Sky without a dish

[lee9160]

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

[bob1234]

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

[GD1]

@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.  

[lee9160]

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 

[GD1]

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

[lee9160]

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

[bob1234]

@lee9160 

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@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 

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@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.

[GD1]

@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.

[TimmyBGood]

@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.

[lee9160]

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 

[Rhonny]

@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. 

[lee9160]

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

[GD1]

@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.

[Rhonny]

@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. 

[lee9160]

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