I am thinking of getting sky telly installed,but the deal comes with 16MB broadband,is sky better or B T?

Answer 1

16Mb (Megabit not Megabyte) is twice the maximum speed offered by BT but unless you live very close to a 16Mb enabled telephone exchange (ask but it probably is only in central London) you will not get that speed. That's why the companies always say "Up to ?Mb"

BT have been around donkey's years and are broadly speaking quite reliable but (personal experience here) their customer support is not good. Sky are quite new to the ISP game and teething problems might be an issue although they did take over a more experienced ISP (Plusnet, I think [edit] Correction, it was Easynet) to run their internet business. I have no idea what their customer support is like.

Not personally directed at you (because even some ISPs get this wrong) but to nitpick, the abbreviation for megabit is Mb (lower case b) while the abbreviation for Megabyte is MB. The difference? A megabit is one eighth of a megabyte. More so, megabit is typically a declaration of transfer speed (like an internet connection) while megabyte is a statement of storage capacity (like the size of a memory card).

Answer 2

sky, they r already way ahead of BT. BT deal is tryin 2 catchup with sky. my broadband is telewest at 4mb. with this i download 5 min vid clips in about 1.5 mins , a 4 min mp3 in about 50 secs. 16mb should be lightnin fast. sky 4 u geezer.

Answer 3

TV :1 sky 2 cablle
Broadband :sky no way ,try another package deal how are bt doing the sky tv bit ???

Answer 4

I couldn't tell you which is better, but if sky is offering free broadband with the package, and BT charge....

Answer 5

I wouldn't go with either, Tiscali gives 8MB plus free UK local a national phone calls for a mere £22, I've had no bother with them over the last two years.

Answer 6

I got rid of both of them & are now with NTL.They are offering really cheap packages with phone included.