What is Sky Full Fibre 500? | Sky Full Fibre 500 cost, packages & info

Jonathan Victoria • 29 Aug 2023 Guides

Sky’s very upper mid-tier full fibre broadband, ideal for heavy usage.

What is Sky Full Fibre 500?

Sky Full Fibre 500 is one of the company’s best packages available and is perfect for broadband-hungry households.

Providing incredibly fast and reliable speeds, Ultrafast Plus is ideal for households with multiple occupants and many needs that require a strong WiFi connection.

With the UK coverage of FTTP (fibre to the premises) growing, more and more customers are gaining access to this top-end broadband package.

How fast is Sky Full Fibre 500?

Sky rivals its competitors for the best upper midrange package with Full Fibre 500, boasting average download speeds of 515Mbps and upload speeds of 60Mbps.

As ever, Sky has a WiFi Guarantee on each package, and with Ultrafast Plus, that minimum guarantee is still a whopping 400Mbps.

These speeds make it great for households with five or more occupants and heavy broadband usage.

It can handle multiple devices streaming content, high definition and video game downloads, online gameplay, and much more, all at the same time - in fact, it doesn’t just handle it, but is still able to provide a strong and steady connection to every device.

Does Sky Full Fibre 500 use FTTP?

Unsurprisingly given the name, Sky Full Fibre 500 is available using an FTTP connection only. FTTP connections see a fibre cable is run from the telephone exchange all the way through to the households, providing the strongest and fastest connection possible.

Sky uses the Openreach network to deliver its broadband connection. Openreach is the nation's most widely available network, with many providers along with Sky using their network where available.

Where is Sky Full Fibre 500 available?

FTTP is still being rolled out nationwide, with Sky claiming that one in every four households has access to full-fibre broadband.

That stat is rather general and comes from Openreach’s estimate as to their current coverage. They are expanding their network with the ambitious aim of delivering full-fibre broadband to 25 million homes and businesses by 2026.

Is Sky Full Fibre 500 good for gaming?

Sky Full Fibre 500 is a brilliant option for heavy gaming use as it has more than enough bandwidth capabilities to play online games - hence why they say ‘suitable for gamers’.

20Mbps is the accepted minimum to play online games without much or any lag, so this puts Full Fibre 500 at a massive advantage and should mean absolutely no problems while playing.

It is still easily capable of handling heavier gaming needs, such as competitive play where you’ll want at least 50Mbps so it can enable even quicker data transfers for reduced lag plus 4K resolution and crisp HD quality.

Downloading the games is the first step though, and with today’s demands of the best games requiring around 100GB downloads, you’ll want fast speeds

Take Bethesda’s Starfield released in 2023. Its download size was 126.1GB on Xbox Series X and 139.4GB on PC.

At the average 515Mbps with Sky Full Fibre 500, it would take between 30-40 minutes to fully download.

Is Sky Full Fibre 500 worth it?

Sky Full Fibre 500 is absolutely worth it. If your area is capable of supplying an FTTP connection and you can get Full Fibre 500, then we would highly recommend it.

While Sky Full Fibre Gigafast is the very best offering from Sky, it isn’t anywhere near as available as Full Fibre 500, which as mentioned in itself isn’t exactly available to everyone, but where it is it should be a simple choice to make if you want the very best speeds.

How much does Sky Full Fibre 500 cost?

Sky Full Fibre 500 standard price is £53 a month on a 24-month contract (correct as of 18/09/24, price may change during contract).

However, you will rarely find Sky Broadband at full price as they usually have some sort of offer on.

You may also find that you can get Sky package deals that put their broadband and other services such as TV together for a better price, providing you with more options to experience the greatness of Sky.

Be sure to check out the Sky website or right here on Digital TV to see if there are any Sky Full Fibre 500 deals available.