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Not going to be able to do that, as we need the net ASAP. I'm moving in on the 5th and I currently live in Bristol.
 
Kreeeee said:
I'm happy to go with Sky unlimited if it means that it will be on the LLU service, ...
Edit: Ah I see, I have to have the TV package when buying sky broadband :(
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As was said above, UK Online are part of the Sky group and offer virtually identical internet (if anything, arguably better). They are also LLU, with the same fibre backhaul, no real ToS or FUP (I pull ~ 500GB and occasionally 1TB of data a month and they don't care). £25 a month is nothing when you consider I'm getting 2.2 MB/sec (>2,200 KB/sec) 24/7/365, experience no 'traffic management' or shaping, no throttling, and pull up to 1TB a month without complaint. UK Online ROCK! Seriously.

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It costs the same to get their TV package, phone and broadband as it does for UKOnline for just broadband =/
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But Sky have way inferior customer service compared to UK Online (who have dedicated "answer in 2 rings" UK-only tech support, 24/7). Also their tech support are, shock horror, techies! Not script monkeys. With Sky people have to "hope" to get through to the real techs, and sometimes wait days for call-back. UKO will put you straight through to the actual net-admins just for the asking! :D

You know you want to! UK Online are by far your best ADSL2+ option. If your line is good enough, they'll also uncap your line to 24Mbps so ignore the 16 meg thing on their website. I'm currently getting 22.5 Mbps ;) Forget the mandatory DG834GT purchase. It's money so well worth spent you'll forget the inconvenience as soon as it's listed on an auction website...
 
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Rainmaker said:
As was said above, UK Online are part of the Sky group and offer virtually identical internet (if anything, arguably better). They are also LLU, with the same fibre backhaul, no real ToS or FUP (I pull ~ 500GB and occasionally 1TB of data a month and they don't care). £25 a month is nothing when you consider I'm getting 2.2 MB/sec (>2,200 KB/sec) 24/7/365, experience no 'traffic management' or shaping, no throttling, and pull up to 1TB a month without complaint. UK Online ROCK! Seriously.



But Sky have way inferior customer service compared to UK Online (who have dedicated "answer in 2 rings" UK-only tech support, 24/7). Also their tech support are, shock horror, techies! Not script monkeys. With Sky people have to "hope" to get through to the real techs, and sometimes wait days for call-back. UKO will put you straight through to the actual net-admins just for the asking! :D

You know you want to! UK Online are by far your best ADSL2+ option. If your line is good enough, they'll also uncap your line to 24Mbps so ignore the 16 meg thing on their website. I'm currently getting 22.5 Mbps ;) Forget the mandatory DG834GT purchase. It's money so well worth spent you'll forget the inconvenience as soon as it's listed on an auction website...
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It's the same price for UKOnline BB as it is for sky BB + TV. It looks like a massive rip off.
 
Go with Sky then, and if the TV sucks so be it. You'll still have the same broadband service, which if 200m from the exchange translates into a decent line with low attenuation should mean very good speeds.

BTW in the grand scheme of things £25pm for UKOnline isn't a rip off, most people pay that sort of money for an up-to 8mb service with usage allowances.
 
Kreeeee said:
It's the same price for UKOnline BB as it is for sky BB + TV. It looks like a massive rip off.
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£25 a month is not very much at all. Remember, you get what you pay for!

Would people say UKOnline is better than Be/O2 broadband?
 
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Would people say UKOnline is better than Be/O2 broadband?
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Depends on your line. Be/O2 offer Annex M services (up to 2.5mb upload) and Be make it easy to turn off interleaving, so they could squeeze more out of a good line potentially.
 
Klo said:
£25 a month is not very much at all. Remember, you get what you pay for!

Would people say UKOnline is better than Be/O2 broadband?
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£35 a month, as you always have line rental. For £36.50 from sky I get 16MB net, Sky TV, line rental and phone service.
 
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Does anyone know how I can use quidco with sky as I don't have a current landline at the place I will be moving into and therefore have to order over the phone.
 
Having fun with this... :(

It seems that our communal dish is faulty, possibly beyond repair so I cannot get sky TV and therefore no sky broadband. So my choices are now TalkTalk or Tiscali for a LLU supplier.

Which is the lesser of the 2 evils?
 
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Which is the lesser of the 2 evils?
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Not sure there is one, or at least will be one since Tiscali's financial problems resulted in TalkTalk buying out their UK operations a few months ago.

Money's too tight for UKOnline then I guess?
 
You said Enta LLU in your first post. :)

It does say... (On the right under LLU operator presence)

Entanet: Enabled as of 01/11/2007

I'd ring them and ask. my old ISP (Vivaciti) told me they do LLU via C&W when they were trying to stop me moving to Be. :)
 
What I meant was: when I enter my details into their site, it says unavailable in my area.

I'll give them a ring tomorrow though :)
 
Really not impressed by UK online. Their broadband application system (both online and phone based) has been down for over a week and a half so I still haven't signed up with them.

This really gives a terrible first impression for them =/
 
Waited more than long enough for UKOnline to sort out their sign up, so now I need help choosing between:

C&W / Bulldog
Entanet
TalkTalk (CPW)
A non-LLU provider

I'm aware a lot of the LLU's are the same company now :(

No Sky due to signal and UKOnline won;t let people sign up with them.
 
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