Broadband

[crapmemory]

I am with BT and have a wireless home hub. The speed has always been slow even before I went wireless. I am thinking of changing to Sky. Has anyone got it and if so how good is it?

[Pigletion]

It's worth remembering that your speed decreases the further away from the exchange you get. Just in case it's a geographical issue not a BT one. You should be able to find out what the speed should be in your area, there are web sites about such things.

[crapmemory]

Yes done all that many times over the years but still no improvement. Have spoken to the techies MANY times but never really resolved it.

[catmando]

It might be an issue with the wiring in your home. If you have a modern-ish type phone connection, unscrew the wall plate where the phone line first enters the property and you should find a phone socket inside into which you can plug your home hub direct - thereby eliminating your home wiring completely. If performance improves (as mine did) get a techy to check your home wiring. In my case a fractured wire was found and bypassed giving some modest performance and considerable reliability improvement.
If (also like me) you're over c5 miles from phone exchange you will probably have to live with a slow B'band connection until BT upgrade your local exchange to new technology. Also, fyi I've given up on wifi and run a cable from the hub to my secondary pc in our spare bedroom. This made all the difference. Hope this helps. If not be assured you are not alone in living with frustratingly slow broadband but it is still better than dial-up.

[chazza]

We got sky broadband as we were offered it for free when we subscribed to sky+ and I've never had a problem with it. We use it wirelessly, because of the position of our sockets the hub sits downstairs and the PC is upstairs and it is really fast and reliable

[crapmemory]

Thanks for your replies. I have just had a call from Orange offering me FREE internet!!! Anyone got this one?