Virgin & Sky announce deal

Doesn't appear to be in the case. Fiber only network here and only 1Gb available from Sky over VM fiber. VM are offering 2Gb though. Seems to be the deal they have?

Sky Broadband checker not working for me either - I'm also just on Virgins coax cable

I received confirmation from Virgin Media that my area now has FTTH and also noticed that the Sky Fibre broadband deals are available to me when I use their service checker. Virgin Media want to charge me €80pm to upgrade to their 1GB subscription but Sky offering the same for €40pm and it's essentially the same network! My only concern is any downtime to switchover since I work from home and can't afford any downtime. Just wondering if anyone has switched over to Sky Fibre yet from Virgin Media and was the switchover seamless? Did it require a Engineer or was it a self-service installation?

One other thing, does the Sky modem/router allow bridge mode like Virgin Media, I know the older sky modem/routers did not in the past? Thanks

I don't believe this is possible on Virgin but open to correction

Have you coax into the house? I'd reckon they need to run fibre in. I can't see Sky operating over the Virgin coax network. Switchover should be seamless enough.

I assume you can't get fibre until they upgrade the network in your area and then they will run it into your house anyway. The fibre network is a replacement for the co-ax, they won't be running them alongside each other in individual areas, they want to get rid of the co-ax.

Just a few days ago after my posting, a contractor came to our estate and upgraded the network in our area. He said all houses are now ready to subscribe and the exchange is turned on for fibre etc.. so all looking good.

I would like to switch from Virgin to Sky as Sky is half the price but the process doesn't seem straightforward.

I'm not sure if I have coaxial or fibre. My broadband is coming from a UPC box so I always thought that was coaxial. But my Virgin internet is called 'Fibre Power Broadband' - maybe that's just a name.

The Sky website state that if you live in a flat or apartment, an engineer needs access to phone lines through the building's telephone distribution point, which I'm not sure is something I can easily organise. It would mean the caretaker (who I see once or twice a month) having to wait around for a Sky engineer to arrive to grant that access? Can't see that happening.

I'll contact Sky tomorrow anyway, but just to be prepared, can I still receive Sky broadband even through just a coaxial?

Ah I imagine external insulation on the house is going to make it a pain to move from Virgin co ax to virgin fibre so.

Such a pain. The speeds with Virgin are fine for me, just wish I could switch around.

Anyone manage to sign for this lads? I can't see the packages on the sky website anymore.

We have FTTH available in our area now. I only found out by checking the website for available offers. Before it said only up to 100mb available (with max speeds 30mb) and now it’s giving me up to 1/2gb

stick your eircode into the eir or Vodafone broadband website.

Not up to date anymore - I get SIRO is unavailable for an address I know it's available for and 'last updated 24.02.2022' under it

Looks as if the deal isn't going ahead anymore. Which is a shame. I have fixed to Virgin for the next 12 months on the 1GB @ €65 a month. Happy enough to be fair as it's a solid service.

We cancelled virgin & got 3 5g broadband. Only in about a month but ni issues so far. Had the professional instillation so a box installed outside connected to a router.

The Router is better than virgins so have had less issues using wireless compared to when we had virgin.

Virgin called back after we'd cancelled & offered half price for 12 months but I said no.

I see Sky are now offering packages using the Virgin infrastructure.

Virgin have to treat Virgin Customers and Sky and Vodafone on Virgin Network the same. If you can prove that they are not doing this they can be fined.

put your Eircode into Sky's website. If you're still on a coax connection into the house it would suggest the upgrade isn't complete yet.

I had a Virgin engineer at the house recently surveying the coax in the estate for future replacement - he was non-commital on how long it would be before the fibre was run though.

Does anyone know what modem/router SKY provide for the 1Gb FTTH (over VM fiber)?

Anyone having problems ordering Sky on their site? I put in my eircode and select 1GB, then get to enter my details. The next page 'Additional Information' has a continue button which does not work! Have tried multiple PCs etc

I got that email myself today. A nice surprise.