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Old 28-12-2006, 12:21 AM
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Default Sky Broadband any good?

Been with Pipex for 2yrs now and wanna change as i hardly ever use the net and am paying 24 quid a month for 2mb unlimited.

I know you can get better deals now and was looking at sky as their unlimited pacakge is only 10 quid a month. Im not that bothered about download speeds as rarely download large files anymore altho the option too is always a good idea.

Your opinions please.

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Old 28-12-2006, 12:30 AM
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NO DONT DO IT!
Old 28-12-2006, 02:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Porsche911r101
NO DONT DO IT!
Why's that? I'm thinking of changing to Sky from BT at the moment, got my Migration code today in fact but don't really want to change if they are going to mess about.
Old 28-12-2006, 02:28 AM
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I've just got it and it's fantastic, It's 10MB and it's very quick and in the 3 weeks i've had it it's not gone off once.

Communications 4 megabits per second
Storage 487.6 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 2.1 seconds
Subjective rating Awesome
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anyone on sky broadband care to comment?
Old 28-12-2006, 04:23 AM
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Originally Posted by R4N S S
anyone on sky broadband care to comment?
I just did.
Old 28-12-2006, 04:25 AM
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oh yeah, sorry man workin nights and am fucked.

have u not had any issues and what is the download speeds like?

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Originally Posted by R4N S S
oh yeah, sorry man workin nights and am fucked.

have u not had any issues and what is the download speeds like?
I've had 1 issue with a password but that was my own fault and not a fault of sky. Web pages load as you click them and are more or less instantly there. And Before i downloaded the latest 5th gear episose at 350MB in about 4 minutes. And it downloads at about 450k Average and on popular files can go upto 900k.
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cool. is the 10 quid a month added onto the existing sky bill or can i do it separately?
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I'm not too sure mate as my dad pays it out of his bank and i sort him the money, But i would think it's added onto the sky bill. Just looking on there website for you now mate.
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Old 28-12-2006, 06:25 AM
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My sister has it. shes had no problems


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I've had it for nearly 4months now and i've never had a problem. I have the free package as i couldn't go any higher in my area (for now) and i can't fault it at all. Not once has it been down.

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Originally Posted by Porsche911r101
NO DONT DO IT!
Why, as I am thinking of getting it too
Old 28-12-2006, 08:13 AM
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I'm with them....and I should have stayed with BT. Regularly have connection problems and it took them nearly a month to supply me with a password that actually worked so I could access my emails.

As above - I'd stay with who you're with. May be more each month but if it's reliable then it's money well spent.
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http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews107118.html

do a bit of homework first guys,i have looked in to this and i wont even change fron ntl for sky.
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Originally Posted by st3v3
http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews107118.html

do a bit of homework first guys,i have looked in to this and i wont even change fron ntl for sky.


I will wait a while then-seems to be some small teething issues
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