Sky contract up, who to go to.

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Sky is currently £43.99 a month, so time to change.

Plusnet are coming in at £28.99/month. + up to £85 cashback.

Might see if Sky chat can put me on there new customer £30 a month but if that fails is Plusnet any good?
 
I don't know of too many customers who have issues with them, including myself. At the end of the day it is all on the same infrastructure so you evaluate on price, equipment, support, bundled extras etc. for me the UK based support has been better than I experienced with vodafone or BT so am happy.

Have a read around recent posts on this thread to get a feel: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/plusnet-to-offer-unlimited-fibre.18469753/page-32
 
I don't know of too many customers who have issues with them, including myself. At the end of the day it is all on the same infrastructure so you evaluate on price, equipment, support, bundled extras etc. for me the UK based support has been better than I experienced with vodafone or BT so am happy.

Have a read around recent posts on this thread to get a feel: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/plusnet-to-offer-unlimited-fibre.18469753/page-32

Well, yes and no. "Same infrastructure" means that the link from your house back to your provider's core network is the same, but once it hits the core network, it's going to be different. Plusnet will have different peering arrangements / capacities to Sky, who'll be different to Virgin who'll be different to Zen, etc etc.

99% of the time you'll probably not notice, but it's not strictly true to say that it's all the same apart from price and customer service.
 
With large providers the only infrastructure that is the same is the link between your house and the exchange. Exchange backhaul is an area with a lot of competition - Sky, TalkTalk, BT retail would all have different infrastructure to handle this. Smaller providers like Zen, A&A would use BT Wholesale or TalkTalk Business to get your traffic out of the exchange and into their core.
 
Gone with Plusnet, didn't know they did referrals.
Got £85 cashback, so works out at £24.27 a month, not a bad saving. Just hope its as fast and stable as Sky has been.
 
Be able to use a decent router as well i see. Any recommendations?
I am on fibrettc and I must admit the first thing i did was get a better router, I am using a TP-Link N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Model No. TL-WDR3600. It has been very good and didnt break the bank to buy it.
 
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