On a footnote I see that from 2023 Sky will no longer be installing satellite dishes. As well as glass they intend to offer a new Internet only box to new customers. Not sure if it will be a pvr or just a streamer like Sky glass.
On a footnote I see that from 2023 Sky will no longer be installing satellite dishes. As well as glass they intend to offer a new Internet only box to new customers. Not sure if it will be a pvr or just a streamer like Sky glass.
Sadly due to my thicko status posting on forums is the limit of my capabilities so citations is next level to me.
Reading that article you (or I do) still find it slightly ambiguous with Sky only denying it when pressed. Also it claims 97% of the great British public are within reach (whatever that means) of superfast broadband.
And did Sky only deny the report when pressed, or only when they were asked? 😛
I think that ‘The vast majority of UK premises (around 97%) are now estimated to be within reach of a “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) connection’ is pretty clear; it means that 97% of UK premises could be connected to 30Mbps or better internet if they chose to be (and could afford it, of course).
We could only get 25Mbps where we used to live, until BT Openreach rolled out FTTP, at which point we moved into the 97%, whether we took it or not. 25Mbps didn't seem to limit the two of us, especially, but then we are not avid gamers. Or any sort of gamers, really.
What speeds do you get; and are you quite sure you couldn’t get over 30, even if not from a mainstream supplier? As even if you could only get eye-wateringly expensive satellite broadband, that would conveniently move you out of the 3%.
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I saw an OFCOM stat once (no citation) that stated more people can get BB (broadband) than can get Freeview reception. Satellite is a minority platform compared to Terrestrial and the internet, hence why SKY thought about it, but then backtracked. As they don't have their own network and so have to rent a third party's. Though I don't know how much they pay to rent SES satellites to broadcast.
I'm now happy with the disagree icon, because its gone.
Sadly due to my thicko status posting on forums is the limit of my capabilities so citations is next level to me.
Reading that article you (or I do) still find it slightly ambiguous with Sky only denying it when pressed. Also it claims 97% of the great British public are within reach (whatever that means) of superfast broadband.
And did Sky only deny the report when pressed, or only when they were asked? 😛
I think that ‘The vast majority of UK premises (around 97%) are now estimated to be within reach of a “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) connection’ is pretty clear; it means that 97% of UK premises could be connected to 30Mbps or better internet if they chose to be (and could afford it, of course).
We could only get 25Mbps where we used to live, until BT Openreach rolled out FTTP, at which point we moved into the 97%, whether we took it or not. 25Mbps didn't seem to limit the two of us, especially, but then we are not avid gamers. Or any sort of gamers, really.
What speeds do you get; and are you quite sure you couldn’t get over 30, even if not from a mainstream supplier? As even if you could only get eye-wateringly expensive satellite broadband, that would conveniently move you out of the 3%.
It's the old ADSL 16 mpbs top's.
Bizarrely have access to Virgins superfast fibre but that's not an option.
There's a local Facebook group about Virgins woes and next door has it and its aspires to hopeless.
With my smart hub 2 and WiFi discs I have excellent coverage in every room and the garden...can you believe next door can't get a decent signal in the same room as the hub4 router.
Virgin say they only guarantee the speed with a wired connection not WiFi.
The only negative is obviously I can't watch tv in 4k
But I'll stick with my slow but strong WiFi till BT offer fibre.
3mb's is more than enough to replicate an SD Terrestrial broadcast. 6 for HD. Unfortunately 4K is far beyond that. 26 is recommended for say, NETFLIX and 43 for BT Sport.
I'm now happy with the disagree icon, because its gone.
I believe the BT Sport (streaming) requirement for 4K is 25 and for 4K HDR is 30. The 43 figure often quoted is what is considered necessary to have the multicast channel supplied on the BT TV box.
I believe the BT Sport (streaming) requirement for 4K is 25 and for 4K HDR is 30. The 43 figure often quoted is what is considered necessary to have the multicast channel supplied on the BT TV box.
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As well as glass they intend to offer a new Internet only box to new customers.
Not sure if it will be a pvr or just a streamer like Sky glass.
Er, no…. 😛
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2022/09/sky-uk-reportedly-plan-to-end-satellite-tv-dish-installs-in-2023.html
It’s usually a good idea to include citations for such assertions.
If you had tried, you, or we later, would have found it had been quietly withdrawn 😢
Reading that article you (or I do) still find it slightly ambiguous with Sky only denying it when pressed.
Also it claims 97% of the great British public are within reach (whatever that means) of superfast broadband.
Brilliant that I'm part of the 3% then.
I don’t any longer bother with the embedded citations (like this) which this Community software makes it very tricky to do (you have to handcraft some HTML, unless anyone knows different); but it’s easy to just go to the search term at the top of the browser page for what you want to quote, Copy it, and then Paste it into what you are writing:-
https://community.youview.com/youview/discussion/7607001/bt-launches-streaming-only-option-for-freeview-channels/p2
And did Sky only deny the report when pressed, or only when they were asked? 😛
I think that ‘The vast majority of UK premises (around 97%) are now estimated to be within reach of a “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) connection’ is pretty clear; it means that 97% of UK premises could be connected to 30Mbps or better internet if they chose to be (and could afford it, of course).
We could only get 25Mbps where we used to live, until BT Openreach rolled out FTTP, at which point we moved into the 97%, whether we took it or not.
25Mbps didn't seem to limit the two of us, especially, but then we are not avid gamers. Or any sort of gamers, really.
What speeds do you get; and are you quite sure you couldn’t get over 30, even if not from a mainstream supplier? As even if you could only get eye-wateringly expensive satellite broadband, that would conveniently move you out of the 3%.
So it does - thanks. I wonder why that didn’t work when I tried it earlier, or even just now, when I must have done something slightly wrong?
Bizarrely have access to Virgins superfast fibre but that's not an option.
There's a local Facebook group about Virgins woes and next door has it and its aspires to hopeless.
With my smart hub 2 and WiFi discs I have excellent coverage in every room and the garden...can you believe next door can't get a decent signal in the same room as the hub4 router.
Virgin say they only guarantee the speed with a wired connection not WiFi.
The only negative is obviously I can't watch tv in 4k
But I'll stick with my slow but strong WiFi till BT offer fibre.
The 43 figure often quoted is what is considered necessary to have the multicast channel supplied on the BT TV box.
source (historic)
https://www.bt.com/help/bt-sport/bt-sport-ultimate--what-it-is-and-how-you-can-watch
That's what I said. We are talking about the box, after all.
Really struggling to see why anyone would choose this over now tv.
It's £26 monthly and £12 for muti room....just don't get It's usp.
I expect that Precious Ramotswe will be interested….. 😛
Why?
@kodikid
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