In reply to a post by R0NSKI:

In reply to a post by Damoxuk:

Oh and Plusnet aren't owned by BT.

Oh yes they are,they've owned PN for around 7 years. I was initially worried when I heard BT were buying them, but fortunately they seem to have left them to get on with things. Rumour has it that BT only bought PlusNet to get hold of the technology they use for traffic prioritisation.

Here's an article confirming it.

Good read that. Think another reason for bt buying plusnet was to keep it out of skys hands, call me cynicsl if you but Im with O2 for my home briadband and phone atm, Sky have now bought out O2 phone and broadband and Be. I had a bad experience with Sky once so they would be my last choice. Irs a long story but to cut it short I left aol to go on sky snd for 2 months I had no internet because they couldnt fix an issue they had in my exchange so I ended up with Oramge which was ok, before going onto O2 whom I have been with for the last 5 yrs. My speed isnt the best at 3 to 4 mb and seeing as Sky have now bought them out anyway, its time to upgrade to fibre optic. On another mote which has annoyed me, I used to get cheap phone as I used to have an O2 mobile but since I cancelled my o2 contract, my bill shot up to nearly £40 a month.

People who don't know better go with BT because they think that is all that is available. People who investigate and find out what is really available will often go with PlusNet for the better price and get a better service. Win - win for BT.

I can say that out of all my past ISPs, Plusnet has been my best experience.

They offer excellent customer support/technical team. Plusnet have also provided me with excellent package speeds.

On request I asked for my IP profile to be switched up to the 80/20 and no questions asked just sorted it for me.

They offer Static IP for one off £5 plus other useful services

I believe PN are one of the cheapest (or the cheapest) fibre providers out there.

I have no real traffic management issues.. Full speed day/night both up and downstream.

I highly recommend Plusnet over the other 3 main providers mentioned in the op.

Hope this helps

Have a read of this to, I saw it posted on here the other day.

If you ring Sky they can give you 80Mbps. It's sold on the phone only. I have it though You need to ask for Sky fibre pro. It's £30 monthly so Plusnet is a big saving & I would advise it for you.

Edited by ukhardy07 (Sun 01-Sep-13 13:02:23)

Have you checked their website recently ?

Yes you cannot get the Sky Fibre unlimited pro online still? Only the 40Mbps (38 advertised) variant online, 80Mbps (76 or whatever) via Phone.

Edited by ukhardy07 (Sun 01-Sep-13 13:56:44)

In reply to a post by ukhardy07:

Yes you cannot get the Sky Fibre unlimited pro online still? Only the 40Mbps (38 advertised) variant online, 80Mbps (76 or whatever) via Phone.

I think you need to look again, the 80Mbps Pro option has been on their website for a week or more now

And what the OP is saying is that Sky are not showing any FTTC available for him, so I reckon they haven't installed their link yet.

I think you need to look again, the 80Mbps Pro option has been on their website for a week or more now

Where? Please order it online for me and show me how?
All I see is the 38Mbps option online and 76Mbps requires a call
http://postimg.org/image/ed2vbp39d/ - that's on the main page http://www.sky.com/shop/broadband-talk/fibre-optic/

& when you go to order it doesn't show the faster option either
http://postimg.org/image/r46nqrkk3/

And what the OP is saying is that Sky are not showing any FTTC available for him, so I reckon they haven't installed their link yet.

The OP says

For some reason, sky are saying theu can gibve me 4mb only

I had interpreted that as 40Mbps (probably wrong). The links probably not in place.

Edited by ukhardy07 (Sun 01-Sep-13 14:12:55)

Sorry my fault, hadn't noticed it said to phone, but at least they do advertise it now.