Thinking Of Moving To Sky or BT But Confused

Neptune_Twilight · 29-05-2013, 18:10

Although I'm still in contract with Virgin I'm thinking of moving when my contract is up in a couple of months. Looking on the BT Infinity site it says I will get an estimated 80/20

but looking on the Sky site it gives Fibre Unlimited with an estimated 40.9 Mbps using the postcode & address on both sites as I have a Virgin phone number.

About 5 metres from the end of my drive is the old cast BT box but after snooping around at the side is a taller new bright green box

I'm assuming this is the fibre box as the Virgin box is just down the road in the opposite direction? What I don't get is that as Sky use the Infinity fibre why do I get a half speed estimate on Sky than BT? I would prefer to go with Sky & I do prefer a faster upload & lose some download speed that I get now & I'm not pleased with Virgins latest speed limits either. Sky seems a little cheaper & totally unlimited and could get everything with one provider.

colin25 · 29-05-2013, 18:21

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Originally Posted by Neptune_Twilight

Although I'm still in contract with Virgin I'm thinking of moving when my contract is up in a couple of months. Looking on the BT Infinity site it says I will get an estimated 80/20

but looking on the Sky site it gives Fibre Unlimited with an estimated 40.9 Mbps using the postcode & address on both sites as I have a Virgin phone number.

About 5 metres from the end of my drive is the old cast BT box but after snooping around at the side is a taller new bright green box

I'm assuming this is the fibre box as the Virgin box is just down the road in the opposite direction? What I don't get is that as Sky use the Infinity fibre why do I get a half speed estimate on Sky than BT? I would prefer to go with Sky & I do prefer a faster upload & lose some download speed that I get now & I'm not pleased with Virgins latest speed limits either. Sky seems a little cheaper & totally unlimited and could get everything with one provider.

http://www.cable.co.uk/guides/bt-inf...bre-broadband/
try this comparison at bottom

Tezcatlipoca · 29-05-2013, 18:27

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Sky has an 80/20 product (Sky Fibre Pro), just as BT has... But it's not advertised on the Sky website as prominently as the standard 40/10 Sky Fibre Unlimited... You have to dig for it, and I believe you can also only order it by phone.

http://www.sky.com/shop/broadband-talk/fibre-optic/

If Sky Fibre Unlimited is available in your area, and you're near enough to the cabinet for BT Infinity 2 to be available, I see no reason why Sky Fibre Pro would not be. They all use the same Openreach fibre from the exchange to the cabinet, and the same Openreach copper from the cabinet to your home.

However...

Although Sky's 40/10 service is cheaper than Unlimited BT Infinity 1 (£20 for Sky Fibre Unlimited versus £23 for Unlimited BT Infinity 1), their 80/20 service (Sky Fibre Pro) costs £30 compared to £26 for Unlimited BT Infinity 2. Plus of course with BT you also get BT Sport.

colin25 · 29-05-2013, 18:30

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Originally Posted by Matt D

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However...

Although Sky's 40/10 service is cheaper than Unlimited BT Infinity 1 (£20 for Sky Fibre Unlimited versus £23 for Unlimited BT Infinity 1), their 80/20 service (Sky Fibre Pro) costs £30 compared to £26 for Unlimited BT Infinity 2. Plus of course with BT you also get BT Sport.

Key is the however

Qtx · 29-05-2013, 18:38

If I remember correctly Sky will only show up to 40Mb on their checker as that is the only initial speed they sell to new customers. You have to wait around a few weeks to a month before you can call up and ask for the Pro 80/20. Think it is down to the fibre modem optimising the best settings for your line and then giving a better estimate of what speed you will get.

The speed checkers are the same otherwise and if the BT says you will get 80, then you can get that with Sky too.

From your house the phone line goes to the original phone box outside, which is then connected to the taller fibre box next to it. The distance from your house to there is usually what dictates what speed you can get, so as you are so close, top speeds are pretty much guaranteed

Both BT and Sky have the unlimited packages, so you can decide by price/tv packages. I have Sky and the service and support is superb.

Neptune_Twilight · 29-05-2013, 20:16

Thanks for those reply's! I'll have a good look as to what's the best package now as i have plenty of time, not bothered about the sport but probably as confused now as I was before :-) Sorted

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I've been on the phone to Sky who were very helpful & emailed me the details of the package I chose & I can get the Unlimited Pro, 80Meg but I can save by going for the 40 Mb & then upgrade after a week or so, I'll give BT a call tomorrow & do some comparisons, thanks for the tips!

Tezcatlipoca · 29-05-2013, 23:48

See what they can give you

When I upgraded from Sky Broadband Unlimited to Sky Fibre Unlimited I got 1/2 price line rental for six months plus 1/2 price Fibre for three months plus they waived the £50 installation fee.

Do you still have a "BT Line" as well as your Virgin phone line, or would that need re-connecting?

Neptune_Twilight · 30-05-2013, 00:26

Matt, Yes I still have the BT line connected up to the master socket, & won't have any problems changing TV over as I already have good cabling to a dish though they will probably change it so should be a easy change over. I thought of further negotiations as to costs after I've rang BT, I was thinking I can probably get a few £'s off somewhere

Mick Fisher · 30-05-2013, 14:31

I have sky TV, sky talk and sky fibre pro.

I really couldn't be any happier with the reliability and quality.