMI cable with the pink caps. The Soundbox then has a HDMI cable going into the TV HDMI Port1 (not ARC).
There's an optical cable running back to the Soundbox. I have a HDMI port on the TV that is ARC is that will help

So i'm wondering if the HDMI cable I have between the Soundbox and TV is an issue - how would I check if that's capable of handling UHD. Is the Soundbox capable of handling UHD signal through it?

Any advise appreciated :)

Thanks
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OpenWRT HH5 modem bridge - > pfsense -> switch/AP's

April 25, 2020, 10:47 am
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Long shot, but maybe some of here have dabbled in these open source projects.

So i've got a HH5 with OpenWRT sucessfully connecting to Sky Fibre, and acting as my everything right now routing traffic and wireless AP and modem.

I want to bridge the modem to the WAN port, plug my pfSense box into that WAN port, and configure pfSense to connect (i think) to Sky Fibre?

Then output from pfsense into the HH5 Switch and have the wireless APs and switch act as dump AP's with no DHCP or firewall, leaving all this to pfsense.

Ideally I want to offload the routing, firewall, dhcp, openvpn to the pfsense box, and leave the HH5 to wifi and modem duty only.

I'm a little confused as to how I need to set this up on OpenWRT and pfSense though, and wonder if there is such thing as an idiots guide, or tutorial where someone has done this before? :D

Thanks!
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DSL-AC88U on Sky Q

April 26, 2020, 7:01 am
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Hi All,

I know this already has been covered before but the more I read the more confused I get. My problem is since I got upgraded to sky Q its only have been constant connection problems. Sky have sent me three replacement modems and they are all the same, constant problems with WIFI coverage and connections dropouts. So Finally I decided to do something about it and I bought DSL-AC88U (should have done my research first). The modem/router arrived yesterday and after reading a lot of posts it looks like that it's useless to me because:
1) impossible to load Marvin FW
2) there is no option 61 on stock FW

Can someone please advise me what is the best forward? Any help is welcomed :).

Thanks

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Online retailer mailing primary sky address instead of registered secondary address?

April 27, 2020, 10:40 am
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Okay, so my missus is ordering some bits from online retail places. She signed up with her unique Sky email address, an additional off the back of my primary account which has always worked just fine for donkey's years.

For some reason her order confirmations go to my primary email address even though hers is the address registered with the retailer. When I track her order it needs my email address, not hers. It says on her account she hasn't ordered anything under her address but hers is on their profile. My email is not registered with these companies so what the actual f is going on as it's getting right on my nerves.

Fairly recent development so guessing a setting has been messed with.

Been a while since I've been here, hello again :)
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Connecting an additional router to Sky Minibox in summerhouse

April 28, 2020, 11:37 am
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Hi,

New to the forum and looking for help!

I currently have have Sky Q and two mini boxes, that work on wi-fi with no issues.

My broadband provider is BT.

I now have a summer house at the bottom of my garden and the wi-fi signal does not reach that far.

I have run a long Ethernet cable from the back of my Sky Q box to an additional mini box so I have Sky TV available in the summerhouse.

However, I need wi-fi in there too. I have heard the mini boxes act as boosters but believe this is not the case as I have BT broadband.

My question is: if I run another Ethernet cable (with a RJ45 splitter) from my mini box into another separate router, would this provide a wi-fi signal.

I want to avoid running another Ethernet cable from my main router to the summerhouse, as this is impracticable given current location of main router.

Any advice / ideas greatly appreciated.
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When will international flights resume?

May 1, 2020, 4:16 am
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Elsewhere last night I mentioned that I do not think that international flights between the UK and the Far East would resume for at least 2 years. This is my own opinion based upon what is and what isn’t happening at this time.

Why would I come to such a conclusion?

Firstly which country is going to risk allowing potentially infected foreigners land on its shores? It isn’t just Europe or the UK who are suffering from COVID-19, it is every country around the globe. Health care facilities are being pushed to places where it has become difficult to manage things. I doubt that any small country would welcome reinfection easily and put in measure to ensure any visitors are clear of COVID-19.


Currently, limited trials have started to see if a vaccination will work. This is very early days. Once the initial trials have completed, the second level of trials will need to be performed. In the long-term no one knows if the vaccination will last or for how long. Also, COVID-19 could change sufficiently that a new variant becomes the next pandemic in 2021.


At the very least, everyone who wishes to fly maybe required to prove that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Since it is going to take time to establish a suitable vaccination programme and provide everyone with evidence to show that they have been vaccinated or have the anti-bodies in them, this will not immediately be possible.


Today the boss of Ryan air went on about how social isolation will not work with the airlines. Having so many empty seats will make flights unprofitable. Everyone will need to wear masks and they will all need to be scanned with a heat-sensitive camera before boarding.


Well, how about we look at this carefully. Forget the profits side; why not increase the cost of flying to a more suitable level to cover the empty seat. Ok, that’ll push the cost of flying beyond the means of many people. Fewer people will want to fly and budget airlines such as Ryan will not be able to function as they have been.


Masks are going to help, but not in close proximity and not for the long flights. I don’t know how long a mask is good for, but a 24-hour flight to Australia is going to require more than one per passenger.


Now the scanning...

Well, it didn’t work before, so why should it work now?


What? It didn’t work? No, it didn’t. COVID-19 spread very well from China across the planet via all those international travellers. We now know that someone can become infected and for them to stay symptom-free for up to two weeks whilst they are infecting everyone else. So no, scanning for a high temperature is not going to help. It will just repeat what has already happened.


People need to be tested properly prior to flying. We will all need to be vaccinated with something that actually works. Anyone who wishes to travel should be required to show some kind of vaccination card that includes COVID-19.


All of this will take time. It’s no good having a small number of people vaccinated and allowing the airlines to fly as they will want more passengers.


Of course, the next phase will be to ensure that COVID-20 or COVID-21 is also identified and vaccinated against quickly.


So is 2 years adequate?
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So I have a HG612 3B and I want to use my pfsense box again.

May 7, 2020, 12:02 am
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What do I need to do? pfsense is setup and currently sat dormant waiting for the wan port to be connected up to the modem.

I've searched but it looks like a lot has changed over the past 9 years and there seems to be conflicting threads!

Do i need to flash the openreach modem? Do I need to set anything up in a specific way to maximise this?

Its not the greatest modem I realise, but so long as it works, and I can put my pfsense box and network back into service i'll be happy.
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Sky Q remote covers.

May 10, 2020, 6:41 pm
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HD Skybox not identified by Samsung TV

May 11, 2020, 3:20 pm
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This is not a serious problem but while previously my Samsung smart TV showed that my HD Skybox was connected to HDMI input now it just says Unknown (device). This has changed overnight as it was fine yesterday and probably even this morning. I am still able to watch the Skybox but am wondering why this has changed, could it be caused by a software update to the Skybox perhaps?
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Tp link Archer 1200

May 13, 2020, 8:08 am
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Hi, have have just replaced my sky router with a new TP link one as the sky router just wasnt cutting it.
After a few teething issues I seem to have sky working correctly now, however my wifi keeps dropping out maybe 5-10 times a day. I have tried changing the channel, I wondered if it had something to do with the sky wifi booster connected in the system? As when i do a wifi analysis test it comes up with both the TP link wifi and the sky booster wifi ?
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General Broadband questions

May 16, 2020, 11:34 am
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Hi
I have a couple of questions regarding poor internet access in my house
I have the sky q er110 router running from a "normal" (not fibre) phone line
This is in the living room and internet access on the Sky Q box, and the X Box (same room) is generally OK

Internet access upstairs is via Powerline adapters in wall sockets enabling a couple of laptops to be ethernet cable connected (via a dumb switch), as well as a range extender upstairs to assist with wifi access for wireless devices.

What devices do we have connected ?

Wifi:
Sky Q box
X Box
up to 4 iPhones
up to 2 Microsoft Surface Pro 4 s
up to 2 Nintendo Switch units
one Asus Chromebook
2 Google home devices
2 smart sockets

Ethernet (via powerline):
up to 2 laptops
1 Playstation

The issues that we have are
1. Speed test - when I run a speed test from my wired-in laptop, i'm getting ~6Mbps - obviously very very slow. This is reflected when I try a video conference and it says by connection is unstable
2. One of the wired-in devices occasionally completely looses all connectivity for minutes at a time
3. The iPhone wifi connection on all the phones often fails to work, even though the wifi signal strength is strong on the devices.

Router hard-boots seem to resolve some of these issues temporarily, but we usually have to do this at least weekly

Any advice please ?

Thanks

Mike
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Does NAS slow down internet

May 16, 2020, 12:03 pm
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Hello Everyone

Recently I have setup (NAS) Network Attached Storage to my home network.
I was just wondering if I was going to transfer files would this slow down my network as my internet isn't fast enough?



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Using Cisco Router (1941) To Replace Sky Fibre Router

May 18, 2020, 11:00 am
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So after a bit of playing around (and this is likely more a Cisco IOS question), I have managed to get my Cisco 1941 ISR to make a trunk to the SKY cabinet.

I am showing an active line, and can ping the outside from the router, however client machines inside are unable to hit the internet end, I'm a beginner at these things with a lucky supply of various kit (Yes I know a 1941 ISR is a bit extreme, but its the smallest thing we had for me to play with!).

So...

I've got the VDSL connection connection up and running over RJ11 dsl, all good:

SKY_VDSL#show int ethernet 0/0/0.101
Ethernet0/0/0.101 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is VDSL_ETHERNET, address is REDACTED (REDACTED)
Description: SKY_VDSL_Trunk
Internet address is REDACTED
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 6508 Kbit/sec, DLY 1500 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation 802.1Q Virtual LAN, Vlan ID 101.
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Keepalive set (10 sec)
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never




SKY_VDSL#show int ethernet 0/0/0
Ethernet0/0/0 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is VDSL_ETHERNET, address is REDACTED (REDACTED)
Description: SKY_VDSL_Physical Interface
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 6508 Kbit/sec, DLY 1500 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation 802.1Q Virtual LAN, Vlan ID 1., loopback not set
Keepalive set (10 sec)
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last input 00:00:00, output 00:00:29, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue: 0/1024 (size/max)
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
380 packets input, 25190 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts (0 IP multicasts)
0 runts, 0 giants, 1 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
0 input packets with dribble condition detected
57 packets output, 5607 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 2 interface resets
0 unknown protocol drops
0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out




SKY_VDSL#ping google.com
Translating "google.com"...domain server (90.207.238.97) [OK]


Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.217.169.46, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 12/12/16 ms
SKY_VDSL#

So from that side, all good. Except my client machines can't ping the internet. Internal IP's etc is all fine. They are getting DHCP provided gateways as the router and valid IP's (as said, internal routing is fine).

Anyone fancy a peek at this and seeing if they can spot anything blindingly obvious I have missed on the NAT side or the like?

Current configuration : 3409 bytes
!
! Last configuration change at 16:55:13 UTC Mon May 18 2020
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version 15.7
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
!
hostname SKY_VDSL
!
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
!
!
!
no aaa new-model
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.20
!
ip dhcp pool DHCP Address Pool
network 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0
default-router 192.168.0.1
lease 7
!
!
!
ip cef
no ipv6 cef
!
!
flow record nbar-appmon
match ipv4 source address
match ipv4 destination address
match application name
collect interface output
collect counter bytes
collect counter packets
collect timestamp absolute first
collect timestamp absolute last
!
!
flow monitor application-mon
cache timeout active 60
record nbar-appmon
!
parameter-map type inspect global
max-incomplete low 18000
max-incomplete high 20000
nbar-classify
multilink bundle-name authenticated
!
!
!
license udi pid CISCO1941/K9 sn FCZ185093R3
!
!
object-group service INTERNAL_UTM_SERVICE
!
vtp mode transparent
username REDACTED privilege 15 secret 5 REDACTED
!
redundancy
!
!
!
!
!
controller VDSL 0/0/0
!
vlan 708-710,901
!
!
class-map type inspect match-any INTERNAL_DOMAIN_FILTER
match protocol msnmsgr
match protocol ymsgr
zone security LAN
zone security WAN
zone security VPN
zone security DMZ
!
!
crypto isakmp policy 1
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
interface Embedded-Service-Engine0/0
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
no ip address
shutdown
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
no ip address
shutdown
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface ATM0/0/0
no ip address
shutdown
no atm ilmi-keepalive
!
interface Ethernet0/0/0
description SKY_VDSL_Physical Interface
mac-address REDACTED
no ip address
!
interface Ethernet0/0/0.101
description SKY_VDSL_Trunk
encapsulation dot1Q 101
ip dhcp client request classless-static-route
ip dhcp client client-id hex REDACTED
ip dhcp client hostname REDACTED
ip address dhcp
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly in
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1/0
no ip address
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1/1
no ip address
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1/2
no ip address
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1/3
no ip address
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1/4
no ip address
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1/5
no ip address
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1/6
no ip address
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1/7
no ip address
!
interface Vlan1
description Switchports 0-7
ip address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly in
!
ip forward-protocol nd
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ip http server
ip http authentication local
no ip http secure-server
ip http timeout-policy idle 60 life 86400 requests 10000
!
ip nat inside source list 1 interface Ethernet0/0/0 overload
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Ethernet0/0/0
!
!
!
access-list 1 permit 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.255
!
control-plane
!
!
line con 0
line aux 0
line 2
no activation-character
no exec
transport preferred none
transport output pad telnet rlogin lapb-ta mop udptn v120 ssh
stopbits 1
line vty 0 4
login local
transport input telnet
!
scheduler allocate 20000 1000
event manager applet storePreferences
event none sync yes
action 1 file open LOG flash0:ccpexp/preferences.JSON w+
action 3 file close LOG
!
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New Build

May 23, 2020, 5:58 pm
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We have a new build with a strange modem setup,can anyone advise what I have and what's going on with the lights.

Many thanks*
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Intermittent Broadband issues ever since switching to Sky Q

May 26, 2020, 3:22 am
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I'm experiencing intermittent connection issues this last few months. We had zero issues with our old sky router, but ever since switching to Sky Q we've had a number of problems. Throughout the day I'm experiencing points at random where the internet will be painfully slow or disconnect entirely, sometimes for minutes at a time. As an example, at the moment I just sent a message on microsoft teams which normally shows as "sent" immediately, and it took 8 seconds to show as sent.


I posted my settings on the official Sky forum and was advised that my broadband signal is strong but that it's down to WiFi where the q router just isn't that great (wonderful!) I'm averse to now paying an extra fee (and being tied into an additional contract) for this Sky Boost thing with the new 4.2 hub. I expected the Sky Q hub to be better than the old router, not worse! So I have some other questions:



  • I saw someone on another thread recommend splitting the SSID. I'm assuming this is just a case of unchecking "Synchronise 2.4ghz and 5ghz settings" in the router control panel under Wireless Settings? I did however read somewhere that this can cause issues with the Sky Q box, is this true if I leave the 2.4ghz name set as it was before? It was my partner we upgraded to Sky Q for and I'll get it in the ear if the telly/recording setup goes awry.
  • Is there anything else I can do here to speed things up? For example, I used to restrict access using MAC encryption. On the current setup we've just left it with the WPA2-PSK password. However I also notice it has "Enable WPS" checked on this router. Would switching that off potentially help, without introducing security issues?
  • Finally, I tried using a wifi analyser and I noticed something odd. My wifi shows up on band 6 (where I manually set it) and that's ideal because everything else nearby shows up on 11 or 1. However I also see another version of my ID on band 1. What would this be? For example, mine shows as "SKYD1B40 6" on channel 6, but I also see "SKYD1B40 1" on channel 1 where it has overlap with other networks.

Thanks in advance for anyone taking the time to read or reply!
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Sky Q - HDR content incoming

May 27, 2020, 7:21 am
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Upload speed poor

May 27, 2020, 12:06 pm
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I am having trouble with my upload speed. I am on a 70Mbs download 20Mbs upload contract but on 12 May had issues saving back to my companies server. On doing a doped test I found I was getting 58 Mbs download and only 0.6Mbs upload. I logged the fault with Sky and a couple of days later the problem was resolved. However this only lasted a few days and it went back down to 2Mbs giving huge delays in sending emails, saving documents to the server and VC's. I contacted Sky again and they logged the fault but Openreach closed it down. Still having problems, I reported the fault to sky again and was told that the line tests were fine and it must be the router. I received the new router and set it up but still no improvement.Contacting Sky again the guy try passing me off with it must be network congestion. Having insisted that he log another call out with Openreach they do not seem to have come out and the problem still exists. I found out my neighbour across the road is having exactly the same issues on talk talk and the Openreach engineer told him that he thinks it is a faulty port in the street cabinet but there were no spare ports as several are faulty out of service. Do I ring Sky again and have a row with their operator? Do I report Sky and Openreach to Ofcom or us there another way of getting some service?

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