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Apparently, Sky's next-gen box is something to behold. Its basically a PC. It will be tied into a user's BB (either with or without Sky), and will stream multiple channels wirelessly to computers around the house, and will allow web-browsing through the PC, amongst all the usual Sky+/HD functionality.
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Same with Sky, in fact i've usually got a Scottish lass, which probably means that they cant (India) understand us if Sky do use Indian call centres elsewhere in the UK.
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Which incidentally is a bitch to stream anything wirelessly with if you even have remotely thick walls. That feck for Homeplug and best of luck Sky, thats not something i'd want average Joe engineer taking on, wireless streaming (if its via 802.11g) and not something propriatory could be a bad move. |
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VM's customer service and faults is still in the UK (however the overflow does go to India). Tech support is in India
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My Parents have Sky and quite frequently the sound is always cutting out for a second. How irritating, what appreciation should Sky be shown for this?
My brother had Sky installed in his new house a few years ago - all was nice got it installed etc and until several months later it was realised that the Sky installer had drilled straight through a water pipe, the damage was only noticed when there became a 'rising damp' problem all contributed to a hole created by the installers drill! What appreciation should Sky be shown for this? And finally - Sky is attempting to create a monopoly - what appreciation should Sky be shown for this? :rolleyes: Excuse me while I'll go and get a bucket and vomit in it. |
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My folks sky box cost him £75 to be repaired just after a year g/tee expired. Claires folks sky plus box+ shows 'no satellite a few times a week and is very slow. My new sky box keeps forgetting the guide is there and my new sky bb router gets reset 10 times a day. Lets not get into the multitude of people I spoke to when I was at ntl when their sky box's where making 100's of false call on their telco lines. |
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Incidentally, i have the same router as Sky use IIRC (the Netgear DG834G) and find it to be an excellent router. |
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I moved to Sky + from Telewest and in the 6 months we've had it, my misssus hasntr once complained about the quality , picture freeze etc etc. While we did have Telewest we frequently lost channels and sometimes sound quite often.
My vote goes to Sky simply cause I havent had any grief to put up with from her indoors in the last 6 months. to me thats a quality service! |
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Sky's router has a custom firmware in it, I'm thinking it is cutting out due to overheating.
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I think it fair to say that both Sky and Virgin have customers that have had good and bad experiences.
I know people who have had Sky, and are very happy with it. I also know people who are having problems (including one friend who was until recently very happy, but is now having trouble as one of his neighbours trees has grown, and is now affecting his sky reception, although that isn't sky's fault). The same with Cable. Apart from getting a dodgy box (which took several calls to replace) when I first got it, Cable has always been fairly reliable for me. Any problems I have had have always been sorted out quickly. I also know people who have been messed around by NTL. |
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By the way, business may be business but don't start whinging several months/years later if and when Sky achieves its 'monopoly' status, hikes up its prices because its done what it was set out to do in the first place, weaken its competition or eradicate it completely, the lesser the competition = price hikes and I am sure everyone will appreciate that one, not! :rolleyes: |
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I can see a Virgin appreciation thread being started now. Some people might say there are already a couple heh |
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