PieFacE Posted August 28, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2014 Still in Worcester we can only get 15Mb down and 1Mb up. So jealous of y'all! Meant to be coming next month tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdomlahor Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) I was stuck with 2.5mb until a couple of months ago. We got upgraded to Sky Fibre Broadband, which i'm led to believe isn't fibre optic in it's truest form (more of a hybrid). But it's gone up to about 7.5mb-9mb so it's reasonable considering what i've had to put up with... Pretty infuriating that people barely a half a mile away can get 60-70mb though. Edited August 28, 2014 by adz.villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 28, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2014 Since I'm paying for 25 down/6 up, no basis for complaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) Edited August 28, 2014 by darrenm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted August 28, 2014 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2014 My Dad would batter yours though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Not bad. How long does it take for you to download the internet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post darrenm Posted August 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2014 Assuming the internet is 752.11Mb, 1 second. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 28, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2014 How in Bromsgrove? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 That is some commercial internet connection or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 That is some commercial internet connection or something? Nah you can't even get that with a commercial internet connection. My PC was connected to the same 1Gb switch as the speedtest server. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Just rang them they gave me £5 a month 38mb unlimited fibre, cheaper than anything I can find. Told them I was joining talk talk (I didn't really want to), and had costed it up exactly. One phone call saved me £210.So £20.40/month for an 18 month contract?How far did you have to push them? How cheeky did you need to get?I'm a bit bollocks at this haggling lark - it's all a bit Brian and the fake beard/gourd.I'm only looking to replace my standard unlimited broadband + anytime calls thing but if a couple of quid extra would get fibre then I might push the boat out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I looked on money saving expert for advice. Basically, when you ring Sky you get through to customer services who have no remit to give discounts. Tell them you want to cancel and they will put you onto a retention agent who can do deals and will ask you why you want to cancel etc. If you have competitors new customer offers to hand it helps you get a good discount. I'm moving house and told them I wanted to cancel everything and wanted to sacrifice the TV for fibre optic broadband from TalkTalk. I didn't even have to bargain she just straight up asked me what TalkTalk are offering (she clearly already knew) and bettered it to keep me with Sky for another 18 months. I tried getting more, but it was obvious that there was no more scope after that. I guess you have to sound convincing that you want to leave, but If you don't want to of course you make your excuses and end the call. I would imagine they have a good look at your account to see whether your worth giving discount to and to what level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 (edited) New internet get! But I did have to tell the BT guy I wanted pr0n. Edited September 10, 2014 by The_Rev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 10, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2014 Sky offer it now in my area I think. I need to haggle my TV package down first though as I'm back up to paying full price. Which is basically like buying a full price sofa from DFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I did have to tell the BT guy I wanted pr0n. Sky offer it now in my area I think. Snigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted September 10, 2014 Author VT Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2014 Sky offer it now in my area I think. I need to haggle my TV package down first though as I'm back up to paying full price. Which is basically like buying a full price sofa from DFS Don't everrrrr pay full price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Boom ....chew on that ................................................................................. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted September 10, 2014 Administrator Share Posted September 10, 2014 Boom ....chew on that ................................................................................. You should try turning it on.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Sooooo, my activation date was yesterday and Sky have no idea why it isn't working... Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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