Reply to: What kind of media company subscription do you have?

[Scruff]

How are you finding giffgaff? I tried them for 3 months but the data connection was pathetic, ended up with Three paying £6.90 a month sim only, much better a faster than anything I'd experienced before on 3g.

GiffGaff have been great so far - initially I thought that I was going to have problems, but 5 months down the line, the service is no worse than the contract O2 connection that I previously paid £26 for? Once I had the correct APN configured, all rosy

[Old Hack]

Deary me, that's not what they promise at all. That is all your line can give you.

You're on a plan that costs £x for up to 8Mb.

The speed you get is dependant on your line, NOT the provider.

I get about 4Mb down with Sky, and it wouldn't change if I switched to BT or whoever.

One thing Sky does do, or rather does not do, is slow your line down during peak times which others like BT do

I know; it's all dependent on how far from your exchange you are.

Fibre coming here soon anyway/

[minestrone]

My theory is that once you go all in with a package or sign up for a contract that is you fecked as you have very little come back when it goes wrong. I would rather split services and buy a phone outright.

[gingerjedi]

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GiffGaff Mobile - £12 per month GoodyBag (250 mins / unlimited text / unlimited Internet).

How are you finding giffgaff? I tried them for 3 months but the data connection was pathetic, ended up with Three paying £6.90 a month sim only, much better a faster than anything I'd experienced before on 3g.

[Scruff]

I have the following

Sky + HD
Sports
Movies
SkyTalk
Sky Fibre Unlimited
House Move - new install at new gaff

Total Cost: £38.25 per month

How? I cancelled everything...Got a phone call 3 days later offering 1/2 price Sky package, plus free Fibre Unlimited and SkyTalk for 12 months and free install at new house.

Three UK 5GB 3G - £10.88 per month with MiFi (£49)

GiffGaff Mobile - £12 per month GoodyBag (250 mins / unlimited text / unlimited Internet).

[bless 'em all]

Virgin Cable XL Package with an extra box in the kids sitting room, BB from Virgin - I just speed checked it and it's running at 19.5mps. Landline is Virgin as well.

All in around £80 per month.

Then I've got a Netflix account that can support 3 viewers at a time. That's £8.99 a month.

[jmo21]

I'm rural and they promise 0 - 8 mbps. Lucky to get 0.5

Deary me, that's not what they promise at all. That is all your line can give you.

You're on a plan that costs £x for up to 8Mb.

The speed you get is dependant on your line, NOT the provider.

I get about 4Mb down with Sky, and it wouldn't change if I switched to BT or whoever.

One thing Sky does do, or rather does not do, is slow your line down during peak times which others like BT do

[BigRed]

^I used to use one of those. If you are living away from home they are a great deal, normally food outlets nearby as well.

[SimonMac]

I have a Cineworld Unlimited card which gives me all the films I wanna watch

[gingerjedi]

I have a free subscription with XBMC, if you know what you're doing you can watch newly released movies, every TV show and all the football including 3pm Saturday EPL games.

All through a sky broadband connection.

[Old Hack]

I have 5 quid orange broadband, advertised at 6 meg although that is meant to be between 4 and 8, it was 6, then 5, then 3.8 now it seems to be settling at 1.2.

I test it every day when I start working from my desk, it is noticeable that the speeds are always very constant in between drops, obviously the speed is set somewhere and you would think they are dropping it gradually as they build up the sales pitch for fibre. I don't need a 40 meg connection and they aint forcing me into upgrading to get a stable connection.

I'm rural and they promise 0 - 8 mbps. Lucky to get 0.5

[minestrone]

I have 5 quid orange broadband, advertised at 6 meg although that is meant to be between 4 and 8, it was 6, then 5, then 3.8 now it seems to be settling at 1.2.

I test it every day when I start working from my desk, it is noticeable that the speeds are always very constant in between drops, obviously the speed is set somewhere and you would think they are dropping it gradually as they build up the sales pitch for fibre. I don't need a 40 meg connection and they aint forcing me into upgrading to get a stable connection.

[Old Hack]

I think they all have to get involved with BB now, as it's all interconnected really; streaming will be de riguer soon, I mean mainstream.

[minestrone]

I think SKY are really trying to get in on the broadband thing as there is now quite a lot of hacking of the sky service going on, that and streaming and usual downloading. I think they want to get in the way and cut it all out,

[Old Hack]

Fair enough, it will be alright for that.

When renewal time comes, I'll simply say if they can't do it at £35, I'll bail. Something tells me they'll keep me onboard. £35 and I think it's a good deal; Less than £9 a week, £1.30 a day. Watching us beat the Aussies today was worth a £5