Hi, sorry if i'm being stupid but what's the problem with cable modems? Thanks, Husna original message --- 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 > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > __________ NOD32 2758 (20071231) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq -- No virus found in this incoming message. 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