Wi-Fi 6E

[mae-3]

@TimmyBGood 

Why would a phased firmware upgrade wipe out the whole user base, it is only firmware upgrades! A brave executive would sign a proposal that would increase Sky's user base in the future and keep the user base happy. 😀

[TimmyBGood]

@mae-3 

Realistically a tiny minority of customers at huge cost to the ISP.  The sums don't add up.

[mae-3]

@TimmyBGood 

It is only firmware and automatic upgrades in phases, it would cost very little in the equation and result in future profits! No hardware needs replacing in the field, and software/firmware is quite easy to modify.

The first thing to do is upgrade the 20% of exchanges left to DHCPv6 PD... 😀

[TimmyBGood]

@mae-3 

Future profits which might be somewhat dented by, for example, trying to cope with PSTN switch-off on non-ISP hardware.  

I just don't see it's in the interest of a mass-market ISP to increase complexity in provisioning customers.

[mae-3]

@TimmyBGood 

Sky has already upgraded 80% of exchanges to DHCPv6 PD, so why would they not do the lot? 

[mae-3]

@TimmyBGood 

And Sky should get out of the habit of implementing proprietary solutions, eg: DHCP Option 61, Sky wireless mesh and VoIP the name a few for broadband, open solutions are cheaper and generate more profit! 😀

[TomThumb5ive]

With accountants in the driving seat at Comcast & sky always seemingly playing catch-up,

I'm expecting lots of hype & little substance with sky's next router!

By past performance : firmware fixes & faults inc as standard,

Although  at launch, sky's routers do fair better when it comes to advertised  / published functionality compared to it's TV counterparts. 

In reality, 6E from a single router in all but a small apartment won't make a huge difference,

I can't see Sky offering another go at some sort of a mesh system, thus I'm with mae-3,

i can't see Sky incorporating wifi 6E.

Tom...

[Mini+Mo]

@mae-3I couldn't agree more.