Sky Max is it really unlimited downloads

sare^baw's · 12 Jun 2008 at 19:56

i am moving home in 1 week and sky b/b is available in the area im moving to, just now im with ukfsn at £20 a month unlimited with no problems, i take notions for downloading so its not constantly heavy, is the sky max package really unlimited as at £10 it would be great as well as saving money download as much as i want to.

cheers

FrenchTart · 12 Jun 2008 at 20:22

Is it LLU or IPStream? If it's LLU then yes, it's unlimited. If IPStream, no, not unlimited.

sare^baw's · 12 Jun 2008 at 21:07

um er how do i know which it is ?

milkinc13 · 12 Jun 2008 at 21:38

FUP, but as far as i'm aware sky aren't taking much notice atm, i have read that the limit you can do before they send e-mails is 300GB i think, i may be wrong so don't quote me on it

Rainmaker · 13 Jun 2008 at 04:45

I pull more than that every month, once even topping 500GB and I know people who've gone even higher. No emails yet

markiemrboo · 13 Jun 2008 at 07:20

Gone over the 40GB a month on Sky Connect (the BT ipstream one) a few times now. Nothing has happened so far

sare^baw's · 13 Jun 2008 at 09:28

well its reassuring people are getting large downloads, but how do i know if its FUP, LLU or IPStream? and why does that affect my download limit ?

ok here the details on the exchange it looks LLU enabled for sky whatever that means

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/WSARD

FrenchTart · 13 Jun 2008 at 09:47

On LLU you won't need to worry about download amounts.

sare^baw's · 13 Jun 2008 at 09:55

ok thanks thats nice to know, unlimited broadband for £10 a month i likey

the_worrier · 14 Jun 2008 at 15:13

Any info on Sky BB availablilty improvements?
Links?

Thanks v.m!

FrenchTart · 14 Jun 2008 at 16:06

Sky BB availability improvements? What do you mean?

If you just mean whether or not you can get it, feed your details into www.samknows.co.uk

Surfer · 15 Jun 2008 at 14:54

also even though it says your exchange is enabled for LLU doesnt mean to say you are on it yet! (ive been waiting 6 months for them to move me)

sare^baw's · 15 Jun 2008 at 19:36

Surfer said:
also even though it says your exchange is enabled for LLU doesnt mean to say you are on it yet! (ive been waiting 6 months for them to move me)

is there any way of finding out before i sign up

blueboy2001 · 15 Jun 2008 at 20:06

New customers will go straight on LLU. Existing Connect customers get moved over at Sky's leisure after the exchange is upgraded, although they did mine within a couple of weeks but that was additional capacity rather than a new exchange.

Schizo · 15 Jun 2008 at 20:12

im on sky max and never had a problem,it's ment to be 16 meg but i only get 4meg,does not bother me because of the unlimited download's,i only download 5 gig a month so it's not a problem for me.

HarryPainful · 15 Jun 2008 at 20:21

I just looked at the T&C, I cannot find where the FUP is made clear?

How much can you DL within the FUP?

Also, any services filtered/packet shaped?

Like, skype/newsgroups etc?

teaboy5 · 15 Jun 2008 at 21:24

Rainmaker said:
I pull more than that every month, once even topping 500GB and I know people who've gone even higher. No emails yet

Come on 500gb in one month, i find that hard to believe. What can you be downloading to use that much in one month.

Rainmaker · 15 Jun 2008 at 21:29

teaboy5 said:
Come on 500gb in one month, i find that hard to believe. What can you be downloading to use that much in one month.

You find it hard to believe based on your obviously limited experience. That doesn't mean it isn't true :rolleyes:

Pulling half a TB isn't exactly difficult. I know people who have ripped through a full TB in a month before now.

I'm disabled, and often bed (or at least house) bound. Just for funz, why don't you sit at your PC for 18 hours a day for the next 30 days watching HD content, streaming media, downloading stuff at will and having remote desktop/NX running pretty much 24/7 to two servers. Then add in a partner, and three children each with their own always-on PCs in addition to your own usage.

Then come back and tell me 500GB is hard, especially when your connection is a solid 2.2 MB/sec with no throttling, restrictions or capping of any kind at all

Duke · 15 Jun 2008 at 21:30

What the... 500GB?

HarryPainful · 15 Jun 2008 at 21:32

teaboy5 said:
Come on 500gb in one month, i find that hard to believe. What can you be downloading to use that much in one month.

So naive.

What do you think it will probably be... :rolleyes: