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SKY broadband
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:04 am
by UBT-mark3346
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:59 pm
by Sir Cracked of the Mind
I to was waiting to hear how good it is.
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:00 am
by sigma-7
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
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:06 am
by UBT-mark3346
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.
Sky BB
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:44 am
by Zeffer
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
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:13 am
by Depresion
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.
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:23 am
by Zeffer
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
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:36 am
by Purplepixii
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 :)
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:39 pm
by UBT-mark3346
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.
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:22 pm
by melter65
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!
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:40 pm
by UBT-mark3346
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.