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On 21/03/07, Ray Smith <rayjsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > With this in mind is anyone on sky broadband ? > I've just gone back to them for my TV service after the removal certain sky > channels malarky and am having an engineer round next Monday to asses my > line from the pole to my house to decide if I can get a line re-installed or > not after a hatchet job by the previous occupants. > If everything ok ntl/telewest/blueyonder/virgin/whatever they want to call > themselves next month will lose my custom for telphone & broadband as well > as sky are offering a wireless modem & broadband service with a 40 gig limit > and the nice lady at BT reckons I can get up to 5.4 meg download. > I'm on 4 meg at the moment. > Does their modem work well with linux. Is their service up to scratch ? > > Ray > > -----Original Message----- > From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Julian Hall > Sent: 20 March 2007 18:08 > To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [LUG] BT broadband > > > Sub7 wrote: > > I try to steer people away from anything other then bt broadband. > > There doesnt seem to be a peek time for slow net speed and you never > > get THE letter saying you are not complying with sharing policy. > > > > I have bt broadband and it does cost, but you are certainly getting > > what you pay for. :D > BT Broadband is capped quite low. From their packages it looks as > though only the £26.99 pcm (normal price) package is the only one unlimited. > > Others are £17.99 - 5Gb, £22.99 8Gb pcm. > > This may affect choice if bandwidth is an issue for you. > > Kind regards, > > Julian > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > Aside from the obvious moral reasons not to use Sky, apparently their broadband service isn't all it says (see this weeks micromart) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html