switching from BT to Sky maybe ?

Feral_Moon

brewerdave wrote: »

...you MAY be OK ....but 1. your "new line" is presumably only your end of the wiring and 2. you will not end up on the same pair back to the exchange as previously -could be lower grade than before, altho' if you got 17Mb the lines can't be very long.

I'm literally about 200m from the exchange box.

I just need to know that I'll continue to be able to enjoy streaming video content and live television channels via broadband without glitches and buffering on a 17Mb internet speed.

brewerdave

I get 16Mb and have no problems streaming films in HD, box sets on Sky etc ,so you should be fine @ 17Mb -at Xmas we had lots of people logged onto the network and no-one complained about issues with Youtube, I player etc:)
With ADSL its not just the distance from the local cab. that matters -remember that you will be on the "old" copper system back to the exchange rather than fibre.