u/Soh4

Hey everyone,

I had Sky Gigafast installed yesterday – engineer came out and set up a new ONT, and I’m currently using the standard Sky Hub router as they didn’t give me an upgrade...

Since then, my speeds have been really inconsistent and nowhere near the guaranteed minimum download speed of 600 Mbps.

- Over WiFi (Ookla on my phone): around 250–280 Mbps

- Direct Ethernet from ONT to my laptop: 67.7 Mbps download / 108.5 Mbps upload

What’s confusing is that my Sky account shows the speed to the hub as 680 Mbps.

I’ve already contacted Sky earlier and they’ve offered to send an engineer next week, but I’m wondering what would the engineer actually be able to fix in this situation?

I’m considering getting a third-party router, but before going down that route I want to confirm the ONT is delivering the correct speeds.

Has anyone experienced something similar or have any advice?

Update: Thanks for your contributions, it may well be that Sky isn’t at fault and my devices need to be upgraded! Thanks to everyone who supported.

I’ve just had FTTP installed (1 Gbps) and I’m trying to decide the best place to position my router in my second living room.

The setup I’m currently considering is placing the router on a small wall shelf about 30 cm to the left of a 65-inch modern LED TV. The shelf would be mounted roughly 160–180 cm from the floor. This would result in a fairly central location.

The Ethernet cable has been ran through the wall by the engineer. To make this setup work, I’d need a 5 m Cat6 Ethernet cable (to give plenty of slack) plus an RJ45 coupler.

Otherwise, I’d have to keep the router much further to the right side of the property and lower down (around 120 cm max, I suspect it would end up lower than this for convenience), which doesn’t feel ideal for positioning.

I’d consider myself inexperienced with networking setups, so I’d still be interested in hearing other people’s thoughts on whether this placement makes sense in practice.

UK based if that is relevant. Please let me know if this post is not suitable for this subreddit.

I’ve just had FTTP installed (1 Gbps) and I’m trying to decide the best place to position my router in my second living room.

The setup I’m currently considering is placing the router on a small wall shelf about 30 cm to the left of a 65-inch modern LED TV. The shelf would be mounted roughly 160–180 cm from the floor. This would result in a fairly central location.

The Ethernet cable has been ran through the wall by the engineer. To make this setup work, I’d need a 5 m Cat6 Ethernet cable (to give plenty of slack) plus an RJ45 coupler.

Otherwise, I’d have to keep the router much further to the right side of the property and lower down (around 120 cm max, I suspect it would end up lower than this for convenience), which doesn’t feel ideal for positioning.

I’d consider myself inexperienced with networking setups, so I’d still be interested in hearing other people’s thoughts on whether this placement makes sense in practice.

UK based if that is relevant. Please let me know if this post is not suitable for this subreddit.

Hey guys,

I’m a 90s baby from Nottingham, surrounded by mostly United fans at school, but I always backed Forest and took the stick.

Just after New Year in our promotion season, I texted a mate saying, “We might actually go up.” We weren’t even in the play-offs and he thought I was mad, but something just felt right. When it finally happened… I genuinely got emotional.

Watching Coventry get promoted recently brought all of that back and got me thinking about our time outside the Premier League.

Over two decades away, a drop into League One, and constant turnover of players — that period really shaped us as fans.

So I’m curious:

•	What are your standout memories from those years?

•	Which players, managers, or figures are you most grateful for?

•	Anyone you’ve got a strong dislike for from that time?

•	Any moments that still stick with you, good or bad?

Would be great to hear what stands out for everyone else.

If there are similar posts already, feel free to link them in the comments.