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Previously on "Sky Broadband"
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Ages ago my ISP tried to put me on their 2mbps line - it didn't work. The line dropped every few minutes. Have things changed much or is 1mbps still the max I can expect out of my phoneline.
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been with Sky for just over a year. No outages to mention.
I was signed up for the 8mb deal but only getting 1.5. I have a contact at Sky and had my line 'retrained' and now i get 4.5mb (BT says the max i can get based on distance is 5.5).
Apparently, Sky does not monitor traffic (so they don't slow down your speed for torrents for example) and even though they have maximum download limits - they don't enforce them.
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I have Sky broadband, 2Mb service which is free with my subscription. I don't use it to download entertainment (that's what TV aerials/satellite dishes/DVD rental services are for) so it does everything I want, as fast as I want, for free.
(I used to have 8Mb with my previous provider, but for my usage 2Mb is no worse.)Last edited by IR35 Avoider; 7 February 2008, 09:51.
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Hi,
Had Sky Broadband for about a year now. I'm on the limit in terms of distance from the exchange, so speeds are modest but no worse than my previous provider, Eclipse.
Only one small period of down time due to an exchange problem, other than that it works just fine.
Given that Eclipse were charging me nearly £30pm and Sky charge me £5pm as part of the TV, Phone and BB deal, I feel that I'm well on the right side of a good deal here.
Regards,
Kevlong
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Have you not got any better ones?Last edited by BoredBloke; 6 February 2008, 17:46.
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Why is your bushy tailed rat so dark - do you not have any better pictures?
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Originally posted by ContractIn View PostHowever I was only getting speeds of 8mb, so I downgraded to the £5 per month package for 8mb, which then went down to about 5.7mb!
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Originally posted by TonyEnglish View PostDoes anybody use it/have it? I'm thinking of switching to their 16mb service and wondered how good they are.
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Originally posted by AtW View PostShould be around 3 Mbits, I will probably increase that - my ADSL 2 provider allows for doubling of upstream from 1.3 Mbit with some loss of downstream.
100k?
Mailman
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Originally posted by TonyEnglish View PostWhat makes you think that?
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Originally posted by AtW View PostThat's because you hate squirrels - you have bad karma.
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Originally posted by TonyEnglish View PostCheers folks - Just checked my line speed and BT thinks that the best speed I can get is only half as fast as the 1mbps link I already have.
I have a total of 3 lines with total capacity of 36 Mbits.
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Cheers folks - Just checked my line speed and BT thinks that the best speed I can get is only half as fast as the 1mbps link I already have.
So I might stay put as I'm only shelling out £10 per month at the moment.
Is there a way of estimating the max speed based on the noise levels on the line? I can get this info off my router.
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