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Old 22-01-07, 01:15 PM   #31
 
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Re: Previous ISP - Before and after joining Sky Broadband

ISP - IdNet
Speed - upto 8Mbps (1.5Mbps actual)
Monthly cost - £17.99 for 2Gb
Sky Package - Max
Speed - 1.5Mbps
Quality of service compared to previous - Initially VERY poor but now OK

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Old 22-01-07, 01:32 PM   #32
 
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Re: Previous ISP - Before and after joining Sky Broadband

ISP - Wanadoo/Orange
Speed - 2 Mb
Monthly cost - £27.99
Sky Package - Connect
Speed - ~6.5 Mbps
Quality of service compared to previous - Much Better
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Old 22-01-07, 01:49 PM   #33
 
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Re: Previous ISP - Before and after joining Sky Broadband

ISP - f2s
Speed - maxadsl synch 8 meg test speed 3-4 meg
Monthly cost - £19.99 (40G download/month)
Sky Package - Max
Speed - synch 8096 test speed 3meg
Quality of service compared to previous - only just moved so far so good

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Old 22-01-07, 03:48 PM   #34
 
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Re: Previous ISP - Before and after joining Sky Broadband

ISP - zen
Speed - 7.1
Monthly cost - £34.99
Sky Package - max
Speed - 5.2
Quality of service compared to previous - worse

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Old 22-01-07, 05:47 PM   #35
 
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Re: Previous ISP - Before and after joining Sky Broadband

ISP- orange
Speed- 2Mb
Monthly cost £17.99
sky package-mid
speed-8190kbps
quality of service-same

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Old 22-01-07, 06:19 PM   #36
 
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Re: Previous ISP - Before and after joining Sky Broadband

ISP - Plusnet
Speed - Up to 8mb - although only got 1mb max
Monthly cost - £21.99
Sky Package - Mid
Speed - 3.25Mb
Quality of service compared to previous - Overall better
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Old 22-01-07, 06:53 PM   #37
 
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ISP - ntl
Speed - 2MB
Monthly cost - £17.99
Sky Package - Base
Speed - 2MB
Quality of service compared to previous - Same
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Old 23-01-07, 08:59 AM   #38
 
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Re: Previous ISP - Before and after joining Sky Broadband

ISP - Freedom 2 Surf
Speed - 2Mb
Monthly cost - £14.99
Sky Package - Base
Speed - 2Mb
Quality of service compared to previous - Same

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Old 23-01-07, 12:56 PM   #39
 
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