[access-uk] Re: sky internet
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:42:54 -0000
Hi Billy,
I am glad they don't, I'd sooner buy my own router.
All the best
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
TrueBlue & Proud
Sent: 09 January 2008 14:12
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: sky internet
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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