Fibre Optic Broadband?
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Fibre Optic Broadband?
I'm thinking of getting it.
I currently rent the phoneline off of BT, but have my call plan etc. with Sky.
I don't want to switch line rental to Sky... So if I get FO BB from BT (BT are cheaper too) will it work with my existing Sky Hub router (bearing in mind I would obviously cancel my existing analogue BB tariff with Sky)?
Or do I HAVE to have the BB with Sky to continue to receive their BB-based services?
I currently rent the phoneline off of BT, but have my call plan etc. with Sky.
I don't want to switch line rental to Sky... So if I get FO BB from BT (BT are cheaper too) will it work with my existing Sky Hub router (bearing in mind I would obviously cancel my existing analogue BB tariff with Sky)?
Or do I HAVE to have the BB with Sky to continue to receive their BB-based services?
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I'm thinking of getting it. I currently rent the phoneline off of BT, but have my call plan etc. with Sky. I don't want to switch line rental to Sky... So if I get FO BB from BT (BT are cheaper too) will it work with my existing Sky Hub router (bearing in mind I would obviously cancel my existing analogue BB tariff with Sky)? Or do I HAVE to have the BB with Sky to continue to receive their BB-based services?
If so, yes you'll still get them no matter who the internet provider is. I have BT Infinity and use the sky on demand stuff with no issues.
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sky fibre customer support is absoultley ******* useless! i am changing my provider 11 months before the end of my contract.
Had the same problem twice and they have been useless both times.
Everytime you ring to see how the case is progressing you have to explain from the beginning, they run the same tests and get to the same conclusions. i had three BT openreach engineers within 6 days trying to sort it and each one said its skys problem not the lines!
im keeping the TV though, getting BT for the free BT sports
Had the same problem twice and they have been useless both times.
Everytime you ring to see how the case is progressing you have to explain from the beginning, they run the same tests and get to the same conclusions. i had three BT openreach engineers within 6 days trying to sort it and each one said its skys problem not the lines!
im keeping the TV though, getting BT for the free BT sports
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Wouldn't touch BT with a ten foot pole.
And Virgin are going too, once my mobile contract is up, their mobile customer services are second to everyone.
I am stuck with a crap phone that crashes and freezes all the time, but you can't TELL it's frozen until you try and send something.
But apparently it's MY fault as I had the temerity to put a memory card in it to listen to music
So now, crap phone, no music...and to top it off, it wasn't the phone I wanted, they LIED to me that the one I wanted was no longer available.
And Virgin are going too, once my mobile contract is up, their mobile customer services are second to everyone.
I am stuck with a crap phone that crashes and freezes all the time, but you can't TELL it's frozen until you try and send something.
But apparently it's MY fault as I had the temerity to put a memory card in it to listen to music
So now, crap phone, no music...and to top it off, it wasn't the phone I wanted, they LIED to me that the one I wanted was no longer available.
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I'm looking at going down the route of broadband only, via Virgin, then using a Now TV pack to top up the channels I can't get on Freeview. It should save us about £50 a month.
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My BT Infinity is awesome. Great gaming pings, fantastic download speed and I don't see any throttling or loss of speed to any degree at peak times.
Still using my sky on demand services and have free BT channels on the sky box as well.
Still using my sky on demand services and have free BT channels on the sky box as well.
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