Sky Broadband
 

So i thought i'd get it as we have loads of pc's all sharing the same connection (ntl 10meg).

with it being just £10 for 16meg download cant harm anyone even thou i have been reading up on sky in forums and they sound worse than ntl.

anyway cant complain getting 12meg at night and about 8 during peak times, but the one thing i love about it is the upload

hitting 90kbs day and night for £10 a month am happy :)

so when are ntl going to start givin ths kind of upload for the price ?

Re: Sky Broadband
 

90Kbs?

Seems rather low actually, I'm getting about 480Kbps up on my ntl 10Mb connection. Carefull about maxing our your upload too. :)

Re: Sky Broadband
 

I assume machead meant KBps (KB/s, kilobytes per second) rather than kbps (kb/s, kilobits per second).


90 kilobytes per second equals over 700 kilobits per second.

AFAIK, Sky Broadband's 16mbps "Max" service has an upload speed of 768kbps.

Re: Sky Broadband
 

yeah this is what i meant :)

Re: Sky Broadband
 

I'm also on ntl's 10mbit service and am going to jump ship to Sky BB (MAX service) soon. Well worth £10!

Re: Sky Broadband
 

Sky Broadband MAX, Is Unlimited So No Peek/Off-Peek Times Having Full Speed Day/Night... Having A Upload Of: 768Kbps Which is 93.75 kB/s Is Well Worth The Money (£10).

If Anyone Is A Sky Broadband MAX User, They Also Could Run A Speed Test On Both Upload/Download @ www.testmy.net.

You Could Also Check Out http://www.samknows.com/broadband/phoneno.php To See What Cable/ADSL/SDSL/LLU Services You Currently Have In Your Area.

Re: Sky Broadband
 

I am glad that you are happy with Sky Broadband Max, but you need to be careful, as unlimited is caveated by their "Fair Use Policy" - but you should be OK as long as you are not p2p'ing or downloading excessively. ;)

SkyBroadband page 8
If you subscribe to a Product that does not have a Usage Cap, our Fair Use Policy (“FUP”) will apply to you and anybody that you allow to use Sky Broadband.
Why have a Fair Use Policy?
Sky is committed to ensuring that our systems and network (“Sky Network”) and Sky Broadband are fast, reliable and great value for all of our customers. Our FUP is designed to help us keep that promise to you. The bandwidth that is available on our network is shared by all customers that are active on the network at a particular point in time. So, Sky relies on our users being fair and considerate of others in their broadband usage. If one person takes up too much or all the bandwidth, this results in a loss of service quality and speed for other users, and in some cases where one customer’s usage is excessive in the extreme, this can have a long-lasting detrimental effect on the rest of our users and the Sky Network.
Am I going to be affected by the Fair Use Policy?
Our FUP normally has little or no effect on the average broadband user. For example, if you do not excessively use file sharing software (including peer-to-peer) or regularly download very large files, you will most probably never be affected by the policy.
However, if your use of Sky Broadband becomes consistently excessive and has an adverse impact on the Sky Network and/or other users, our FUP enables us to intervene.
How can I manage my usage?
There are a number of ways to manage your usage, however the most effective is to keep your use of file sharing software (including peer-to-peer) and uploading and downloading of very large files reasonable.

Re: Sky Broadband
 

The Term excessively, Exactly How Much In GB? I Use Around 40GB a Month...

Re: Sky Broadband
 

Whatever they decide, re their statement
"Therefore, we think to impose an actual figure on what we consider to be “excessiveà¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â� use is not necessarily helpful and may penalise users unfairly. What is deemed excessive will be determined by a number of factors including (but not limited to) the length of time which your excessive usage continues for, as well as the amount of bandwidth being used."

Re: Sky Broadband
 

i have seen 250Gb per month banded about but not sure iof that is an offical figure

Re: Sky Broadband
 

If 250Gb Is The Case, I Wont Be Uploading More Than 40Gb Anyway! Thanks For The Info.

Re: Sky Broadband
 

But with sky broadband you have to have a phone line & with ntl/virgin media broadband you don't have to have a phone line.

So ntl/virgin media broadand is better value at £10 pm. sky broadband is £26 pm plus rental phone line from BT. thats £11 on top of £26 pm.

pm - Per Month.

Re: Sky Broadband
 

and if you have sky already and go for the max option it is £10 a month not 26, thats only if you dont already have sky

Re: Sky Broadband
 

Plus phone line rental.....

Re: Sky Broadband
 

which is £11 so its £21 for line and upto 16meg internet