topic Re: Alternative Technolgies in Broadband

Alternative Technolgies

Grube — Wed, 21 May 2025 11:35:42 GMT

I live in an old house. With a fibre connection to the end of the street but copper wire connection to the actual house. It is unlikely that we will get a full fibre connection. I understand that there are alternative technologies avialble for people like me in this situation.

I also have been told that such copper wire connections are at some point not be supported so will need new system.

Do Sky have any suitable solutions for this. I am soon to uptake a remote job role where my inrenet connection should be the best possible.

I look forward to hearing feedback.

Re: Alternative Technolgies

Highlinder — Wed, 21 May 2025 11:38:17 GMT

@Grube Have you looked into full fibre and when it would be coming to your area? If you put your details into the website below it should give you information on when this is going to happen.

https://www.openreach.com/fibre-broadband

Re: Alternative Technolgies

JimM1 — Wed, 21 May 2025 11:39:51 GMT

@Grube Copper may not be going away for sometime yet, but it is all down to circumstance, fixed line broadband is all that sky do nothing else from them!

Re: Alternative Technolgies

GD1 — Wed, 21 May 2025 11:42:03 GMT

@Grube The only other viable alternatives will be An Altnet bringing fibre to the area, looking at 4G or 5G mobile broadband, or Starlink.

Sky do offer mobile data plans and they have an unlimited data plan.

Re: Alternative Technolgies

Grube — Wed, 21 May 2025 12:21:19 GMT

Hi thank you. I have done that now. But no plans.

Thank you for answering.

Re: Alternative Technolgies

Grube — Wed, 21 May 2025 12:22:28 GMT

Hi,

Thank you for that information.

Re: Alternative Technolgies

Grube — Wed, 21 May 2025 12:23:20 GMT

Thank you

Re: Alternative Technolgies

TimmyBGood — Wed, 21 May 2025 13:29:53 GMT

@Grube wrote:

I also have been told that such copper wire connections are at some point not be supported

Eventually, yes, but the national network maintainer is obliged to make sure there's a viable alternative method available first.

There's some confusion caused by the scheduled end of PSTN (analogue) voice service, but that's a somewhat different project to the replacement of copper with fibre circuits.