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« on: June 11, 2007, 08:05:21 AM » |
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I recall reading somewhere that Sky BB was over subscribed and more pants
than a pair of brown and white y-fronts.
Is this still the case?
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Jeep Stone
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« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2007, 08:58:22 AM » |
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Not sure but I'd be interested in
finding out as I might be installing BB for my father in law and I was going to go for it for him.
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Curry
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« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2007, 09:02:06 AM » |
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Paging Granty?
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« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2007, 09:25:24 AM » |
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How sky can offer you BB, TV AND a phone line for ?26/month, and keep a reliable service running is beyond me  the wholesale price of BB is about ?9 per line, and then they have to pay for central pipe usage, bandwidth, hardware, IP's, staff etc... |
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« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2007, 09:36:20 AM » |
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How sky can offer you BB, TV AND a phone line for ?26/month, and keep a reliable service running is beyond me Um, that's the question I'm asking. |
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« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2007, 10:01:24 AM » |
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I'm moving house soon and will be considering
Sky broadband. Does anybody here actually use it? I'm sure I could find all sorts of reasons for it being crap over at ADSLGuide if I wanted to
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« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2007, 11:15:35 AM » |
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Paging Granty?
Do you mean Dud?  I think he's our resident Sky installer or is it BT? />Oh and what Rutty said, I'll soon be moving and will be wanting the net. Sky was being considered.. |
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Curry
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« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2007, 12:11:41 PM » |
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/> Paging Granty?
Do you mean Dud? Clearly I wasn't sure, hence the question mark. I thought it may have been you, sorry. |
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« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2007, 12:38:06 PM » |
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How sky can offer you BB, TV AND a phone line for ?26/month, and keep a reliable service running is beyond me the wholesale price of BB is about ?9 per line, and then they have to pay for central pipe usage, bandwidth, hardware, IP's, staff etc... I get all that plus free unlimited national and international calls for 30 Euros (?20) per month. Rip-off Britain as usual ?! |
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« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2007, 12:55:58 PM » |
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« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2007, 01:12:10 PM » |
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How sky can offer you BB, TV AND a phone line for ?26/month, and keep a reliable service running is beyond me the wholesale price of BB is about ?9 per line, and then they have to pay for central pipe usage, bandwidth, hardware, IP's, staff etc... /> I get all that plus free unlimited national and international calls for 30 Euros (?20) per month. Rip-off Britain as usual ?! I pay about 20 squids a month too. UK = rip off. |
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« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2007, 01:41:54 PM » |
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How sky can offer you BB, TV AND a phone line for ?26/month, and keep a reliable service running is beyond me the wholesale price of BB is about ?9 per line, and then they have to pay for central pipe usage, bandwidth, hardware, IP's, staff etc... /> Rip-off Britain as usual ?! I was reading an article on one of my feeds today about how so many French customers are ripped off left, right and centre by ISPs, especially if things go wrong. Unfortunately, I can't remember which site it was on.... Essentially, you're laughing while it works. If it stops working - good luck! I get all that plus free unlimited national and international calls for 30 Euros (?20) per month. |
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« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2007, 06:33:12 PM » |
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Wholesale BB has come down to about ?7.50
IIRC and wholesale line rental from BT is ?10/month.
Calls can be routed VoIP most of the way so that's where costs are saved; we're now able to offer
businesses free calls between sites so can be done.
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« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2007, 07:23:13 PM » |
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How sky can offer you BB, TV AND a phone line for ?26/month, and keep a reliable service running is beyond me the wholesale price of BB is about ?9 per line, and then they have to pay for central pipe usage, bandwidth, hardware, IP's, staff etc... Rip-off Britain as usual ?! I was reading an article on one of my feeds today about how so many French customers are ripped off left, right and centre by ISPs, especially if things go wrong. Unfortunately, I can't remember which site it was on.... Essentially, you're laughing while it works. If it stops working - good luck! I get all that plus free unlimited national and international calls for 30 Euros (?20) per month. Yeah, I think I know the story you heard. The choice and service we get over here is excellent and very good value. The going rate, as I said for unlimited BB, telephone (national & international calls) and about 50 TV channels is 30 Euros (?20) / month. This includes the "line rental". Obviously at those prices, they got a lot of subscribers and therefore a lot of calls from noobies to teh help-desk. This wasn't a premium number, but still cost moniez, mainly cos people spent 30 minutes in a queue before the call was processed. There was a bit of an uproar about it from our equivalent of OFTEL and legislation actually went through making it illegal for ISP's to charge the callers while they are in teh queue. Teh French are moaners, but it sometimes has its advantages But in terms of the stability, I have no complaints at all  |
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