Thinking of moving from O2 to Sky Unlimited broadband?
- Thread starter NeilF
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Ive only got a 1MB connection but download quite a bit. Its the one reason we wont go to Virgin for faster speeds because its not truely 'unlimited'.
What's the router like with Sky?
The O2 is quite nice in that you have if you need any port forwarding etc, you can use predefined profiles. Want "Steam" to work with a PC on your network, just apply the "Steam" profile and all the port forwarding is done for you. Want "Unreal 2004", same again.
So you don't have to faff abuot with individual ports etc.
What's the Sky one like?
The O2 is quite nice in that you have if you need any port forwarding etc, you can use predefined profiles. Want "Steam" to work with a PC on your network, just apply the "Steam" profile and all the port forwarding is done for you. Want "Unreal 2004", same again.
So you don't have to faff abuot with individual ports etc.
What's the Sky one like?
I've had Sky Unlimited and it's quite good. The thing is it depends where you are. What's good for me isn't always good for someone else. Sky's the fastest where I live, but in certain places you can get fibre optic broadband for not much more.
I think the price is decent for what you get. The router is OK. I've never really had any problems with it, but I upgraded to a new Wireless N router not long after (I'm paying for speed so no point in using old wireless tech).
Though with all providers you never get the advertised speed. Mine's around about 10Mb (I pay for 20), but it can fluctuate.
I think the price is decent for what you get. The router is OK. I've never really had any problems with it, but I upgraded to a new Wireless N router not long after (I'm paying for speed so no point in using old wireless tech).
Though with all providers you never get the advertised speed. Mine's around about 10Mb (I pay for 20), but it can fluctuate.
And yet it's highly likely your wireless, even if you have a relatively poor signal is still faster than your internet access. I hear about people buying Wireless N kit 'to speed up their internet' when it's incapable of anything of the sort. Wireless 'G' runs at a maximum of 54mbps. Your Sky broadband, even if you were next door to the exchange, caps at 20 Meg. Your wireless G is more than twice as fast. Yes you can benefit if you use your network to move files around, stream files from PC to Xbox or PS3 wirelessly and possibly from the greater range 'N' offers but for most casual users wireless N does diddly squat.
FWIW I see no drop in speed from my Wireless card (internal PCI-E 1x) than if I use the 10m network cable I have. I've done half a dozen speed tests with both and the average is exactly the same, give or take a few 100 kb/s. before anyone jumps on that, the few 100kb/s was to the advantage of the wireless strangely enough. Also my pings don't vary at all either. I use the original White netgear DG834GT though.
Right! Sky would be £23.75 for line-rental, unlimited broadband and anytime calls.
The same package at O2 would be £13.50!!! with a 250GB fair usage download policy. I'd have to find an O2 mobile number to assign the account to mind, as I no longer have one!
So, is there anything in the new broadband packages with O2 I should be worried about compared to Skys?
The same package at O2 would be £13.50!!! with a 250GB fair usage download policy. I'd have to find an O2 mobile number to assign the account to mind, as I no longer have one!
So, is there anything in the new broadband packages with O2 I should be worried about compared to Skys?