Gigafast FTTP Speed

[Wayne+A]

Good evening,

I had Gigafast installed today and the engineer informed me that it takes approximately 12 days for the speed to stabilise.  Can somebody confirm if this is true?

Thanks

[TimmyBGood]

@Wayne+A 

That shouldn't be the case, no: the 'training period' is a concept inherent to broadband over copper, not an optical circuit.

However, Sky, like other ISPs, have carried a waiting period before they will accept a speed challenge over from ADSL/FTTC to FTTP.

"Good to know: Your Speed Guarantee starts 14 days after your Sky Broadband is activated – it’s so we can test your phone line for the best performance first."

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-fibre-speed-guarantee 

[Wayne+A]

Ah ok, 

I should get the full 900mbps then.  It's currently at 300mbps at the moment, on wifi

[Wayne+A]

Attached is my router stats:

[TimmyBGood]

@Wayne+A 

Testing speed over WiFi is just testing the WiFi itself, not speed being delivered to the Hub.

Unfortunately FTTP doesn't generate useful Hub stats.

[Wayne+A]

So I need to test via ethernet to get a true reading?  If so then I'll do that tomorrow 🙂

[TimmyBGood]

@Wayne+A 

For Gigafast, yes. WiFi 5 (assuming you have a Sky Broadband Hub) isn't going to deliver anything like 900Mbs in the real world.  The new Sky Max Hub is WiFi 6, at an additional monthly cost.