topic Re: Upgrade in Sky Q

Upgrade

Drumcondra — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:24:36 GMT

Hi. I currently have SKYQ with a dish. I was wondering if I could have full fibre? What I want is to have a HDD recording. not streeming. I have people around me who are not happy with glass as it is not full fibre at the picture stalls frequently.

Re: Upgrade

MightyQuinn — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:26:53 GMT

Hi @Drumcondra Only Sky Q has recording to disk drive.

Re: Upgrade

MightyQuinn — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:31:52 GMT

Hi @Drumcondra To see if Sky Full Fibre is available, use the Openreach Broadband Checker

Re: Upgrade

PandJ2020 — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:51:41 GMT

Not sure of the question - but 'full fibre' is separate to your Q box that still requires a dish.

Upgrading your internet may allow faster downloads but the dish stays...

Re: Upgrade

Drumcondra — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:10:58 GMT

Ok. Full fibre is available for Virgin media so I asmued that it would be for SKY also. If full broadband requres SKY glass then that would not work for me. I have tried VM straming TV. ITV will not allow fast forward of TV content or adverts. This is not a problem with other broadcasts. With SKYQ that is not a problem.

Re: Upgrade

Drumcondra — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:14:26 GMT

Not sure what this means

Re: Upgrade

TimmyBGood — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:27:36 GMT

@Drumcondra

Getting FTTP from an Openreach ISP such as Sky has no requirement to use Sky Glass instead of Sky Q. Subscription television from Sky is separate to Sky Broadband (although they will attempt to incentivise 'upgrades')

Re: Upgrade

Laing1 — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:29:17 GMT

@Drumcondra wrote:

Not sure what this means

@Drumcondra that shows that full fibre is available at your property from overhead feeds if you follow the link that @MightyQuinn posted you should see if Skys database has caught up with openreach and are offering you full fibre

Re: Upgrade

TimmyBGood — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:29:32 GMT

@Drumcondra

The Wholesale Checker result shows if you ordered FTTP it would arrive from a nearby phone pole ('OH feed with no anticipated issues')

Re: Upgrade

PandJ2020 — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:46:13 GMT

@Drumcondra wrote:
Ok. Full fibre is available for Virgin media so I asmued that it would be for SKY also.

Virgin use their own infrastructure (actually coax and not fibre to the premise) and Sky would use the OpenReach infrastructure. There's no guarantee they are both available.

. I have tried VM straming TV. ITV will not allow fast forward of TV content or adverts. This is not a problem with other broadcasts. With SKYQ that is not a problem.

Q uses a dish to receive live channels and can download programmes to watch later. Streaming services (such as glass) require a constant Internet with sufficient bandwidth - a proper fibre service should easily suffice.

But if you want 'recording' then Q is the only option with HDD.

Q provides certain streaming apps, such as NetFlix, Amazon Prime and their own Sky Sports+ (These would also need sufficient broadband speed/quality).

Re: Upgrade

MightyQuinn — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:51:51 GMT

@Drumcondra wrote:
If full broadband requres SKY glass

Hi @Drumcondra That is not correct, where exactly did that information come from?