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I must say these are very good deals. I'm most certainly be changing to Sky Broadband when it becomes available. Sadly i can only get the Connect option, so i need to see what Pipex can do for me first.

Also...



Even though i have a wireless router, its pretty good to get another one for free

Sky Broadband

Dang 16mb down Unlimited for £10! That's a pretty sweet deal.
That modem/router looks like a re-branded NetGear

I just wanna know what the fair usage paolicy is gonna be on the max one

I've already registered with Sky, I was told there network services base, mid and max would be available in the new year, but I can get connect till then. Will more than likely be jumping ship from BT, just too expensive.

Weird, there is NO reference to the fair usage policy, it just says there will be one

I can get 4.5mb unlimited, although p2p stuff is capped, but no download limit for £33.99 with my current ISP, or this, up to 8mb, with a 40gb cap, unlimited, £17 + £40 activation

Would love 16Mbit - But the exchange will only support 8Mbit.

But the question is, do they cap any port's ?

I hope not, but these days alot of ISPs are, like mine, Pipex which has really annoyed me. You will only be able to find out when it gets released and people have talked about it etc

You NEED Sky TV to have this package, so its gunna come down the dish by my guess, so shouldnt anyone be able 2 get the full 16mb ?

And how reliable is this going to be ? i mean there is some noise on cable broadband, satalite is notorious for data loss in bad weather, and i wonder how this will affect people on Sky HD, theres already going to be serious bandwidth coming down one dish ?

Need more Info how it works tbh.

The router is made by Netgear.

With the advent of Local Loop Unbundling they can use their own gear in the exchange and offer better speeds - I can't remember how! It definately doesn't use the dish though. It depends on distance from the exchange too I guess?

The speed could actually be 24 meg, but they're not promoting it as they can't guarantee it (so they said at the launch this week), so with the right conditions it could be more than 16 meg.

Satellite isn't actually always at fault as far as data loss goes - more Sky deciding to use dishes smaller than the recommended footprint for the satellites. My dish is 90cm and has never once lost Sky, where as the minidish on the roof drops it a few times a year.

A dish just reflects what ever is going on at the LNB, which just converts the signals down to a lower frequency and amplifies them. It's more the hardware that has to cope with it... You could have an Octo LNB, or even a whole 16 output system with a quattro LNB all doing HD and it would be fine.

It used IP Stream, and to get the 16MB speeds Sky need to have put the equipment in your local exchange. Currently around 28% have been enabled.

If you're a Sky customer they'll be writing to you with the specifics of when the service will be available to you.

I dont think its comming down through the dish, you need a BT line

Well i have Sky HD so im sure im fine

You need a BT line for SKY tv anyway

^^^ The irony Hello Dan

-Rich-

Now this really interests me, currently we are paying £24.99 just for 4Mb broadband with NTL, with Sky we could get 8Mb broadband and two TV packages for £20.