Sky Talk, Broadband & TV package

lynsayjane

i'm thinking of getting the sky phone/tv/broadband thing for £26 and was wondering if anyone knew anything about how good the sky broadband was? i've not heard anything either way about it and was hoping one of you knowledgable lot might be able to help.

UK007BullDog

I am using it right now. Connection is just a couple of hours old.
My experience is posted here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=348409
But cannot say anything about the phone package.

penrhyn

You can find all you want to know about Sky broadband at http://www.skyuser.co.uk/
Its a great site with lots of hints tips and user experiences.

....and yes I'm on Sky Broadband, 8mbps for £5.00 a month.

cmc_entertainment

lynsayjane wrote:

i'm thinking of getting the sky phone/tv/broadband thing for £26 and was wondering if anyone knew anything about how good the sky broadband was? i've not heard anything either way about it and was hoping one of you knowledgable lot might be able to help.

the broadband depends on how far from ypur telephone exchange you are ect and also its limited to a monthly allowance of 40GB per month.

The deal is good if you only use the phone in the evenings/weekends and are a light user - because you can easily use up the 40GB usage in a few days if you wanted to.

But beware its UP TO 8MB [depends on the distance the telephone line has to travel - and its not in a straight line] and can be from anything up to 8MB fluctuating.

Real cost is £26 to sky £whatever line rental to BT and any calls you make in the day [which of course can be really cheap if you hunt for ie codes to put in before you dial type of thing.

IFA

I'd like to go for the £5mth deal and migrate from bulldog,

Now I realise I have a bulldog phoneline and need a BT phone line so...

Rang SKY they say I have to have a BT phoneline BEFORE they can do anything (pre checks etc..).. Is this correct or is there a way of migrating my bulldog phone to BT and on the same day my broadband to sky?

I'd rather not be without the internet for longer than a week or two..

Anyone out there who migrated from bulldog and can tell me what happened?

Thanks

rooo

No brainer for me really - I went for just 2 packages (£15 a month) and the mid broadband (£5). This comes to only £4 more than I am paying for 512kb Broadband, plus I get Sky and a wireless router! I also went for the free weekend and evening calls offer, so should save a few more quid with this way as well.

cmc_entertainment

also check what lenght of contract you are set up with - i was with plus.net and in a 5 yr ...y yes 5 year contract...managed to escape to more reliable rarly any trouble ntl.