sky broadband

[abilicious]

Has anyone subscribed to sky broadband. If so, could you give a quick review. Compared to AOL it is extremely cheap..

[Danny2107]

The thing to remember is that sky broaband has a 2gb cap which if you want to use the sky broadband application to download movies, you'd get 3 films and have to wait a month to go near the internet again. AOL is a good choice but you must always have the AOL program running even if, like me, you hate the user interface. Also the AOL program takes quite a bit of memory which will be a problem if you have 256mb Ram or less. I would take Tiscali. With a 2meg speed for �15 unlimited usage it currently is the best in the UK. 8meg is 17.99 with free evening and weekend calls. Hope this helps ;)

[Mattk]

i doubt tiscali are 'the best in the uk'.they may be best for pricing but not for speeds etc etc

the top 2 rated providers are usually nildram and eclipse.

[ugly_bob]

eclipse are doing 2meg unlimited for �14.99 (with �9.99 introduction rate)

[TEAK36]

SKY Broadband only have a 2GB cap on the free package.For �5 a month you have a 40GB Download limit, and the �10 a month option is unlimited.I do not know anyone who has yet signed up for Sky BB, but I will be doing so in the next few weeks.I currently pay �34.99 per month for a 10MB NTL cable connection, but Sky are offering a 16MB connection for �10 per month.

[SteveSxx]

I use Nildram - have done for 3 years
no complains about speed 8Mb (a true 6.5Mb)
plus Relability too
all for �15.99 for 2.5Gb / month
extra is charged at �1.98 per 2Gb

[vehelpfulguy]

I have no experience of Sky Broadband, but I would be wary of rushing over to them.

They have been doing a big publicity push lately and probably have many people signing up, but this may be causing a backlog, or a load on their network.

I would let the Sky BB rush settle down a bit before jumping ship.

You may also find that some BB ISPS drop their prices if they see their customers moving to Sky BB

[BreenM]

I tried to subscribe to them and was told that it is unavailable to me as yet. I am pretty sure this is the same for most other folk. I don't know anyone that's been able to get it yet. They can offer you a 17.99 a month package and then say that when theirs becomes available they will automatically cancel your 17.99 one and transfer you over to their free one. as said before I think it's all a publicity thing at the moment along with them trying to guage a level of interest.