Re: Sky ADSL

In article <4lr14gF39j35U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, The Todal
<deadmailbox@xxxxxxxx> writes

With some trepidation I am changing my ADSL supplier to Sky, because they
offer such tempting prices. I have a feeling that I might come to regret it,
but the die is now cast.

I don't think you'll regret it...

Sky require their customers to use their wireless router, not your own. It
can support up to 4 computers, which won't necessarily suit everyone. If it
isn't powerful enough to reach the extremes of my home it will be an awkward
and time-consuming problem to solve. Does anyone know whether speeds over
8mb are likely to be achievable anyway?

Uploads AFAIUI are always 256k

I would have thought if you still live where I think you live you won't
have any problem getting 8mb downloads.

No doubt someone can suggest a suitable newsgroup to get feedback from other
customers but I am assuming that this is going to turn into a question about
breach of contract before the year is out ...

I doubt it.

Sky have spent around £211m or so buying Easynet

http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,3604,1597606,00.html

and paying the Easynet CEO/Founder to stay on and run it.

Sky are intending to spend a further £400m over the next couple of years
to develop the Easynet infrastructure so that it is largely independent
of BT infrastructure.

Sky do however have a customer service and customer support problem --
but so would any company taking on something like 100,000 new customers
a month.

I expect the requirement to use Sky's router is for customer service
problems. You may notice BT has the same requirement.
--
Mr X
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