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Sky without a dish

lee9160 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 10:22:04 GMT

Hi does anyone know how you get on to trail the reason mine asking I read that sky are trailing sky q without a dish and I live in a tower block that can't get sky q because of the dish but does have fftp install and I at the end of my broadband contract and I have sky Tv for number of year's I thought I would be I ideal candidate for the trail

Re: Sky without a dish

bob1234 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 10:34:37 GMT

@lee9160I think most of us would like to be on the trial but there is no known way of asking.

Re: Sky without a dish

GD1 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 10:36:22 GMT

@lee9160 As far as anyone on the forum knows there are no public trial of Sky via broadband being carried out, usually any trials are carried out by Sky employees.

There have also been no recent announcements about Sky Q over broadband.

Re: Sky without a dish

lee9160 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 10:41:02 GMT

It seems a bit Silly to my if look and the web hyperoptic Advertise sky Q down the fibre network and hyperoptic is supposed to be coming to our block but that was over six months ago

Re: Sky without a dish

GD1 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 10:43:51 GMT

@lee9160 Not sure what Hyperoptic has to do with Sky via Broadband, they certainly wouldn't know any of Sky's plans.

Re: Sky without a dish

lee9160 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:01:46 GMT

GD1 if you put hyperoctic sky q in to Google it will tell you about it

Re: Sky without a dish

bob1234 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:02:31 GMT

@lee9160

@lee9160 wrote:
It seems a bit Silly to my if look and the web hyperoptic Advertise sky Q down the fibre network and hyperoptic is supposed to be coming to our block but that was over six months ago

@lee9160Hyperoptic do supply it over fibre but as far as the Q box is concerned it is from a communal dish and the Sky box plugs into the Hyperoptic boxes' aerial socket.

Usually Hyperonic only supply to blocks where they have a monopoly and are the only supplier of broadband etc.

Re: Sky without a dish

GD1 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:06:29 GMT

@lee9160 But that is not Sky Q over broadband though, as per @bob1234 it looks to be the bog standard Sky using a satellite dish.

Re: Sky without a dish

TimmyBGood — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 12:21:35 GMT

@lee9160

Typically any such offering from an altnet provider is FIRS (Fibre Integrated Reception System) where there's still a dish but it's some distance from the development being served: the fibre serves as the equivalent of a very lengthy copper cable distribution and is converted to a conventional coaxial input at the subscriber premises. This is not at all like the proposed online-only Q service which would be delivered to the box as TCP/IP data over either WiFi or ethernet cable.

Re: Sky without a dish

lee9160 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:14:19 GMT

Bob 1234 that I thought but no hyperoptic get another fftp pulled because if I check sky broadband and hyperopic sky say yes and hyperoptic coming soon

Re: Sky without a dish

Rhonny — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:14:31 GMT

@lee9160

There is no Sky Q over fibre/broadband.

Any trials will be selected by Sky, not from volunteers.

When Sky over broadband is ready, Sky will announce it.

Re: Sky without a dish

lee9160 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:19:51 GMT

Rhonny please Go to Google and type in https://www.hyperoptic.com/sky

Re: Sky without a dish

GD1 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:44:07 GMT

@lee9160 As per @TimmyBGood That is an entirely different setup, it isn't Sky Q over Broadband, that particular service hasn't even been released by Sky in thre UK, therefore it is impossible for any other provider to have it.

I think you are not understanding what Hyperoptic are actually providing and making an incorrect assumption that is the as yet unreleased Sky Q over broadband.

Re: Sky without a dish

Rhonny — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:24:40 GMT

@lee9160

Read the Ts & Cs. Getting Sky via Hyperoptic still has a dish and a Sky box. You don't get live TV via the fibre. It's just referring to downloads. Basically, Hyperoptic is just a broadband provider - they are bundling Sky in with their offer, not providing Sky over broadband.

Re: Sky without a dish

lee9160 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:36:18 GMT

Thank for all your Answers but has anybody got hyperoctic to no what They offer and how it works

Re: Sky without a dish

bob1234 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:47:12 GMT

@lee9160Why don't you just email Hyperoptic and ask them. They say.

"We specialise in providing the fastest fibre broadband and currently don’t offer any additional TV or mobile phone services. Many of our customers enjoy on-demand TV streaming services like Netflix or Amazon Prime Instant Video. There is also the option to use a TV box like YouView, Now TV, or to complement our hyperfast broadband with unbundled TV services from Sky.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with our Customer Service team"

Re: Sky without a dish

Doc5907 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:47:27 GMT

@lee9160 wrote:
Thank for all your Answers but has anybody got hyperoctic to no what They offer and how it works

No but we can read what it says on their website...

Re: Sky without a dish

Rhonny — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 13:20:05 GMT

@lee9160

You could read the link you told me to read, which I did, and which allowed me to explain to you how it works..?

Re: Sky without a dish

GD1 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 13:35:21 GMT

@Rhonny wrote:
@lee9160
You could read the link you told me to read, which I did, and which allowed me to explain to you how it works..?

Now you're being silly, asking posters to read links they posted? 🙂 🙂