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Rob, Silly question but how do I find out if Sky have equipment in my exchange - ringing them is always an exercise in frustration. Cheers, Chris On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 13:13 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > Ray Smith wrote: > > > 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. > > That's if your exchange has Sky's kit in it. If you're like me and out > of luck it's £17 a month!!! > > Still to be fair, Sky and some of the other providers are installing kit > in lots of exchanges, I believe the Torquay exchange has the kit in it > for a few providers but my local exchange (Shiphay I think) hasn't got > it. I think it's down to the amount of subscribers in the area and cost > of the kit. Sky aren't stupid, if there's enough demand they'll install > the kit. > > > > Locked in ? Nearly every service locks you in for 12 months afaik. > > Not all ISPs, although a fair few do have 12/18 month contracts. I'm > with Vivaciti (an Enta reseller) and I'm on a 30 day contract, have been > since the start when I migrated in for free from AOL. > > From what I understand some of the other big ISPs (Eclipse, Zen, > Plusnet) do also offer 30 day or 12 month contracts depending on what > package you go for. > > > > 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. > > If I went down the Sky route I'd probably be paying £27 a month PLUS £17 > for broadband. Don't forget no matter who you're with you generally > have to pay £11 a month to BT for phone line rental (why they can't get > rid of this £11 month charge I don't know!). > > > 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. > > These things happen with any ISP. I've had BT disconnect my line and > reconnect it to someone else's line (I had their ADSL enabled line but > couldn't login). Probably a simple human error by a BT engineer. > > > Overall I think it's a good service but disadvantages are no newsgroup > > servers and no personal webspace. > > Again a lot of providers don't provide Newsgroups access, or if they do > it's fairly poor. Enta don't provide newsgroup access at all although > you're free to use another provider for this (I use Thundernews which > unlimited is about £10 a month and yes, I have gone over my limits with > this!). > > I get free webspace and e-mail with Vivaciti, although I don't use it (I > have an external web hosting account). I'm probably going to switch > over to it since it's free and gives me 250 odd meg of web space (plenty > for me, I'm using about 5MB at the moment) and MySQL databases and > unlimited domains (something my current provider don't do one the > package I'm on). > > I'd personally say, if you're happy with Sky TV and can get the free > broadband (assuming you're on an Sky enabled exchange) then go for it. > 2Mbit free would be fine for most people, and at £5 for 8 meg, it > doesn't exactly break the bank. > > Rob > > > > > > 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