@J+Shead there is a simple automated way to check more than whether there is a known outage simply run the connection test in the My Sky app which works over a mobile connection. It will tell you if Sky are aware of an issue affecting your line it is far more accurate than the status page. The problem is small local issues simply dont get reported to Sky If the line is working the test can check for faults, book engineers and give you a useful ,history report..
Sky will check your line every 24 hours if you buy their Broadband Boost bundle at £5 oer month see https://www.sky.com/help/articles/broadband-boost?DCMP=emc-skycom:na_boost
There are services from other ISPs that are more pro-active but they cost considerably more and in general designed for business use rather than the domestic service you are buying from Sky.
The one thing nobody can accurately able to predict is how long an outage will last.
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