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Internet provider Sky Broadband has today announced the launch of a new 1.6Gbps (1,600Mbps) speed home broadband package, which will harness Openreach’s rapidly growing Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network and use the same “Gigafast+ Hub” (SCER11BELUKS) Wi-Fi 7 router as their multi-gigabit packages on CityFibre’s network.
Until today the fastest package available on the Openreach-based side of Sky’s full fibre network was a 900Mbps tier, while those on their CityFibre side were able to access even faster speeds of up to 2.5Gbps and 5Gbps. But that started to change today after Sky officially began to make packages available using Openreach’s 1.8Gbps (120Mbps upload) full fibre product (advertised as 1.6Gbps).
At launch, Sky’s “Full Fibre 1.6 Gbps” plan is available to new Sky Broadband customers, including existing Sky TV, mobile and smart home customers, subject to availability. But existing Sky Broadband customers will be able to upgrade “at a later date“.