Sky Broadband

[alex250]

Originally Posted by sav112

for £10 thats fantastic...I'm thinking of jumping off Virgin 2Mb as its gone back to £18...Which is a joke in my View.

Don't forget to add £10.50 BT line rental

[sav112]

Originally Posted by alex250

Don't forget to add £10.50 BT line rental

Yeah but that means nothing when you have that already! We have BT phone in the house and i dont consider that with My BB.

[Skatoony]

Sky actually paid for our BT line to be reactivated - we also switched to Sky for our phone service, so we've got the entire package.

[sav112]

its either Sky or be.... i like the sound of the upload of 1.3meg even if it was half that!

Your skyBB been ok ?

[Skatoony]

Originally Posted by sav112

its either Sky or be.... i like the sound of the upload of 1.3meg even if it was half that!

Your skyBB been ok ?

Well my router says the upload is at 768k, and I pretty much get that. 80-90kb/s uploads all the time. The router is wireless and secured out-of-the-box too, which is a huge bonus on security.

The first few days were a nightmare with it cutting out, but that was an area problem which a few emails to Sky got them to fix it - now I've not run into any problems, and it's extremely stable.

[sav112]

Hi so the Router is at the phone line what else do i need at the computer end?

[Skatoony]

Originally Posted by sav112

Hi so the Router is at the phone line what else do i need at the computer end?

Just an NIC (Network Interface Card) so you can plug the router into your PC.

[sav112]

I have that, my phone line is not near the #PC what fits at the phone link

[Matt D]

Phone socket > microfilter > Router > ethernet to PC

or

Phone socket > microfilter > Router > wireless to PC

[sav112]

I think its router down by the phone and Wireless!

So i guess i need a Wireless card?

[Matt D]

Yep, if you want to go wireless.


Also, for Sky BB, Sky supply you with a wireless router, plus a few microfilters.

[sav112]

Sky would save me £10 a month for the 16Mb over Be but Be get great reviews.

need this for the Be wireless Modem

A 802.11b or 802.11g compatible network adapter for wireless connection to the Be Box if i kbew what that was lol

KINGNET KN-W510P PCI 802.11g/802.11b 54mbps Wireless Network Card

[southwell]

Originally Posted by sav112

Sky would save me £10 a month for the 16Mb over Be but Be get great reviews.

need this for the Be wireless Modem

A 802.11b or 802.11g compatible network adapter for wireless connection to the Be Box if i kbew what that was lol

KINGNET KN-W510P PCI 802.11g/802.11b 54mbps Wireless Network Card

Depends how close you are to the exchange to receive 16mb, you may be better off on the £5 package if you are too far away?
802.11B is 11mb connection speed
802.11G is 54mb connection speed

[Skatoony]

Originally Posted by southwell

you may be better off on the £5 package if you are too far away?

That would mean bandwidth limits, which the highest (£10) package doesn't have

[southwell]

Originally Posted by Skatoony

That would mean bandwidth limits, which the highest (£10) package doesn't have

Yep but most people wouldn't even see 60gb in a month lol.
I do, but im on the £10 one.