SKY broadband

[Destroyer^]

hey guys on aol broadband atm but want to change... im looking at sky just becuase we will be able to get sky tv aswell as broadband for the same amount... any1 in the east sussex are comment on it? for gaming purposes?

[Barry]

I'm not in sussex but there adsl is great (supports not the best) and in your area you should get a good speed from them

[javalord]

Support poor, network very solid. http://www.skyuser.co.uk/ has some good info on them.

[mightymouse]

not sure how good it is in east sussex but check out o2 broadband especially if you have an o2 line then its only 7.50 per month cant argue with that

[Destroyer^]

yeah im on a monthly 02 contract.... any1 got some experience with 02 ?

[M0nkeyb0Y]

Been on Sky Max for a year and haven't seen any evidence of traffic shaping. Always see good speeds. As others have said the support isn't up to much; the one time I used it. Ping is good enough for me in DOD:S and CS:S

[Parm]

Anyone here on Sky Connect? I'm not covered by the Sky network but I can get a good bundle of Sky connect and Sky TV so I'm considering it.

[Jay]

I'm dumping all my VM packages for Sky Starting with Sky HD on Saturday and Sky BB on the 30th

[kmac]

ooh Ted has time to watch TV....surely you must be tending to someones personal IT issues instead of sclaking off in your own time

[Jay]

its to keep the g/f happy as I'm never around.

[Barry]

Connect is just a rebranded BT basic package

[Peter Parker]

FWIW I work at Sky Network Services and can probably provide some info.

@Parm - Sky Connect is also known as BT Option 4 - resold DSL where we don't have LLU unbundled exchange capacity.

For gaming purposes, the DSL we provide uses interleaved mode by default, not fast path, so although it's a bit more solid, there's a slightly higher latency. I'm not aware of which DSL providers do fast path other than UKOnline which is sort of owned by Sky. In theory if you can get through to our tier 3 support people, you might be able to convince them to change you to fast path.

I've never called our own support lines and so can't give a useful opinion on that.

www.samknows.com is a good site for UK ADSL info and includes a basic availability checker.

Happy to take PMs if you want to know any other specifics.

[Parm]

Thanks for the info Spidey!

Sky Connect is a re-named BT offering but I don't have much else available at my local exchange.

This is the exchange in question: http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/WNDAW

I've checked with Virgin Media and although its available from the exchange, it isn't available in the new development which houses my apartment.

The only LLU service comes from TalkTalk and I didn't like the look of any of the deals on their website.

I phoned up Sky to ask about Sky Broadband Max, and though that isn't available in my area, they offered my Sky Connect for £10 a month if I take out Sky TV with one of the premium channels. That works out at around £38 per month, which isn't all that bad for TV and broadband.

On the other hand, I could go for Freesat and a different broadband provider - that combo may work out cheaper. But looking at my exchange, I'm going to end up with a repackaged BT service no matter what.

[Destroyer^]

so thinking bout 02 bb as found the exhcnage is 2 mins down the road... any1 got any views on if they r pants for gaming?

[Blitzen]

hey guys on aol broadband atm but want to change... im looking at sky just becuase we will be able to get sky tv aswell as broadband for the same amount... any1 in the east sussex are comment on it? for gaming purposes?

Im in East Anglia (cambridgeshire) and its fantastic.
Speeds never alter 24/7
No caps
Good pings
Tier 3 Customer Service is brilliiant (and english)

For £10 a month (16mb), there isnt any better.

[s_kinton]

so thinking bout 02 bb as found the exhcnage is 2 mins down the road... any1 got any views on if they r pants for gaming?

O2 internet service providings are excellent. Their customer support is great; voted the best ISP for customer service according to their adverts!

24/7 freephone UK support, almost instant pickup too.
£10 for 16mb unlimited or £7.50 for 8mb (if you have an o2 mobile phone)
Upload speed of 1.2mb (much better than most providings)
No capping at peak hours
Good pings, excellent for gaming
I like it