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Toto · 12-04-2008, 14:16

Thought I'd dip my toe in the water here as well.

I took some time to review the Sky user forum, just for poops n giggles, and I am amazed how many people are wondering if the move to them from other ISPs was the right one.

Poor customer service, lack lustre to almost 56K speeds, regular losses of connections and incredibly poor ping times to quality game servers seem to be the norm. Whilst many argue that its the best you can get for the cash, I think a few months more and folks are going to start returning. They realize that if you want consistency, it isn't going to come for free.

If the man-in-the-pub wasn't too sloshed, and the plans are correct, I can honestly see the gamble VM took in not bending over to Sky and pay for their premium prices a good move. It is possible that they are going to welcome back some BB subscribers, possibly with TV subscriptions to boot.

I'm not certain though that Sky have secured premium TV shows, I series record about 8 TV shows at the moment, I don't think Sky has anything that fresh any more.

An improvement in the EPG software would be rather nice, as Sky is much faster in that respect.

12-04-2008, 14:16	#31
Toto Inactive Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 3,403	Re: The Bloke in the PUB says ......... Thought I'd dip my toe in the water here as well. I took some time to review the Sky user forum, just for poops n giggles, and I am amazed how many people are wondering if the move to them from other ISPs was the right one. Poor customer service, lack lustre to almost 56K speeds, regular losses of connections and incredibly poor ping times to quality game servers seem to be the norm. Whilst many argue that its the best you can get for the cash, I think a few months more and folks are going to start returning. They realize that if you want consistency, it isn't going to come for free. If the man-in-the-pub wasn't too sloshed, and the plans are correct, I can honestly see the gamble VM took in not bending over to Sky and pay for their premium prices a good move. It is possible that they are going to welcome back some BB subscribers, possibly with TV subscriptions to boot. I'm not certain though that Sky have secured premium TV shows, I series record about 8 TV shows at the moment, I don't think Sky has anything that fresh any more. An improvement in the EPG software would be rather nice, as Sky is much faster in that respect.