SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
 

Mrs Stig has decided to have Sky installed back in the UK, and this means I will be able to use the online TV service SkyGo using the family Sky ID, as long as my IP address is in the UK...

Anyone tried the service already? I can view the Sky News feed Ok, but it isn't as reliable as the Beeb's iPlayer. It will be great to be able to watch the PL matches without using a crappy feed ;)

Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
 

i use it, but I have to download programs and watch just like iplayer. I use it thru a vpn and it is too slow to allow live streaming.

Would love them to stick discovery programs on it as they currently don't

Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
 

Thanks, what bandwidth do you have available? On a good day I can watch BBC HD streamed (average bandwidth I get is 5mbps, up to 10) so I'm hoping this means I can watch SkyGo streamed as well.

Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
 

I have 16MBs (apparently). I use sky go thru VPN as they will not let you use if outside UK. That usually runs about 1MB. I have tried watching football, but it buffers and stops all the time

Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
 

You only get 1mbs through the VPN, on a 16mbs service? Seems very slow, my vpn only takes about 10% of the bandwidth away. You should do a speed test with and without the vpn, and if you are losing much more than 10% there is something wrong with either the service or the configuration.

I think the iPlayer client is more tolerant of high latency connections (high ping rates) and has a larger buffer which probably explains the Sky streaming issues.

Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
 

I just ran some speed tests...

Macbook Pro without vpn 19.96 Mbps :thumb up:

Acer notebook with VPN 0.42 Mbps :thumb down:

I do not know if the notebook is causing the slow speeds. Could you possibly PM with your vpn provider?

Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
 

PM sent

Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
 

Interested to also get PM on this - I understood VPN rates were due to things totally outside of your own connection speed. Such as traffic through the VPN you have connected to etc?

I've never, ever, seen a 90% rate while connect to VPN compared to my local rate...

Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
 

Just ran a series of tests and the vpn was actually faster than without, 5.7mbs with and 5.0mbs without, which I think is probably due to the connection between servers in Saudi being worse than between Saudi and London!

PM sent.

Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
 

I don't think it's possible for the speed to be faster through the VPN, must just have been a variance in the speed tests.

Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
 

Normally it isn't faster via the vpn, but it is always pretty close, and rarely more than 10% less via vpn.

Must be some issues with the server they use for testing in saudi, rather than a magic vpn!

Direct connection:
http://i.imgur.com/7kA9W.png

VPN connection:
http://i.imgur.com/GgxGH.png

Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
 

you are being throttled. Same happens to me.

unless I have a setting wrong somewhere

Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
 

I like the look of your VPN - could you send me that PM please!?

Currently I pay something like $15 a month and it's patchy at best....

Cheers :thumbup:

Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
 

PM sent. I'm paying yearly, $85 which is around $7 a month...

Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
 

can I have it too please?