Sky Broadband provides Sky Digital customers with Internet download speeds of up to 16Mbit/s (from Easynet enabled exchanges, by means of LLU), using ADSL and ADSL2+ technologies via an Openreach copper landline (often still referred to as a BT line).
Sky also introduced a free Broadband pack for its digital TV subscribers within its LLU coverage. This means anyone on Sky Digital can get Broadband (with a 2GB usage cap) for free, as long as they live in a covered area and pay the connection fees.
Alternative plans providing up to 8Mbit/s (Mid) or 16Mbit/s (Max) are also available. The Mid package has a 40GB usage cap, while the Max service is listed as unlimited, though does include a common 'fair use policy' (It should be noted that no-one has reported that they have broken this FUP, even Heavy Users who download around 500Gb/Month). Like the free (Base) service, Mid and Max are also only available to customers who are connected to an EasyNet enabled exchange.
For customers whose local exchange has not been Easynet enabled, the Connect service is available using the BT Wholesale network.
Sky broadband supply customers with one of two wireless adsl routers, either a Netgear DG934G-1SUKUKS or a Sagem F@st 2504 both of which look identical that they resemble a mini Sky HD box the only difference is that it says on the top of the box "Manufactured by Netgear/Sagam", both of in which the firmware has been modified to conceal the pre-loaded username and password. As such, they do not reveal such details and only allow connection to their service using the supplied router.
Until November 2007, Sky Broadband only provided the Netgear DG834GT with there own custom Firmware, this Firmware caused major issues to customers (Lack of Throughput, Poor WiFi, Crashes - Most of which caused by the 2 Year Old Linux Kernel), most users that had this Router have since flashed it to Official Netgear Firmware or Custom Firmware (I.e. UberGT)
Unlike many other ISP's, Sky currently do not offer a dial-up alternative connection, to their broadband serviceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Broadband
Sky Broadband
0 comments:
Post a Comment