Anyone got Sky talk and broadband? Thinking of switching

Post by **Kev** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:59 pm

I want to get the F1 channel so i was looking at adding Sky Sports to my basic deal with them. In doing that the phone and broadband packages caught my eye. A bit of quick maths and I could be £60 a year better off putting those on to Sky instead of BT and O2 respectively.

Anyone got Sky for those? Any issues?

saleshark · Post by **saleshark** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:41 am

I've got broadband, phone and line rental with Sky. I've never had any issues and they all work fine. I thought the F1 channel was free with HD and you didn't need sky sports???

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:43 am

Had the lot with sky for ages (telly broadband and phone inc line rental) always been spot on for me!

sciroccorocket · Post by **sciroccorocket** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:31 am

My Sky Broadband is absolute rubbish its off more than on plus Customer services is hopeless and its so frustrating when the say they will call back and don't, , cant wait for the years contract to end so i can swap only 3 months left thank god

Post by **Kev** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:45 am

saleshark wrote:I've got broadband, phone and line rental with Sky. I've never had any issues and they all work fine. I thought the F1 channel was free with HD and you didn't need sky sports???

I'm not too fussed in HD and that's another £10/m anyway so I might as well pay £20/m and get the sports channels instead.

Deft · Post by **Deft** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:10 pm

Sky broadband was ok for me, but my exchange suffered a lot of contention at peak times (I.e Sky have a lot of customers hammering their connections in my area). I switched to O2 and things are a lot better. You won't know contention until you get on it. Generally unlimited cheap packages attract the mega downloaders!

carlpea · Post by **carlpea** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:18 pm

Sky has been fine for me for a few years. 17 meg connection but I'm close to the exchange.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:05 am

sciroccorocket wrote:My Sky Broadband is absolute rubbish its off more than on plus Customer services is hopeless and its so frustrating when the say they will call back and don't, , cant wait for the years contract to end so i can swap only 3 months left thank god

Thats cause you have a crank handle to get your petrol powered router started up!

Chungster · Post by **Chungster** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:22 pm

I'm currently thinking about dropping BT and add the BB/phone to my current sky pack.

Would save about £150 per year but am worried about the contention issue as my iPhone wifi suggests quite a few houses around me are on sky BB too!!!

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:36 pm

I have the bb, line rental and calls package but can't say I'm that impressed. Will be swapping to orange shortly as it's cheaper and connection and speed seems better round here.

Deft · Post by **Deft** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:51 pm

Check your telephone exchange on;
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange_search" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This will give you a list of LLU providers (this means the company puts its own equipment in the exchange rather than wholesaling from BT).
Pick an LLU provider which is not the absolute cheapest for best chance of avoiding the riff raff. O2 / Be are pretty good in the sense that most people default to Sky first (O2 use Be's network). Also, if you are an O2 mobile customer you get £5 / month off their standard rates (they were doing 6 months free plus a b/g/n router when I signed up). Check Quidco too - they had some cashback deals which meant you got the whole 12 months free and even made some money I think!

Chungster · Post by **Chungster** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:18 pm

Think I'll wait for Infinity to arrive in next few months and see how that goes. Rather pay bit more for better BB surfing!!

Post by **Kev** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:59 pm

I signed up for the switch today. Needless to say O2 suddenly offered me a better deal when I asked for my MAC code but it was only £1 a month better. It also wasn't a deal on their web site. If it had been I might have stayed. Too late guys, you could have given me that all along.

sciroccorocket · Post by **sciroccorocket** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:01 pm

rob-p wrote:
sciroccorocket wrote:My Sky Broadband is absolute rubbish its off more than on plus Customer services is hopeless and its so frustrating when the say they will call back and don't, , cant wait for the years contract to end so i can swap only 3 months left thank god
Thats cause you have a crank handle to get your petrol powered router started up!

Sky BB really is garbage and what they didnt tell me when i signed up is from 5pm till midnight the choke it

Chungster · Post by **Chungster** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:24 pm

I called up BT earlier to find out about infinity roll out in my area - answered my query no probs been first class really every time I've called them so I might just stay with BT. Can't be doing with crap service or CS. Rather pay a bit more!

sciroccorocket · Post by **sciroccorocket** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:32 pm

Chungster wrote:I called up BT earlier to find out about infinity roll out in my area - answered my query no probs been first class really every time I've called them so I might just stay with BT. Can't be doing with crap service or CS. Rather pay a bit more!

Wise decision,

Ian_Mac · Post by **Ian_Mac** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:15 pm

I recently left Sky Boadband due to the fact they they try and restrict you to using their own modem. Even PC World have signs up in store now asking you to consult a member of staff before purchasing a new wireless modem.

Personally I bought a new dual band router only to find Sky have the broadband all locked down with password protection. I did find a way round this eventually but had already started the transfer procedure by then anyway.

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