Will be/o2 be able to be faster than Sky on the same line

monkeyspank

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I can only get 512 on my phone line with Sky. Pathetic when you consider I'm in a built up area. Be/o2 say they plan to be able to offer on my exchange in the next month. Will their service be any faster or am I just hoping?
Virgin is looking nicer now
 
I'm on Virgin cable at the moment. I only just got my BT line reconnected because Virgin wanted to start charging me after 3 yrs of free cable.

This is off the sky website:
Testing your line shows it should support broadband speeds of up to 512 Kb
 
Aekeron said:
Unfortunately that info from sky isn't really any use :/ Especially if your line has only just been reconnected. It's happened to a lot of people I know where the speeds they're offered are below what the line will support.

Input your details into www.samknows.com and see what it says your distance from the exchange is.

It's by no means a definite answer but it can suggest a conclusion.
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Thanks for the link
Found a mapping thing on that link and that says about 3.5 meg, which will do me nicely. Anything over about 2 meg should do so I'll give it a go. When I saw 512 I nearly rang up virgin with my tail between my legs asking for forgiveness :eek:
 
NicNac said:
plus it isnt really £5 you have your line rental on top of that.
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Yeah it is. NTL phone line rental is £10 as well.


Cool, thanks everyone. I'm going for it. If I get at least 2 meg I'll be happy enough.
But I'm going to wait and see if Virgin even turn off the service. When I moved house they didn't turn the phone or cable off for about a year. That was NTL thuogh, I think Virgin are a little bit more organised.
 
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