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sky broadband. good idea? |
Dale_jeffs
Joined: Nov 23, 2005
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From: Northamptonshire
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i with tiscali at the mo on 2MB i think.
my mum's thinking of going over to sky because it works out cheaper and we'll have 16MB.
only thing is people i know with it are having problems like its not working with certain pages. is the down to sky or there computers? also i'm wireless is that goin to be a problem?
is anyone on sky who can offer opinions?
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slattery69
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: north east england
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i m with sky broadband and there very good. unless you live next to the exchange you wont get 16mb downloads.
as for web pages not working not had this problem myself i know it was an issue with sky to begin with but its getting sorted out. people keep emailing the odd site thats a problem and its sorted, i myself have never noticed any web page problems |
arien617
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Yeh, I remember reading somewhere that if you live more than 300mtr from your local exchange, you won't get get top speed. I live like 2miles from my local exchange and I only get 4-5mb/s out of the 8 I can get.
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Dale_jeffs
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thanks for the feed back think i'll do it then.
how do i find out where my nearest exchange is?
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slattery69
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http://www.samknows.com/broadband/
you should be able to find something from this site |
p900 lover
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Im with sky on their 16 mb plan, i get between 10 and 12 mb normaly but some times its really reeallly slow, like 100kbs, not sure if it the time of day but it does happen somtimes. Also the anti virus they provide on the CD is sh1t, slows down yours PC like wow |
se_p800
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i think good idea. I have it and check out the internet speed i get
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procterdc
Joined: Jun 03, 2005
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From: Lytham St.Annes
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Anyone on talk talk broadband? I'm thinking of going for the talk talk3; phone calls and broadband for £19.99 p/m includes line rental.
You get 8mb broadband and unlimeted calls.
Any opinions?
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Dale_jeffs
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we use talk talk in the shop at work... never and probs! cheap phone bills to! fast downloads to!
i think i will be going to sky at home 
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Toney_Ericsson
Joined: Feb 20, 2005
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From: United Kingdom
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Steer clear of ADSL.
With Virginmedia you get what you pay for, its direct and its unlimited unlike ADSL broadband which goes through a crappy copper telephone line with silly caps or restrictions dependent on how far you live away from the telephone exchange .
In June 10MB will be 20MB, next step is 50MB there after.
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slattery69
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they all have caps even virgin media but most chose not to impliment them. sky offers unlimited subject to fair use, which most say in the small print. my dad uses virgin media and they are good for speed and relablity but not every area has cable and not everyone wants another cable and holes drilled in the walls which you dont need with a bt line.
do virginmedia cable modems do wireless out of the box now ? |
Miss UK
Joined: Jan 11, 2003
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From: Little Britain Phone: S8300V
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We have Virgin media Phoneline and broadband,
with Sky and them at war with each other im staying put who the hell watches lost/24/ or whatever it is they have anyways.
Sky run via BT they are bloody con merchants,
why go through the middleman when you have everything direct from one supplier.
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procterdc
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So virgin media is a good one to go for? May do that, its the same price as talk talk isn't it?
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Toney_Ericsson
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On 2007-03-22 21:38:43, slattery69 wrote:
they all have caps even virgin media but most chose not to impliment them. sky offers unlimited subject to fair use, which most say in the small print. my dad uses virgin media and they are good for speed and relablity but not every area has cable and not everyone wants another cable and holes drilled in the walls which you dont need with a bt line.
do virginmedia cable modems do wireless out of the box now ?
That can be said for Sky too as not everyone wants a dish stuck on there house as it looks a tad tacky.
With virginmedia you also dont pay bt anything as your line rental is in your virginmedia bill, so no 2 separate bills.
As for if the modems wireless, no you need a DSL router (Cable router)
As for price, well if you have 3 services with them your get a good deal out of them and after the contract your get a loyalty reduction or you can always f them off to put it simply 
I'm getting a better deal than Sky could offer plus I'm not feeding money into the Murdock empire
What Skys pulling of Sky News and Sky One has done for me is given all Sky Movie and all Sky Sports channels for free. I'd rather watch that than Sky One and as for news well there are other news channels.
Virginmedia rules.
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himlims_nl
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most business flight have a high speed i-net access point avaiable.
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