Re: SKY broadband 16mbit
 

He told us the distance from his exchange to his house in a straight line. I can guarantee his line does not take the same route it will be longer

Re: SKY broadband 16mbit
 

the exchange is tiny so i dont think that will make much diffarence, yes i know your being pedantic ;) :p:

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yep, thats why im taking a gamble in doing this, but time will tell :erm:

Re: SKY broadband 16mbit
 

very pedantic;)

Re: SKY broadband 16mbit
 

of course but doesnt stop people been misled and using straight line distance thinking they going to get great broadband.

One reason I think BT should make actual line distances stored in their database public domain so when people run line checkers they can see a more accurate distance.

Re: SKY broadband 16mbit
 

To hard. Line distances can change if a BT engineer changes the line to different pair.

Re: SKY broadband 16mbit
 

I would assume the distance database is then updated. if it isnt kind of dumb.

Still would be more accurate then crow distances, out of date data vs straight line.

Re: SKY broadband 16mbit
 

I don't think there is any econmical way to measure and record the true cable lengths between all houses and the exchanges. There are cable testers out there (Fluke make good ones) that can accurate tell you cable length. I wonder if it'll work between a house and an exchange. If an engineer does go out to measure it, by then though, its too late. Or send an engineer out to every street?

Re: SKY broadband 16mbit
 

My broadband with Sky was activated on Thurs. Can't complain aabout them at all. I'm paying £5 a month for the service (saving about £15 a month) and at the moment I'm getting the same speeds as I was getting with me previous ISP.

I signed up to the service that gives you 8Mb max, as Sky said they didn't think my line would take the 16Mb service. Was advised to go for the cheaper option, see what speeds/usage I get, and then upgrade if necessary (they charge you to downgrade within 1st year, but not to upgarde).

Looking at the forums on ADSL Guide have seen people who have a similar setup to me (ie their ADSL/router connected to an extention socket rather than master) who have noticed improvement in speed by connecting to the Master, so will try that tonight.

All in all though, so far can't complain about Sky's service, modem delivered on time, activated on time adn its a lot cheaper too :)

Re: SKY broadband 16mbit
 

I have been with Pipex for about 4yrs with no problems. Considered moving to Sky but heard a couple of bad things about distance from exchange etc. My info is.......

You are around 320 metres from your exchange (as the crow flies).

Is this a long way ?

Re: SKY broadband 16mbit
 

That's pretty close, I'm 2.4km (as the crow flies) from the exchange and I'm getting about 5Mb with Sky, which is up 1Mb over Freedom2Surf.

Re: SKY broadband 16mbit
 

320m is not far but your better off driving between the exchange and your house to see what distance you cover as that would be closer than a "as the crows fly" measurement.

Re: SKY broadband 16mbit
 

I think you know 320m is very good, are you aware the distance thing also applies to your pipex? so if thats fine there is no reason to think sky will be bad it goes over the same phone line.

Re: SKY broadband 16mbit
 

Thanks. I just wondered generally about performance, but as you say Pipex is cool, so Sky should be. Might think about switching in the new year.

Re: SKY broadband 16mbit
 

well im on and i can get about 13-14mbit, im running an internal extension so the speed drops a bit, line connection is about 15.3mbit upload is 764kbits.

browsing is smoother and faster, no incomplete web pages!

Re: SKY broadband 16mbit
 

I sync at a lovely 16mb on my Bulldog line, but my god, is it unstable

It drops the connection at least once an hour, then reconnects
I've called them about 20 times in the past 6 months, had a BT engineer up, still not fixed
Bulldog is deserving of their poor reputation