O2 or sky

NoobieOCer · 6 Sep 2010 at 14:19

which should have for internet?

quick google sky seems bad but people on here seems to rate it okay so..... should i go for sky over O2?

mp260767 · 6 Sep 2010 at 14:43

are they the LLU services ?

F2kSel · 6 Sep 2010 at 15:06

Just make sure you read O2's new terms and conditions http://www.o2.co.uk/broadband/

New limits are
Basic 20 gig, All Rounder 100gig, The Works 250gig

shadow_boxer · 6 Sep 2010 at 16:01

Couldnt get O2 in my area so went for sky LLU. Had it a month or so now and I'm pretty happy with it to be honest. As mentioned above I believe O2 now have a 20gb download limit. Truely "unlimited" with sky. You need to make sure you are able to get the unlimited option however as there are a couple of other options, maybe called connect or something? Had to go for phone line with sky too as there was not one activated, so was charged £39 connection fee. Wireless modem router is the Sagem F@st2504, pretty good, no random diconnecting or downtime etc.

Azza · 6 Sep 2010 at 16:06

Both LLU services are pretty decent, guess it comes down to cost for you really.

Peg · 6 Sep 2010 at 16:11

shadow_boxer said:
Couldnt get O2 in my area so went for sky LLU. Had it a month or so now and I'm pretty happy with it to be honest. As mentioned above I believe O2 now have a 20gb download limit. Truely "unlimited" with sky. You need to make sure you are able to get the unlimited option however as there are a couple of other options, maybe called connect or something? Had to go for phone line with sky too as there was not one activated, so was charged £39 connection fee. Wireless modem router is the Sagem F@st2504, pretty good, no random diconnecting or downtime etc.

O2 does not have a limit on its LLU service.

F2kSel · 6 Sep 2010 at 16:51

Peg said:
O2 does not have a limit on its LLU service.

It does from today for new users.

Azuse05 · 6 Sep 2010 at 17:10

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/20...-home-broadband-and-phone-package-prices.html

Mattus · 6 Sep 2010 at 19:02

Nothing wrong with Sky. Truly unlimited on the top package and decent speeds.

Duesix · 6 Sep 2010 at 20:16

truly unlimited is waht i needed to know as i have been umming and erring about sky over O2... i get a lot of work emails and all that *cough*

DJDaz · 7 Sep 2010 at 09:46

Can you have skybb without having sky tv now? Didn't used to be able to but just wondered if it's changed.

RedGooner · 7 Sep 2010 at 10:10

The only problen with sky is that no VPN work for it, so no good for access to work systems if needed...

sid-180 · 7 Sep 2010 at 11:40

DJDaz said:
Can you have skybb without having sky tv now? Didn't used to be able to but just wondered if it's changed.

Yes it is possible to get Sky LLU without their TV service, i think it is £10 a month but you may need to get their talk plans.

a1ex2001 · 7 Sep 2010 at 12:23

F2kSel said:
It does from today for new users.

Wonder what that will mean for existing users when contract renewal comes up, I've been with O2 for a couple of years and each year I've signed another years contract in exchange for a few free months. Does this mean the contract offer next year will be suject to these new limits? If so they maybe loosing my business!

sid-180 · 7 Sep 2010 at 12:48

a1ex2001 said:
Wonder what that will mean for existing users when contract renewal comes up, I've been with O2 for a couple of years and each year I've signed another years contract in exchange for a few free months. Does this mean the contract offer next year will be suject to these new limits? If so they maybe loosing my business!

All big names go south once they relise they have been a victim of their own success.

F2kSel · 7 Sep 2010 at 13:23

a1ex2001 said:
Wonder what that will mean for existing users when contract renewal comes up, I've been with O2 for a couple of years and each year I've signed another years contract in exchange for a few free months. Does this mean the contract offer next year will be suject to these new limits? If so they maybe loosing my business!

I don't think you will be able to take the free months if you don't sign the contract.

KIA · 8 Sep 2010 at 22:21

RedGooner said:
The only problen with sky is that no VPN work for it, so no good for access to work systems if needed...

You will need to explicitly allow the type of VPN in the routers config.

pepp77 · 8 Sep 2010 at 22:24

RedGooner said:
The only problen with sky is that no VPN work for it, so no good for access to work systems if needed...

fluff said:
You will need to explicitly allow the type of VPN in the routers config.

I didnt need to allow VPNs on my sky router and I have used VPN phones, VPN clients, citrix connections, and webpage based VPN connections with no issues at all.