Sky Ultrafast Broadband

Sky Ultrafast Broadband from £35 Per Month

Sky Ultrafast Broadband is available from £35 per month and offers 147 Mbps download speeds with 27 Mbps upload speeds. Some areas in Manchester, UK are able to get Sky Ultrafast broadband with the postcode M20 4PG. Sky Broadband offers three different broadband options with Superfast or Ultrafast broadband being our recommendations.

Does Sky Ultrafast Broadband have a minimum speed guarantee?

Answer: Yes, Sky Ultrafast broadband comes with a 100 Mbps minimum speed guarantee to ensure you get the broadband speeds promised. Sky follows the best practices and guidelines set out by OfCom and is followed by the UK’s top broadband providers.

Should I Get Sky Ultrafast Broadband?

Sky Ultrafast is great for families that have several devices connected to their Wi-Fi or who like to watch live sports in Ultra HD. Netflix has indicated on their website that watching Ultra HD on their platform requires a minimum download speed of 25 Mbps. As you can see, both superfast fibre and ultrafast fibre have speeds capable of running Ultra HD (UHD).

The problem is with how many devices are connected as each smart home device like Google nest use 3 Mbps even when not in use. If you don’t have too many devices connected to Wi-Fi then Sky Superfast broadband will work great for your needs. One other factor to consider is downloading speeds for large files and media including digital downloads and software.

Differences in download speeds for Sky Ultrafast Broadband

The download speed differences between each broadband deal and plan that Sky offers is very significant between each other. For example, let’s look at Fortnite as one of the most popular online games that are downloaded to the console from the console app store.

Fortnite is a 17.5 GB download and would take over four hours to download with Sky Essential broadband at 10 Mbps download speed. Sky Superfast broadband would take over 41 minutes to download at a rate of 59 Mbps and Sky Ultrafast fibre would take just over 16 minutes.