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Is a Sky Sagem ADSL router worth selling?

prowla
prowla Posts: 14,097 Forumite
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Sky sent me one of the new routers, but they managed to mess up their end and stopped it authenticating. Rather than try and resolve the issue they just sent me another one.

My question is whether the original one is worth anything, or should I just bin it.

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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    Depends if it's firmware locked to your Sky account. Most ISP-supplied routers are the cheapest they can get. I recently put a few on eBay starting at a fiver and got no takers at all.
    It's electrical, so don 't bin it-WEEE it!
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • GunJack
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    no, they're not...it's not like they can be used with DMT or Routerstats for line tweaking & monitoring, so pretty worthless :(

    ..now if it was a Billion BiPac 7800.......
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

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  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,097 Forumite
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    @macman:

    Yes - Sky do customized firmware and do lock them.

    So effectively the considerations are : (a) if somebody else acquires it can it be re-used with another Sky account (ie. will Sky re-authenticate it), or (b) can it be re-flashed to a generic firmware (like you can with their Netgear re-badged ones).

    @GunJack:

    Thanks - if so, then it's no use to anybody and it's for the bin!
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
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    Why don't you return it? It won't cost you anything.
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,097 Forumite
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    penrhyn wrote: »
    Why don't you return it? It won't cost you anything.
    Now that's a thought too - better to return it than bin it!
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    As I said, WEEE it!
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • jamespir
    jamespir Posts: 21,456 Forumite
    send it back
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  • Niv
    Niv Posts: 2,565 Forumite
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    as Macman says, WEEE it down your local tip. Sky wont do anything with a second hand router.

    Niv
    YNWA

    Target: Mortgage free by 58.
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