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Originally Posted by AndyCambs
Just checked the Sky pages about their version of events with Virgin Media.
http://www.sky.com/portal/site/skyco...ntentid=646110
They refer to "upto 16Mb per month. I'm not sure how many people are likely to be able to get this speed - I live about 3 miles from the exchange, and checking on www.broadbandchecker.com it shows that I should get
So a more fair comparison would be
Virgin Media's television and 2MB Broadband (that's twice as fast as Sky could manage) for £20 per month.
You can't compare Upto speeds which are very very dependant on where you live. |
the point is that sky will provide you with 16MB if you can get it. sky cant help it if your line is old, or you live too far away from the exchange. if you sign up for 16MB and your line can only handle 1MB then all youll get is 1MB on that line. Sky isnt a phone company, thats why their BB service suffers, because of the poor quality of some BT lines. But remember, the cable companies are phone companies, not TV companies...
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Some people in heavily congested cable areas might claim that cable's speeds also depend on where you live. It seems that VM are trying to promote themselves as being able to guarantee speeds which they cannot.
Anyway the Sky thing does say 'up to', doesn't promise anything and does state..
very true, Virgin are capping the speed of their BB at peak times, Sky arent.
Like i said, Sky will give you 16MB, its just up to whether or not your line will let you have it all...
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Originally Posted by brundles
you have to go for the top Sky package to achieve something the bottom VM package gives you: Unlimited downloads.
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dont forget the fair usage policy, not quite unlimited...