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I've finally had my cabinet upgraded (3 years behind the rest of the village!) and immediately jumped on the phone to Sky to order my upgrade to Sky Fibre Unlimited Pro. I currently have a Netgear...
View ArticleFiber connection
I have had sky fiber since last January, was quoted 35 down and get around 28/29 with a 15ms ping. Just lately engineers have been going to the cabinet up the road and everytime they do my fiber goes...
View ArticleSky Fibre Speeds
Hi, I have been a Sky Fibre Optic Unlimited BroadbandCustomer Since Nov 2012 & Since then I have been getting Full 40 MBPSDownload / 10 MBPS Upload Speeds but as per Sky Line Checker I should...
View ArticleAny rumours of You Tube support?.
Been using my mini 'on demand' box for a while now and quite impressed with the service. One thing both me and my brother agree on though (he has the latest 2TB box) is that a You Tube app would be a...
View ArticleCourt: Open Source Project Liable For 3rd Party DRM-Busting Coding
Court: Open Source Project Liable For 3rd Party DRM-Busting Coding | TorrentFreak Quote: A judgment handed down by a German court against an open source software project is being described as...
View ArticleNSA 'tracking' hundreds of millions of mobile phones
BBC News - NSA 'tracking' hundreds of millions of mobile phones Quote: Almost five billion mobile phone location records are logged by the NSA every day, reports the Washington Post. The data is said...
View ArticleJust ordered fibre - question
Hi all, Pleased to say fibre is now available to me after being on 5MBPS. I ordered a couple of days ago and my order tracker is on 'processing' - Probably being impatient but how long does this take...
View ArticleNelson Madella has died. Long live Madiba.
No doubt the news channels will be full of this story over the next few days, but it will be a very sad day for his family. The whole world has lost a remarkable human being.
View ArticleSR102 Hub and new connection
After connecting the SR102 Sky Hub this morning at about 7:30 am (very easy install)Â… just after 10 am I saw the connection status of the Hub go off and about 5 minutes later, when it came back on, I...
View ArticleNorth Wales Phone and BB out... Again!
Hi, Anyone got any idea what's up with Sky Phone and BB in North Wales? Seems as though the whole NW coast is out Service Status It appears to be only Sky equipment affected, I'm on the Old Colwyn...
View ArticleMobile Operator Three UK Hints Towards Interest in O2 Acquisition
Mobile Operator Three UK Hints Towards Interest in O2 Acquisition - ISPreview UK Quote: The boss of mobile operator Three UK, David Dyson, has added fuel to the growing fire of rumours that surround...
View ArticleSky Fibre 80/20 and 2 Xboxes
My son and I have an Xbox each and have been playing FIFA 14 UT using UPnP but seem to get disconnected quite a lot with the associated losing the game, even when winning, and subsequent reduced coins...
View ArticleWireless box for Pace HD+ box
Ive seen there are 2 of the Sky mini wireless boxes for connecting the HD box to the router via WiFi. One with a Power supply and one that uses USB. I have a Pace HD+ box which one would i need to get.
View ArticleDLink router and Firefox
Is it just me or does anyone else who with Sky DLink router have nothing but problems connecting to it using Firefox. about 99% of the time once logged into the router (takes ages compared to IE)...
View ArticleSky Transparant Proxy Causing Problems
Hi, I've been having issues with blank pages being returned from some sites that make use of CloudFlare. I've contacted CloudFlare and they say it is most likely Sky that is causing the problem with...
View ArticleChanges to Sky Email
Sky have made some changes to their email system which has broken my email accounts. They have stopped non-SSL on their own email accounts when you use your own client and at the same time I now can't...
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Improve poor upload speeds.
Hi I'm on Sky BB unlimited and im getting some poor speeds. Particularly upload. They tell me I should be getting over 13 Mbps DL. I am less than 1 mile from the exchange. Looking on samknows.com Just...
View ArticleHow to change to one concurrent port
Hi How do I do this? Trying to download a game. Failed. Support advised to redownload but with 1 concurrent port instead of 6. Scoured router settings and firewall rules, couldt work out how. Google...
View ArticleExperience with travelsmtp.com - anybody
Hi, I'm trying to find a good way to stop having to change my smtp settings all the time. According to ********* you no longer need to change settings when using their service, they claim it even works...
View ArticleF@ST 2504N Default Firmware/Image
Hi, I upgraded my router a while back to a custom firmware, all has been fine until i have recently developed a line problem causing line dropouts. Before I call sky I would like to restore the default...
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