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Tom Potts wrote: > On Wednesday 01 October 2008 08:24, peter wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Sky "seem" to be offering free broadband??? >> >> I have yet to discover whats the catch? >> >> (I am an existing sky user (shame)! >> >> Thanks >> >> Peter L-J >> > Sky are the media equivalent of MS - every attempt is made to lock you in and > rip you off. > I'd like to watch a bit of rugby but to do so I would have to pay around £500 > pa!! Customer choice??? > I'd imagine once they start doing VOIP you'll find they start delaying signals > down VOIP ports that don't go through their systems. > > The Bond movie 'Die another day' was about Murdoch. Do not encourage the man > if you can avoid it. > > Tom te tom te tom > > > > Apart from the setup fee which includes the wireless router (which you get to keep) and as an existing customer wanting to get broadband added you would pay £30 not £60 then you get up to 2mb connection speed. £5 gives you up to 8mb and 40GB download limit which I have never exceeded despite downloading iso images and video streaming on iplayer etc. Locked in ? Nearly every service locks you in for 12 months afaik. for £27 I get all the mix channels, free evening & weekend calls included as well as the broadband. Typicaly 5-6 meg downstream on average. Had 2 problems in the last 18months with the service going off over a week (It would just go off for several hours over a period of 2 or 3 days) Both times BT admittes the problem was in the exchange and not Skys fault. Overall I think it's a good service but disadvantages are no newsgroup servers and no personal webspace. Ray -- 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