Should I switch to Virgin?

macman

Does it perhaps cut out when the phone is used while online?
Call me a reckless fool, but my money is on a missing or failed filter.

lucylucky

macman wrote: »

Does it perhaps cut out when the phone is used while online?
Call me a reckless fool, but my money is on a missing or failed filter.

Happy to oblige.

You are a reckless fool!

(but may well be right)

MurdoD

I was looking for an answer to the very same question! I too am getting kicked off Sky Broadband pretty much every evening... 3/4 occasions sometimes. I looked at the £70ish bill I pay each month for the TV, 5mb broadband and line rental, and I just can't justify the cost.

Yes I have HD.. But I don't watch many things on there that aren't on FreeviewHD... I never make calls with landline, and te best I get out ofte "up to 10mb" broadband is 4.9/5.0mb which isn't stable in the evenings.

I know it's not the laptop, because it cuts out on my iPhone, iPod touch and xBox at the same time.

I know it's not wireless interference because I've connected both the xbox an laptop via LAN and it still goes.

I know it's not the filters because I've changed all of them (phone+sky, no extensions) 3 times over.. Plus there are no incoming/outgoing calls when it happens.

I know it's not the (pretty rubbish) sky router because I have factory reset it a few times, then tried a different one altogether.

So what am I left with? Seems to me all that's left to blame is the provider.....

Looks like £25/mo 50mb unlimited with FreeviewHD is the way to go.

lucylucky

MurdoD wrote: »

I was looking for an answer to the very same question! I too am getting kicked off Sky Broadband pretty much every evening... 3/4 occasions sometimes. I looked at the £70ish bill I pay each month for the TV, 5mb broadband and line rental, and I just can't justify the cost.

Yes I have HD.. But I don't watch many things on there that aren't on FreeviewHD... I never make calls with landline, and te best I get out ofte "up to 10mb" broadband is 4.9/5.0mb which isn't stable in the evenings.

I know it's not the laptop, because it cuts out on my iPhone, iPod touch and xBox at the same time.

I know it's not wireless interference because I've connected both the xbox an laptop via LAN and it still goes.

I know it's not the filters because I've changed all of them (phone+sky, no extensions) 3 times over.. Plus there are no incoming/outgoing calls when it happens.

I know it's not the (pretty rubbish) sky router because I have factory reset it a few times, then tried a different one altogether.

So what am I left with? Seems to me all that's left to blame is the provider.....

Looks like £25/mo 50mb unlimited with FreeviewHD is the way to go.

£70 a month for a service you can't/don't use.

Oh dear time to move on.

deondublin

yes - i hate sky - bt or virgin

money_honey

I have been with both and am currently with Virgin, I can safely say that the broadband is much better (in my experience). The tv channels are similar really, Virgin has just released a much wider selection of HD channels which is great as before Sky was winning in that area.

And I can confirm that Virgin customers do get first dibs at V Festival tickets - I got some myself this year

lucylucky

money_honey wrote: »

I have been with both and am currently with Virgin, I can safely say that the broadband is much better (in my experience). The tv channels are similar really, Virgin has just released a much wider selection of HD channels which is great as before Sky was winning in that area.

And I can confirm that Virgin customers do get first dibs at V Festival tickets - I got some myself this year

If HD is your "thing" then Sky is the provider that has more HD channels than anyone else.

Sky are still "winning" in that area.

Whether or not they have any channels that you wish to watch is another matter.

Hollie_Rose_2

Ah thanks Money_honey. I wanted to know whether that V thing was true, it was really hard for me to purchase mine last year, I got them from a website where people were selling theirs on and I had to pay an extra £60 that definitely increases my reasons for choosing virgin over sky :P