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Post by DodgyDino on Dec 26, 2007 14:48:48 GMT
Has anyone got Sky Broadband, Im thinking of switching to them but are they any good. . Im looking for about 8mb with about 20/30 gb downloads. Any other suggestions.
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Post by dad1 on Dec 26, 2007 15:04:11 GMT
Dodgy
I'm on Sky BB, the 2Mb with 2Gb limit. Costs me nowt. Been on for 12 months and lost a total of about 24 hours due to tech faults. All in all very good as far as I'm concerned, but have also read some bad stuff from people who have had real problems.
My only gripe is their Technical Helpline, which is about as much use as an ice sculpture of Jeremy Clarkson! They are completely and utterly USELESS!!! If you have a problem with Sky BB you'd be better off ringing the monkey enclosure in Chester Zoo!
Sky BB itself, though, I have found to be excellent....
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Post by RedandWhite4ever on Dec 26, 2007 15:05:08 GMT
Had it for a while now. No problems at all. Pleased with it..
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Post by DodgyDino on Dec 26, 2007 15:13:38 GMT
Have you got a wireless setup. Ive currently got a wireless setup and use a BT router which works a treat. Do you know if you have to use Skys router, Someone told me you have to. Redand white, What speed do you have?
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Post by RedandWhite4ever on Dec 26, 2007 15:38:57 GMT
Yeah you have to have the sky BB router. Not sure of the speed, but it is pretty quick..
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Post by twisty on Dec 26, 2007 18:37:01 GMT
mines fucking bob on
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Post by stokecityscott on Dec 26, 2007 18:42:13 GMT
Sisters boyfriend had sky, took em 8weeks for some switch over? and gets few disconnections, i am with virgin media, unlimited downloads 17.99
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Post by twisty on Dec 26, 2007 20:10:38 GMT
Lawts that would of been BT not sky, we had to wait 2 weeks for BT to do summit when we had sky broadband.
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Post by DodgyDino on Dec 26, 2007 23:31:47 GMT
Whats the reason behind using their router, Can i just use my own?
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Post by Coll40 on Dec 27, 2007 0:17:24 GMT
Ey up Dino. We've had Sky BB fro about 2 months and it works fine - only the free 2mb though. I asked about the router when I rang them, but they said I had to use theirs - don't know why. I know one bloke who had it and hated it, but generally, it gets good reports.
Hope you've all had a good Xmas and best wishes for the New year ;D
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Post by DodgyDino on Dec 27, 2007 2:52:04 GMT
Hey up Coll.....Hope youre all well and had a good Crimbo. Whats young Ant up to these days. Undecided wether to go to Sky or Tiscali both are offering good deals. Im not to sure about wanting to use their router, Dont really see why i cant use my own. Sky 2mb is free isnt it and the 8mb is £5, Im currently paying £20 for 2mb so free sounds good.
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Post by Coll40 on Dec 27, 2007 3:08:15 GMT
Dino - You won't be able to download what you want with the free one (2 gig limit), but you might be ok with the 8 meg - you'll have to check. Ant is at Leeds university and is loving it. Getting pissed with mates whenever he wants, with a bit of work in between that seems to get in the way ! Deb hopes to go to Sheffield in September. So me and Di are working all hours cos its bloody expensive
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Post by Big Al on Dec 27, 2007 11:22:18 GMT
ive got the 2mg i was on orange before ive had it about 2mths now it took 10days for the swithch over its been ok so far and took about 2mins to set up and the wireless connection 5mins more all in all im happy with mine
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Post by markscfc72 on Dec 27, 2007 12:41:57 GMT
ive had the upto 16mb for over a year now, never had any probs, occasionally have to turn off modem at the wall then back on again but not very often
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Post by Funky on Dec 27, 2007 16:16:33 GMT
Whats the reason behind using their router, Can i just use my own? They have there settings programmed into them, the router they use is a Netgear DG834GT which is one of the best routers on the market.
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Post by Wardy on Dec 27, 2007 18:44:03 GMT
A up Deano, We've had sky since about February now and for a month it was fine, but only through Ethernet. To get a wireless connection we had to be in the same room as the router, i spoke to sky "tech" support, they didn't have a clue what they were doing.
So i found out how to use my own router, and for about 5 months it was great 16MB speeds as promised, wireless was fine. Then out of the blue it was disconnecting every 30 seconds, slow speeds (worse than dial-up). I ended up phoning sky again, again you might aswell have been speaking to a Frenchman.
Eventually managed to "suggest" to them to test the line to see if it was able to cope with the speeds, after they did this, knocked it down to 4MB and its fine again, and not on their router so the wireless is fine. Overall its pretty quick but for the hassle and their stupidity for not checking the simplest things like that, not sure if its worth it. If anyone wants to know how to use their own router just leave a message, i'll be glad to explain how.
Wardy
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Post by DodgyDino on Dec 27, 2007 19:03:22 GMT
Hey up Wardy...Hows your Mum,dad and little sis. Seems like their Tech support isnt up to much, Spoke to a few folk who are not too impressed with them. What router are you using at the mo and Why didnt you use their router. Bread mentioned they supply a Netgear which doesnt seem to bad. My experience with wireless is either its a pain in the arse or it will set up no prob.
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Post by Wardy on Dec 27, 2007 20:21:06 GMT
They're fine, hows things with your family? If you can get through to 2nd line support they have a bit more of an idea but its getting through, a right pain. Im using a Linksys WAG54G and its working fine, the problem i was having with the Netgear one was it seemed to not be able to produce a wireless signal anymore than 2 or 3 feet. With my linksys one, its fine anywhere in the house. Theres a website with reviews about sky think its www.skyuser.co.uk, found out how to change routers on their. Found aswell with the Netgear router, even through ethernet it was slower than it is through the lynksys router, but ive heard they have a new router hat has fixed some minor problems like the wireless issue that a few people were having, not sure what model it is though.
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Post by garyhackett on Dec 27, 2007 22:18:45 GMT
Have been on Sky BB for 6 months now and havent had any trouble, the router was set up in minutes and is much better than my BT Voyager that i had previously.
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Post by DodgyDino on Dec 28, 2007 0:42:35 GMT
GaryHackett, Ive currently got a bt voyager 2100 and never had any problems. Which voyager was it that you were using.
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