[access-uk] Re: sky internet

  • From: "TrueBlue & Proud" <billy72@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 14:11:46 -0000

Ray, the only problem is with Virgin Media, they will not provide routers, only cable modems, 

Billy
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:26 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: sky internet



Hi Ray,

I get upload speeds of 768KB.

I don't know what the maximum speed is, but when my sister got 20MB, they
had to bring her out a new cable modem, so the modems are obviously getting better too. I really don't like DSL, because it is like dial-up unless you have a router. You have to have a dial-up profile for it, even though it is Broadband, and it is wont to disconnect sometimes. You never get that with cable, since the modem holds the connection even if all the PCs in the house 
are switched off.  Long live cable!

All the best

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Ray's Home
Sent: 08 January 2008 21:05
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: sky internet
Ok, Steve, point taken, (smile). Could just be in my situation I could get 
that sort of speed were I prepared to pay for it, but by no means certain.
By the way, what's the upload speed like?

I also wonder whether VM is set to offer speeds greater than 20Mbs due to
the virtues of optical fibre? Or, is there some limitation in their system 
that wouldn't allow this?

Cheers,

From Ray
I can be contacted off-list at:
mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
Steve Nutt
Subject: [access-uk] Re: sky internet


Hi Ray,

Not impressive?  See my previous message.  My sister is on a 20MB download
speed, and gets about 15 MB out of that with Broadband tests. I am on 10MB, 
as businesses are always behind with VM, and I regularly get 9 MB.
Because
I am over a mile from my exchange, I would only get 2MB max with DSL.

All the best

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Ray's Home
Sent: 08 January 2008 16:06
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: sky internet
Yes indeed Billy. I get loads of stuff through the door now exstolling the virtues of a Virgin opical connection. Thing is, the speeds on offer don't 
seem that impressive at the moment, though they make much of the fact the
distance from the exchange doesn't matter.

Cheers,

From Ray
I can be contacted off-list at:
mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
TrueBlue & Proud
Subject: [access-uk] Re: sky internet


Jackie,
I think you will find, that Telewest has now been taken over by Virgin
Media, Billy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 3:38 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: sky internet



Hi Billy

I don't like capping either, but for a fiver a month, I can't see

even us

three using 40GB.

We have Telewest in our area, which is the equivalent.  Haven't

looked

into their prices lately.  I know with Sky that we need a BT

landline for

the ADSL service.

Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: "TrueBlue & Proud" <billy72@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 3:09 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: sky internet



Jackie, don't you have Virgin Media in your area?.

I must admit it has been years since I first looked into Sky, and

that

time it was pretty expensive, and you had to have a BT line going

into

your home.
Don't you need such a BT line anymore?.

The only thing I don't like about Sky broadband, is the monthly

cap.

With Virgin Media there is no monthly capping, Billy



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