Sky BB questions

I am currently with Be unlimited but due to hours being cut at work i am looking to move over to Sky Broadband and take the �10 per month package.

Currently no progress has been made as I am awaiting a response from Be unlimited before I make my decision.

Currently on Be my stats are

Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 2,355 / 19,773
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 13.0 / 17.5
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 7.0 / 19.0
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 7.0 / 5.0

This is costing me �42 a month but they want �30 to put me down to the lower package but I have told them to waiver this or i want my MAC code.



What are the pings like on Sky for gaming?
What sort of speeds should I expect?
Is Email free on Sky? ( I have to pay �2 on Be Unlimited)
Can I get switched over to fastpath if needed?
Do Sky have a member centre for users?
Has Sky got any better since I last visited in August 06 as I was going to join then?
Is the Migration period painless or should I expect downtime?

Cheers

I am sure more questions will come to mind later on

A reply would be cool

I'll speak to you Mark

What are the pings like on Sky for gaming?
What sort of speeds should I expect?
Is Email free on Sky? ( I have to pay �2 on Be Unlimited)
Can I get switched over to fastpath if needed?
Do Sky have a member centre for users?
Has Sky got any better since I last visited in August 06 as I was going to join then?
Is the Migration period painless or should I expect downtime?

1. Mine are 50 up to 100
2. Don�t know, not my area
3. Yes, 10 POP3 I believe
4. Again, don�t know
5. Sky Broadband is that what you mean? Or Sky User [unofficial]
6. Yes, but their tech support is still hopeless
7. Mine from NewNet was spot on with no downtime or none that I noticed in a normal day

HTH - Blue

Edited by deleted (Fri 23-Mar-07 23:39:55)

Thanks

I'm on connect, pings are 28-31ms (Usual for me being in N.Ireland), not sure what the speeds like yet on this package cause my IP Profile is 2mb (Must be a new training period).

So far, I'm happy with the service, webpages are quick to come up and seems good. Just a pity about the tech support/cust services, they are hopeless

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1. Mine are 50 up to 100

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Another reason not to join,gaming with a 50+ ping no thanks.

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I'm on connect, pings are 28-31ms

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Sorry to hijack the thread but Ive noticed this about Sky BB some get decent pings like Buckle and some get awful ones some are permanently over 100ms,the trouble is if you have high pings Sky don't seem to be interested so if you are a gamer you are stuck for 12 months with no gaming .

Heres a tracert, got my brother on xbox live, me with wow, msn etc open and dads browsing (hense the 2/3ms to router), but these pings are fine for N.Ireland

Tracing route to www.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 2 ms 2 ms 3 ms 192.168.0.1
2 31 ms 35 ms 33 ms dr0.thlon.uk.easynet.net [82.108.0.75]
3 35 ms 35 ms 33 ms ip-89-200-130-27.ov.easynet.net [89.200.130.27]

4 35 ms 35 ms 34 ms ip-89-200-132-122.ov.easynet.net [89.200.132.122
]
5 37 ms 36 ms 33 ms ge1-1-0.er3.thlon.uk.easynet.net [89.200.130.2]

6 33 ms 32 ms 33 ms te1-3.cr05.tn5.bb.pipex.net [195.66.224.29]
7 35 ms 31 ms 33 ms g1-1-6.ar01.tn5.bb.pipex.net [62.72.140.142]
8 35 ms 32 ms 33 ms ge-0-0-0-3801.jolt-gw.cust.pipex.net [212.241.24
1.14]
9 34 ms 34 ms 33 ms secure.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65]

Trace complete.

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9 34 ms 34 ms 33 ms secure.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65]

Trace complete.

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I get similar pings on Sky Max LLU - although I'm in England

Great pings Buckle hope they stay that way, some are not so lucky. -

http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/polls/8896-pings.html?highlight=ping

Edited by maxping (Sat 24-Mar-07 12:59:50)