Thinking of getting SKY TV?

Deceased · 24-Jul-2012, 21:16

If so....

I just switched my internet and phone to them (for £3 a month - result!) - and they've given me some deal where you get a £75 voucher for either M&S,Tesco,Boots or John Lewis if you recommend them to someone and they then sign up to the TV service.

Anyone interested? - give us yell

Chef_uk · 24-Jul-2012, 22:14

Your going to hate their internet.

Deceased · 24-Jul-2012, 23:02

Can't be much worse than I already get - I live near the coast (the wrong side of a railway line) so max speed I can get now is 6mb anyway. Until Virgin get their finger out their arse and put some services in my area (like thats gonna happen), i'm stuck with it.

Blunteh · 25-Jul-2012, 08:16

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Originally Posted by Chef_uk

Your going to hate their internet.

Sky Connect (BT exchange equipment) or Sky Unlimited (SKy exchange equipment)...? Big difference in available bandwidth.

Bilb · 25-Jul-2012, 09:15

Sky Connect is total bunch of arse.
Sky Unlimited is great.

Blunteh · 25-Jul-2012, 10:02

Yup... Mind you they have recently (last few months) increased the bt-sky interconnect bandwidth and doubled the uplinks from the terminating routers to the core so it should be better...

Bilb · 25-Jul-2012, 10:25

That's good news. My Sky Unlimited connects at 20Mb/s ... but month on month my measured average bandwidth keeps dropping. I'm a SamKnows tester, so get a nice report each month.

Blunteh · 25-Jul-2012, 11:25

That was for SKy Connect Bilb, average bandwidth on Sky Unlimited isn't affected. However I understand they're changing all their peering at the moment so you should see some improvement over the year on average internet bandwidth. They're also upgrading core links AFAIK..

Bilb · 25-Jul-2012, 12:09

Excellent, so might see some improvement. Although BT have got their act into gear at the local exchange now, and users are getting upto20Mb/s. At least there is some choice again now.

Fingers crossed that infinity goes in soon though!

24-Jul-2012, 21:16	#1
Deceased Fixer of dead hard drives Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Peeps Posts: 1,820	Thinking of getting SKY TV? If so.... I just switched my internet and phone to them (for £3 a month - result!) - and they've given me some deal where you get a £75 voucher for either M&S,Tesco,Boots or John Lewis if you recommend them to someone and they then sign up to the TV service. Anyone interested? - give us yell __________________ I suppose though it stems back to the mentality/argument that playing FPS games makes people into raging loons that want to take an axe to someones head - therefore our "compassion and respect" for human life is being eroded. I think our "compassion and respect" for human life is a fucking world away from clicking a mouse button.

24-Jul-2012, 22:14	#2
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24-Jul-2012, 23:02	#3
Deceased Fixer of dead hard drives Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Peeps Posts: 1,820	Can't be much worse than I already get - I live near the coast (the wrong side of a railway line) so max speed I can get now is 6mb anyway. Until Virgin get their finger out their arse and put some services in my area (like thats gonna happen), i'm stuck with it. __________________ I suppose though it stems back to the mentality/argument that playing FPS games makes people into raging loons that want to take an axe to someones head - therefore our "compassion and respect" for human life is being eroded. I think our "compassion and respect" for human life is a fucking world away from clicking a mouse button.

25-Jul-2012, 09:15	#5
Bilb Amazeballs! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Elite Elevated Equine Division Posts: 11,283	Sky Connect is total bunch of arse. Sky Unlimited is great. __________________ @TomJJarvis

25-Jul-2012, 10:02	#6
Blunteh Return of the Colander Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8,649	Yup... Mind you they have recently (last few months) increased the bt-sky interconnect bandwidth and doubled the uplinks from the terminating routers to the core so it should be better... Last edited by Blunteh; 25-Jul-2012 at 10:05.

25-Jul-2012, 10:25	#7
Bilb Amazeballs! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Elite Elevated Equine Division Posts: 11,283	That's good news. My Sky Unlimited connects at 20Mb/s ... but month on month my measured average bandwidth keeps dropping. I'm a SamKnows tester, so get a nice report each month. __________________ @TomJJarvis

25-Jul-2012, 11:25	#8
Blunteh Return of the Colander Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8,649	That was for SKy Connect Bilb, average bandwidth on Sky Unlimited isn't affected. However I understand they're changing all their peering at the moment so you should see some improvement over the year on average internet bandwidth. They're also upgrading core links AFAIK..

25-Jul-2012, 12:09	#9
Bilb Amazeballs! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Elite Elevated Equine Division Posts: 11,283	Excellent, so might see some improvement. Although BT have got their act into gear at the local exchange now, and users are getting upto20Mb/s. At least there is some choice again now. Fingers crossed that infinity goes in soon though! __________________ @TomJJarvis