The Sky Appreciation thread

[Matt D]

Sky+ still has the £10/month sub if you don't subscribe to premiums...same as always.

Rumours abound that's it's going to be scrapped completely though.

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Also TBR remember in 12 months your warrenty ends and you have to pay to get it fixed. This is why I left Sky I had intermitant picture problems and Sky wanted to charge to come out and have a look

I know people who've phoned up Sky, & simply threatened to leave for cable if Sky don't fix the STB for free, & got it sorted.

Also, would you be able to use the good old Sale of Goods Act or one of the other relevant consumer laws for something like that? Seeing as things like 12 month manufacturer warranties are in addition to your statutory rights as a consumer, & if something breaks down, within a reasonable period (up to 6 years depending on what it is), then it's up to the seller/supplier to sort it out for you.

Originally Posted by handyman

Sky's router has a custom firmware in it, I'm thinking it is cutting out due to overheating.

You can flash it with different firmware.

Also possible to extract the ADSL username/password from it, & then use a different router of your own choosing.


I'm still using the Sky one at the moment, although it does seem to enjoy rebooting.

[Paul M]

Been on Sky+ (and Multiroom) for 4 months now, and quite happy with it.

I don't agree with what Sky have done in respect of their channels, but I have no complaints about the service I get from them.

(JFYI, I still have VM broardband and Phoneline, just not TV).

[handyman]

Originally Posted by Matt D

You can flash it with different firmware.

Also possible to extract the ADSL username/password from it, & then use a different router of your own choosing.

I'm still using the Sky one at the moment, although it does seem to enjoy rebooting.

Looked into flashing it when I was searching the net trying to find a way to get connected since it took 5 attempts to get a modem to me. (sky bb staff are a joke). To be honest if I did not depend on bb in order to get in extra work I would have dropped it on the spot for that shocking saga alone. I canot go another 15 days for a cease and reprovide to go to another providor. I'll bide my time and get out when I can. Claires not kean to let me ruin the GT on the router by flashing it. (strangly she did not have a problem with me flashing my £400 phone )

Can't belive that I paid £40 to connect rather than use another provider and get my own router though. (/me = stupid).

Still does not beat Virgin bb people (garlands crap lot in Middlesrough) telling me I could not have broadband as I had a fibre optic line). Chap that said it hung up on me after I challenged that.

[Matt D]

If you have another ADSL2+ compatible router knocking around, or one you can borrow to test, try this to get your username/password, & then you can use the other router:

http://dg834gt.mognuts.com/NetgearRouterUtility.html

EDIT: This is handy too - monitors the net connection, & auto-reboots the router if it drops (the Sky router doesn't always reboot itself if the connection goes down) - http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/techn...matically.html . Can also be used to get the username/password, full modem stats, & other stuff.



15 days?! So is it not possible to migrate if you're on LLU?

[TheBlueRaja]

I'd suggest doing that too if it works as my DG834 never reboots.