sky vs BT infinity

[Guy]

so erm... my broadband is pants at the moment and i am paying a lot for it as I am on an old contract with BT that I haven't bothered to change

Sky have recently pulled their fingers out of their arseholes and been enabled on my local exchange... if I moved to sky I would save in the region of £40/month

now... BT FTTC (which i understand is infinity broadband in laymans terms) is being enabled at the end of march (it was end of sep, then end dec so it is being constantly pushed back).. this would give me at a guesstimate about 40mb - a significant increase from my measly 1.5max which I am getting now

BUT - here is the question - if I was with sky would I benefit from FTTC implementation... ie. would the increase in speed to the cabinet and lack of data loss benefit me even if I was with sky (who offer up to 20mb speeds - which would be plenty) and not signed up to bt infinity??

OR - is it worth holding out for BT infinity?

i have very little option in the way of other service providers and the sky option is the one that will save me most money in the long run so i might be stuck with skys terrific customer service etc but I will just have to live with that

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/THEV

[Ninja]

Have you checked your line speed with Sky?

For 7.50 per month, Sky unlimited is awesome.

If you're after fiberoptic then you can always go with Sky and wait.

Sky are trialling FTTC (fiber to the curb/cabinet)

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/sky-begin-fttc-trial-397.html

[Guy]

Have you checked your line speed with Sky?

For 7.50 per month, Sky unlimited is awesome.

If you're after fiberoptic then you can always go with Sky and wait.

Sky are trialling FTTC (fiber to the curb)

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/news/sky-begin-fttc-trial-397.html

yes this is the result - Estimated Access Line Speed: 0.3Mbps - 1.5Mbps

which is why I am asking whether FTTC (fibre to the cabinet) will benefit me if I am with sky when it is implemented by BT

My usage is such that I do not need more than 2gb at the moment so the £7.50 is money I can save

[Ninja]

What you've got there is your EALS (Estimated access line speed)

You ideally need to know your MALS.

It's best to ring and ask what your MALS is.

Missread your post.. Sorry. it most likely will not benefit you with Sky, as this is good old ADSL.

[Guy]

What you've got there is your EALS (Estimated access line speed)

You ideally need to know your MALS.

It's best to ring and ask what your MALS is.

Missread your post.. Sorry. it most likely will not benefit you with Sky, as this is good old ADSL.

MALS? 

[Guy]

What you've got there is your EALS (Estimated access line speed)

You ideally need to know your MALS.

It's best to ring and ask what your MALS is.

Missread your post.. Sorry. it most likely will not benefit you with Sky, as this is good old ADSL.

MALS? 

MALS? anyone? 

[Ninja]

Minimum access line speed. Sorry mate.

[damien010685]

Depends i mean if you are not using it for downloading then you wont need a Uber fast connection bud id suggest save your money and go with sky TBH  I use BT but thats only because no other company has there Equipment here.. I simply phoned up BT upgraded to HUb 3 and said i was going to leave to sky and they reduced me from£25 on tarriff 3 to £12.50 a mth with a 16mb connection so worth Haggling

[Ninja]

Sorry if i've not made MALS clear.

Example.

MALS - 4mbps

EALS - 6mbps - 12mps

So MALS is the speed you are promised, but you could get up to 12.

It's good because it stops the whole "you can get 100mbps!" when in reality you get 2mbps.

[Guy]

thank you.. i pretty much know that without FTTC my speed is going to be pretty dire... but I can live with that at such a cost saving

its paying through the nose for sh!te broadband speed that i can't stand!

i will only be using it for general surfing etc when at home