topic Re: Internet speed on sky Q in Sky Q

Internet speed on sky Q

Thomo9194 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:57:04 GMT

My house WiFi is 900mbps when i do a speed check next to sky Q box. But my SkYQ box (via the Netflix speed test is only 135mbps. On 2.5m and 5mhz. Even a direct Ethernet connection registers 136mbps. What is wrong ?

Re: Internet speed on sky Q

Me134 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:16:42 GMT

@Thomo9194 wrote:
My house WiFi is 900mbps when i do a speed check next to sky Q box. But my SkYQ box (via the Netflix speed test is only 135mbps. On 2.5m and 5mhz. Even a direct Ethernet connection registers 136mbps. What is wrong ?

Nothing, that's totally expected as it's reliant on the devices internal chipset (not just your Q box). UHD streaming only requires 15Mbps(?) so it's far more than needed. Your phone will have similar restrictions for example.

Re: Internet speed on sky Q

TimmyBGood — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:51:06 GMT

@Thomo9194

As @Me134 indicates, nothing a Q box does for television consumption needs huge bandwidth. Streaming demands top out at around 30Mbs (UHD with HDR) and the platform isn't intended to download content to disk faster than is necessary for uninterrupted viewing.

The 'Q Mesh' wireless hotspot function is now a decade old and really wasn't built to sling gigabit speeds around a users property.