They are all breaking the TnCs.

But are Sky going to do anything about it? Probably not. Those T&C's are more likely in there so that someone cannot claim to Sky that any "downtime" or whatever is affecting their "business".

There is no way they can stop anyone using it for resi or bus use.

Interesting...

I use Sky to VPN into work lots. When I connect to works VPN I can leave it on for 10+ hours at a time as I forget to disconnect from it.

Never had any issues. If it breaks T&Cs fair play but I don't see Sky monitoring it actively.

In reply to a post by Adsl24:

But are Sky going to do anything about it? Probably not. Those T&C's are more likely in there so that someone cannot claim to Sky that any "downtime" or whatever is affecting their "business".

Yeah. That and (perhaps) relating to interpretation of the contract under consumer law.

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?i...

Last year the dishwasher in our office kitchen failed and we discovered that we weren't covered by the manufacturer's guarantee because it was a business purchase and that the T&C excluded cover for business use.

Lol, we're not the only ones had that problem:

http://whatconsumer.co.uk/forum/consumer-law/7994-do...

In reply to a post by MHC:

Use of Sky for any commercial or business purpose is NOT permitted.

So, you have a choice of one.

Thanks for all the feedback. The business use issue would appear to apply to both.

From Sky T&Cs
"Sky Broadband is for private use by you and members of your household only. It must not be used for any commercial or business purpose."

From BT T&Cs
"The services and equipment we provide to you under these terms must not be used for business purposes."

I'm sure they're just covering themselves so a customer can't claim compensation if the service does an O2.

BT has a Business service whereas Sky does not.

BT Business has very god response times for faults - guaranteed throughput minimums, UK customer service ...

Also worth pointing out that price isn't an issue for me as work will cover the cost. The main reason for considering Sky is that I'd love to ditch BT. I hate talking to their call centres and they've just disabled my online billing - to enable it I need my account number which I don't have as I've always done everything online and I've been waiting 10 days and counting for them to post me my account number.

If work is paying, you should also consider the more upmarket providers such as Zen and AAISP. They have much better reputation for support. They tend to get very pricey if you use significant amounts of data, though.

In reply to a post by StephenTodd:

If work is paying, you should also consider the more upmarket providers such as Zen and AAISP. They have much better reputation for support. They tend to get very pricey if you use significant amounts of data, though.

BT Infinity for Business is unlimited for an extra £5