[Rant] Sky broadband

[Bunk]

Are you happy to accept mediocrity in other areas of your life?

You live in Luton don't you?

[Diver]

Only if you stop talking like a c***

No can do!

Sorry eek, yer on yer own

[suityou01]

You live in Luton don't you?

Now way back from that. I'm a broken man. Hope you're proud of yourself

[moggy]

I wanted Sky - but checked out the speeds before I signed the deal - had to settle for Virgin - no sky atlantic but superb telephone and internet package.

[BigTime]

Get BT Openreach round. My connection became useless at times so I finally agreed to meeting the callout charge if they could deem it my fault. He put on a new wall socket and rewired a few bits which resulted in no conection/600k max to 2.5 Mbps.

[AtW]

Sky is tulip - got it as part of package only give 6 Mbits despite being next to exchange - used to live few streets away (good 500 meters) and had 16 Mbits from Be...

[nomadd]

Currently getting 1.1Mb on their "Up to 20Mb" service

Hence why it's called "upto". The first 1 Mb is real, the next 19 Mb are marketing.

Apparently it's my fault for living too far from the telephone exchange (I have a second tier post code so about a mile from the town hall ffs). The length of copper the signal has to travel through yada yada yada. [Snipped rest of rant.]

Hello? Welcome to the last 10 years of broadband. Are you new to computers, then?

If it's any consolation, I'm on BT Infinity "upto 80Mb", but only getting 35Mb actual. Still, that's enough to get Pissed Kirk on iPlayer.

[DaveB]

I live in the sticks and am paying for a 2Mb line cos thats all the ISP will let me order. Currently getting 5.5Mb download speeds

Ok, not exactly smokin' fast by cable standards but not a bad deal non the less

[d000hg]

Currently getting 1.1Mb on their "Up to 20Mb" service

Apparently it's my fault for living too far from the telephone exchange (I have a second tier post code so about a mile from the town hall ffs). The length of copper the signal has to travel through yada yada yada.

Well here's the thing, if the distance from the exchange is a factor, this means someone living nearer is paying the same amount as me and getting a far better service. So I'm being charged full fare for 1/20th of the service. I can't even watch a pissed shatner on iPlayer on HIGNFY.

Didn't you get them to estimate the speed you'd get before having it installed?

You sound like the sort of chump who would sue Bugatti because the Veyron they bought can't achieve the top speed anywhere in the UK.

[suityou01]

Didn't you get them to estimate the speed you'd get before having it installed?

You sound like the sort of chump who would sue Bugatti because the Veyron they bought can't achieve the top speed anywhere in the UK.

And you smell of poo