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chris tipney wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >> > > check the link in his first post. > Sky do their own line rental btw at £10 month so if you want so save £1.50 a month then you can ask for this and it will all appear on the one sky bill. 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