Sky Broadband! (merged)

SteveyJC

I bet NI isnt included.

hurrah

SteveyJC wrote:

I bet NI isnt included.

"The Sky network covers 28% of households in cities such as London, Birmingham Manchester Edinburgh and Glasgow although a fast rollout is expected with a 70% target by the end of 2007."

You should be able to check availability today at

http://www.sky.com/broadband/

jimclark1967

I've registered my interest. They say my exchange should be enabled by Christmas so I won't rush to sign up for Sky TV just yet.

JC

phanco

Seems to be a tiered service for SKY customers only :

Entry : £40 connection fee (includes wireless router)
2GB speed (up to ...)
2GB dowload limit per month (not sure if capped or not)
No monhtly fee

Mid : £20 connection fee (includes wireless router)
8GB speed (up to ...)
40GB dowload limit per month (not sure if capped or not)
£5 per month

High : no connection fee (includes wireless router)
16GB speed (up to ...)
no dowload limit per month (not sure if capped or not)
£10 per month

"Conenct" : for areas not covered by LLU this is a standard £17 per month offering.

All subject to agreeing a 12 month contract

I was dead keen on the mid option - but my exchange is obvioulsy not going to be unbundles anytime soon as I was only offerred "Connect"

mike_paterson

I have registered but can only get the connect service. It seems OK at £17 per monthfor a 40GB cap, but I don't like the idea of the £40 activation fee with a free £50 wireless router ! I don't need another router and would rather have the thing installed for free !

So all in all not as good an announcement as it would appear - a bit like the Talk Talk free broadband offer I think !

mleonard79

Well I've pre-registered. I'm in Glasgow so my exchange is already enabled - if you're in any of the big cities it shouldn't be a problem apparently but outside of that it might be a bit of a wait. Fingers crossed it gets up and running smoothly!

Michelle

jem16

jimclark1967 wrote:

I've registered my interest. They say my exchange should be enabled by Christmas so I won't rush to sign up for Sky TV just yet.

JC

How did you find out when your exchange would be enabled?

Heinz

When I 'register my interest' I get 'You can get Sky Broadband Connect'.

I assume that means I'd have to wait until (more likely if - it's very small) Sky get around to LLU-ing my exchange.

It appears to be £40 connection and then £17/month for 2mb - so 99p cheaper than BT (wow). Even if they drop the £40 connection charge, there's no chance of me being interested.

espresso

phanco wrote:

Seems to be a tiered service for SKY customers only :

Entry : 2GB dowload limit per month (not sure if capped or not)


Mid : 40GB dowload limit per month (not sure if capped or not)


High : no dowload limit per month (not sure if capped or not)

What do you mean by (not sure if capped or not) :question:

:rolleyes:

phanco

espresso wrote:

What do you mean by (not sure if capped or not) :question:

:rolleyes:

i.e. if you are on the 2GB service what happens when you download over 2 GB ?
Do they charge extra ?
Do they simply stop the service and/or constrict the throughput ?

I have not read the T&Cs in detail yet ...