Sky offering broadband to subscribers

[marcus]

Im tempted, the 10MB service will save me ?300 a year based on current pricings.

2mb - Free per month - usage limit 2GB - activation fee ?40
8mb -?5 per month - usage limit 40Gb - ?20 acivation fee
16mb - ?10 per month - usage limit unlimited (fair use policy) - Activation fee Free

See sky.com/broadband

[VR46]

there all at it, first Talk Talk, then Orange and now Sky, Sky 10mb offer is very tempting though, free broadband, the way forward Be interesting to see what BT/NTL etc have up their sleeves.

Mind you BT are doing well out of the fact that if you join up to Talk Talk and the like you must have a BT line.

[charlesr]

Is this just reselling dsl then? Or is it somehow via satellite?

[demon9k]

Says up to 16mb on that sky.com/broadband link for ?10 a month. If the service turns out to be good I will have to switch.

[marcus]

Ive registered an interest and will wait and see what speeds etc they are offering for my area.

Charles - its ADSL.

Says here you also get a free wireless router.

[marcus]

The telephone number to call if you are an existing customer is 08702 402900 - this saves you being routed to India, and the god-awful automatic phone system.

[MikeF]

I've registered too, its a good batering tool with NTL to get my 10mb even cheaper from them

[marcus]

Thats what Im thinking - my NTL has been fine for me, with no extra charges for all the stuff I download, so really Id like to carry on with them than risk moving to a new provider who limits my usage or whatever. It being possibly 6MB faster than my current 10Mb isnt really a big factor either, as 10Mb is still blindingly fast. So once I have the details through from Sky Ill be calling NTL and threatening to leave them unless they reduce my price

[MikeF]

same here even though I am only paying ?17.49 for the 10mb package. If they dn't give it me cheaper then I will switch to Sky

[Rossco]

I'm thinking exactly the same, ?35 a month for 10MB currently with NTL or ?10 for 16MB. If its a good service I will definitely want to switch, but I download ALOT of stuff so if they have even a slight cap I dont think I'll manage.

I just checked and I downloaded 150GB in June alone.

[Bleeders]

Mmm... ADSL, I'll stick with Telewest I think and see what their response will be.

[Dirty Sanchez]

It's ADSL. Some of it is on the Easynet/UKOnline network, where you get the highest speeds, rest of it is just reselling.

I get it for free :-)

[bash]

Yeah, Orange have bought Wanadoo, Sky have bought Easynet and Vodaphone are looking at bulldog which'll mean even more work for me

[Len]

As I've just moved and so need to sort out a new bband supplier (after I get the bloody stupid previous tenants to stop the Bulldog line and acc which is incredibly annoying but that's another story) this quite interests me.

I would normally never go for Sky as I can't justify ?30+ pm just to watch the footie etc but if I were to get that with bband included, so say around ?40pm, it all of a sudden becomes a very attractive prospect.

May just wait a few weeks to see other isp's response as this has to shake the market up somewhat.

[NW2013]

I'll wait until their network is rolled out into my area but it definitely looks good. As others have said the up to 16mb service looks the best value.