SKY broadband

Post by **UBT-mark3346** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:04 am

SKY broadband, anyone got it? good/bad somewhere inbetween?

I have Virgin (not cable) and have never had any problems but Sky chuck it in for free with the TV I already have so I am thinking of switching if the service is ok.

Sir Cracked of the Mind · Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:59 pm

I to was waiting to hear how good it is.

sigma-7 · Post by **sigma-7** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:00 am

For me it was rubbish and teminated my contract after six months.

The line speed (adsl2) was worse than a 56k modem at times.

I since signed up for virgin media 20meg service and have never looked back

Take a look at this page to help you make up your mind

http://bbs.adslguide.org.uk/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=sky

Post by **UBT-mark3346** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:06 am

Thanks for the link, very wide differences of opinion on there.

The only attraction for me is Sky is free, Virgin costs me £15/month. If I decide to switch I will wait till after christmas anyway, don't want to risk the holidays without a connection.

Zeffer · Post by **Zeffer** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:44 am

I have sky BB i tranferd from Plus.Net i was paying £30 a month for upto 8mb 40Gb bandwith i was getting 3.5Mbps Down 0.4 Mbps up

now with sky im paying £10 a month and getting 4.9 Mbps Down 0.6 Mbps Up unlimatied bandwith i know im on a fairusage but i am downloading arond 50gb to 100gb a month and no probs But i had some down time well 2 time in 3 month but not for long and thats not bad for a tener a month

Depresion · Post by **Depresion** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:13 am

I pay less than £30 a month to plus.net and have topped 200gig in a month with things like Linux distros and online film rental.

Zeffer · Post by **Zeffer** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:23 am

yep u can get over 40gb but i need to use it from 00:00 to 08:00 that free usage time but if u use it from 08:00 to 00:00 that uses up your paid for usage so on my account it was 40gb don't get me rong that are a great ISP but not the cheepes and u get a grate service to like a static IP for one but i needed the cash so i went for sky

Purplepixii · Post by **Purplepixii** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:36 am

I have a friend in Yorkshire who uses Sky and she has horrendous problems - it drops the connection so often and sometimes she doesn't get back online for hours.

Not tried it myself - got BT and have no issues with it so not changing :)

Post by **UBT-mark3346** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:39 pm

Virgin

Sky

So far (touch wood) no problems with Sky but I did not have any with Virgin.net either except the price, £15 compared to free.
The most up & downloading I do is with Boinc so I am not what you call a heavy user.
Setting the Sky modem up was the simplest bit of PC kit I have ever used, it needed to be idiot proof and was.

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:22 pm

Don't forget that you need a BT phoneline for the Sky Broadband. So if, like me, you had your BT line removed when you took up with Telewest/Virgin, you'll need to factor in the reconnection fee into the price.

Also, don't confuse Sky Broadband with satellite broadband, which was getting a lot of interest at one time, but I haven't heard of for a while!

Post by **UBT-mark3346** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:40 pm

melter65 wrote:Don't forget that you need a BT phoneline for the Sky Broadband. So if, like me, you had your BT line removed when you took up with Telewest/Virgin, you'll need to factor in the reconnection fee into the price.

Also, don't confuse Sky Broadband with satellite broadband, which was getting a lot of interest at one time, but I haven't heard of for a while!

I had Virgin.net, not cable broadband so it's the same BT line with both and they both include free evening and weekend calls.

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