Sky Broadband.

rogieop

Heard a few people mention that sky are looking to roll out their broadband in the republic by the start of the new year.

Anybody know about this as im currently looking to get rid of my eircom landline/broadband.

Id prefer to get the Sky package as i already have tv with them.

Id be sick if i signed up to a 12 month contract with somebody else now and then sky came out a few months down the line.

demanufactured

rogieop wrote: »

Heard a few people mention that sky are looking to roll out their broadband in the republic by the start of the new year.

Anybody know about this as im currently looking to get rid of my eircom landline/broadband.

Id prefer to get the Sky package as i already have tv with them.

Id be sick if i signed up to a 12 month contract with somebody else now and then sky came out a few months down the line.

It is re sold. eircom adsl....in other words....****e!

bealtine

rogieop wrote: »

Heard a few people mention that sky are looking to roll out their broadband in the republic by the start of the new year.

Anybody know about this as im currently looking to get rid of my eircom landline/broadband.

Id prefer to get the Sky package as i already have tv with them.

Id be sick if i signed up to a 12 month contract with somebody else now and then sky came out a few months down the line.

umm it's still DSL so you need a phoneline and will only be available from 80+ exchanges so won't be available in the vast majority of Ireland.

rogieop

not really sure what dsl is but kind of get the idea. basically sky's broadband will be ****e and ill still need a phone line?

Ill look elsewhere so. any suggestions for good wireless broadband? not NTL?

gflann

bealtine wrote: »

umm it's still DSL so you need a phoneline and will only be available from 80+ exchanges so won't be available in the vast majority of Ireland.

How do we know what exchanges it will be available from?
I am at the end of my Eircom contract, but I am holding out for Sky BB, might as well just head off to VF if the exchange isn't going to be covered.

bealtine

gflann wrote: »

How do we know what exchanges it will be available from?
I am at the end of my Eircom contract, but I am holding out for Sky BB, might as well just head off to VF if the exchange isn't going to be covered.

You don't know, only eircom and BT know which exchanges are unbundled and they like to keep it a big secret. Most of these unbundled exchanges are in urban areas anyway. In the rest of the country (the other 1120 exchanges) Sky will be exactly like Voda and use eircom's bitstream product.
Perhaps IrelandOffline might have more information...

An awful lot of people are expecting something different from Sky but it's just more of the same. What you get now is exactly the same as what you will get from Sky.

gflann

Cheers.
To be honest what Sky will offer will be much better than what Eircom off.
I am getting 7mb BB for €62 a month at the moment, it's bundled with all calls etc etc, but I don't have or want a phone.
If Sky can bundle the TV and BB together, at a good price, I will jump at it.

bealtine

gflann wrote: »

Cheers.
To be honest what Sky will offer will be much better than what Eircom off.
I am getting 7mb BB for €62 a month at the moment, it's bundled with all calls etc etc, but I don't have or want a phone.
If Sky can bundle the TV and BB together, at a good price, I will jump at it.

If...

Remember the line rental and bitstream parts will be EXACTLY the same as what Vodafone offer currently so I for one do not expect an outbreak of competition of any sort as all the bitstream costs are fixed and cannot be varied.

Perhaps some competition will break out in LLU exchanges but that too looks unlikely.

I see IoffL listed the LLU exchanges on their website today:http://irelandoffline.org/2012/10/sky-broadband/

As I read it I can see that the unbundled exchanges are all in urban areas so country people can expect zero...

toby2111

Any word when Sky BB is actually going to be launched?

CLARiiON

toby2111 wrote: »

Any word when Sky BB is actually going to be launched?

January I heard today

Jimjay

Some sky employees in Ireland have the broadband and are testing it. They are still fitting out their offices in Dublin and from what I have heard are still working on pricing. I have been told by one of the managers that is moving from Scotland offices to Dublin that they are tying to set their broadband prices on par with those in the uk. If this is true it should set of a pricing war over night. Last I heard the broadband would be rolled out before Xmas, but I think that might be a bit optimistic although they only tend to confirm to us (installers) a couple of days before a new release.

northeast2012

Jimjay wrote: »

Some sky employees in Ireland have the broadband and are testing it. They are still fitting out their offices in Dublin and from what I have heard are still working on pricing. I have been told by one of the managers that is moving from Scotland offices to Dublin that they are tying to set their broadband prices on par with those in the uk. If this is true it should set of a pricing war over night. Last I heard the broadband would be rolled out before Xmas, but I think that might be a bit optimistic although they only tend to confirm to us (installers) a couple of days before a new release.

i queried this with sky and got this back

"Broadband is currently being trialled in Ireland and is expected to be available by the middle of next year."

is this being timed to be launched just after eircom launch FTTC?

months away yet!

Headshot

Win win for eircom unfortunately

toby2111

Ah crap!My contract is up with Eircom and Sky next month,was hoping to get a good value bundle from Sky for all 3 services.I'll have to bargain(threaten to leave) with Sky and I'll prob switch to Vodafone for phone and broadband now.This Sky broadband thing will drag on and on......

Rantandrave

I got a mail from them today to say its coming soon..

Skyireland.ie/registerme

gflann

They rang me from the UK on Monday, to offer me movies and sports for Xmas.
I asked them about the BB, and they said it will be released before the turn of the year.

firestarter51

i did a quick google search and sky are using bt as a partner, they only have plans for certain areas

http://irelandoffline.org/2012/10/sky-broadband/

i got a letter from them last week telling me about it, but it looks like it will be the same old internet we are used to, i can only get a speed of 2.54 mbs here.

jimmycrackcorm

Ordered the sky wireless adapter today and the agent told me that they would be doing their broadband packages in the next two weeks. He asked me if I'd be interested. I told him that bit would be unlikely as I have UPC.

He still wanted me to confirm interest. But seriously why would anyone change from UPC broadband to a dsl package??

gflann

firestarter51 wrote: »

i did a quick google search and sky are using bt as a partner, they only have plans for certain areas

http://irelandoffline.org/2012/10/sky-broadband/

i got a letter from them last week telling me about it, but it looks like it will be the same old internet we are used to, i can only get a speed of 2.54 mbs here.

Totally understood.
I live in Rural area, and can only get 7mb broadband, but am paying through the nose for that with Eircom. So I will be quite happy to move to Sky, and hopefully get a package to include my TV package, which I already have.

long_b

gflann wrote: »

Totally understood.
I live in Rural area, and can only get 7mb broadband, .

That's not rural mate

toby2111

Was talking to a Cork Sky rep on phone today,said broadband will be launched before the end of the year.He didn't have pricing details.The wait continues......

Therowan

Eircom is such crap - I treated myself to 3G mobile wifi - cost about €80.00 but good value for me - I live back of beyond terrible reception but this little gadget works wonders, about the size of a mouse - can even have my laptop and ipad on at the same time!

Shyboy

Been reading some posts on the Sky forum which suggest that Sky are delaying the launch of Talk & Broadband in ROI until the New Year? Anyone else hear that, hope it's not true??:(

Fresh Pots

Shyboy wrote: »

Been reading some posts on the Sky forum which suggest that Sky are delaying the launch of Talk & Broadband in ROI until the New Year? Anyone else hear that, hope it's not true??:(

Got told by the door to door rep that it would be next year and that it will be on a phased basis with existing customers getting it first. Hopefully this a load of bull!

gflann

Looks like next year now for Sky BB & Talk.

Ah well off to Vodafone with me.

opinionated3

TheTechGuy wrote: »

Got told by the door to door rep that it would be next year and that it will be on a phased basis with existing customers getting it first. Hopefully this a load of bull!

Will a landline be required for this? Currently running wimax which is ok but have my tv with sky and if the deal was good i would swap to them. Also living in a rural area

kleefarr

IF they are partnering up with BT I will definitely look into it.
I was never happier with broadband service while with BT before they dumped the residential market.

Something to look forward to.

amdaley28

opinionated3 wrote: »

Will a landline be required for this? Currently running wimax which is ok but have my tv with sky and if the deal was good i would swap to them. Also living in a rural area

Sky are doing it through the phone line so you will need a land line.

Keithl2156

I have got a booklet from sky today in the post, inside it , it says Sky Broadband and calls are here! It's all yours register today. Go to: sky.ie/registerme. There is no such page, nothing about it on the site and it still says coming soon

dublinbusdude

Does anyone have a info price list on this?

Vico1612

dublinbusdude wrote: »

Does anyone have a info price list on this?

Prices haven't been released yet but some guys in the thread below got called by Sky and have it running now .
Think they're paying 17.50 per month
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056818913&page=12

Kingslea

Had an offer of broadband anytime and Antime + (phone) Broadband @€;10.00 per month and phone national and local calls anytime for €7.50 today. Has anyone else had the offer yet?
It is asdl but it's much cheaper than what I pay eircom.
Interested in any comments on it please?

naughto

your a bit late to the party but not to late.

more info and a LOT of reading here

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=82707568#post82707568

Kingslea

Thanks Naughto,

Hadn't seen that thread at all.

Doodleboppers

Hold on lads & ladies. We will be up & running very soon.

I have it & its flyin

I Love Sky

rogieop

looks like its pretty much rolled out now.

i rang up today, asked to cancel my movies(would have only saved €9 anyway), ended up getting them for free for 6 months plus 20% off my full package and signed up for the unlimited broadband and weekend and evenin g calls for €30. THen cancelled my setanta at €16.99 a month.

So basically i have everything i already had with sky/eircom minus the setanta which i dont think ive watched once in 2 years and ive saved about fifty odd quid a month. not bad going at all

Hopefully the sky broadband will run at a decent speed but it cant really be any worse than this can it?!

NightStrike

Let me know your speeds please Rogie

rogieop

NightStrike wrote: »

Let me know your speeds please Rogie

will do whe ni get it, whole changeover could take up to 14 days apparently.

Best username ever

rogieop wrote: »

will do whe ni get it, whole changeover could take up to 14 days apparently.

Sky broadband me arse, bloody eircom again, when is that company going to go to the wall?

Expect the usual rubbish speeds, can't imagine what you're are supposed to do with a 2gb allowance on sky demand?!?

naughto

Best username ever wrote: »

Sky broadband me arse, bloody eircom again, when is that company going to go to the wall?

Expect the usual rubbish speeds, can't imagine what you're are supposed to do with a 2gb allowance on sky demand?!?

change the unlimeted downloads

Best username ever

naughto wrote: »

change the unlimeted downloads

And pay ridiculous money for it?

Kristopherus

Best username ever wrote: »

And pay ridiculous money for it?

Is it not only €7.50 extra. And a higher mbps than meanie Eircon. No brainer. Can't fathom why you don't believe that:(

Best username ever

Kristopherus wrote: »

Is it not only €7.50 extra. And a higher mbps than meanie Eircon. No brainer. Can't fathom why you don't believe that:(

Because its eircom you're getting relabelled as sky.

Kristopherus

Best username ever wrote: »

Because its eircom you're getting relabelled as sky.

That dose'nt mean it will be worse than Eircon. Most people are posting an increase from what their previous provider gave them. If the cable can take it, Sky will provide it as near as they can. Eventually it will show up Eircon for what they are - money-grabbing ba***rds:(

rogieop

Up and running as and from today.

Speeds are still horrendous,



At least its cheaper than eircom, keeps all my sky/phone/tv bills together and i can use on demand.

Hopefully as they get more and more of the market the speeds will improve.

bealtine

rogieop wrote: »

Speeds are still horrendous,


Hopefully as they get more and more of the market the speeds will improve.

Not a hope in hell of that happening in the foreseeable future, what you have now is what you get, end of story...unless eircom find a line fault.

Perhaps when eircom eventually rollout their VDSL "solution" you'll get better speeds.

After-all what you are getting is just resold eircom broadband...and sky have no magic bullet to solve problems with eircom lines or exchanges.

amdaley28

bealtine wrote: »

Not a hope in hell of that happening in the foreseeable future, what you have now is what you get, end of story...unless eircom find a line fault.

Perhaps when eircom eventually rollout their VDSL "solution" you'll get better speeds.

After-all what you are getting is just resold eircom broadband...and sky have no magic bullet to solve problems with eircom lines or exchanges.

Maybe so, all I can say is that my broadband is faster than anything I've ever
had from Eircon, Bt or Vodafone so they must be doing something different ?

AidenL

I'm getting erratic speeds too, slower than Vodafone used be in general sadly.



and a few minutes later........

bealtine

amdaley28 wrote: »

Maybe so, all I can say is that my broadband is faster than anything I've ever
had from Eircon, Bt or Vodafone so they must be doing something different ?

not a damn thing...it's exactly the same bitstream broadband (unless you are in an LLU exchange and then maybe there may be some difference)

spider_pig

Anyone have issues playing YouTube videos on a mobile phone with sky broadband
it's just buffering and does not play at all on any mobile in the house
It plays grand on the laptop tho
I'm using iPhone other half Sony Ericsson android and both same issues
Plays grand without wifi
We only got activated today with sky if that' makes a difference

notahappycamper

spider_pig wrote: »

Anyone have issues playing YouTube videos on a mobile phone with sky broadband
it's just buffering and does not play at all on any mobile in the house
It plays grand on the laptop tho
I'm using iPhone other half Sony Ericsson android and both same issues
Plays grand without wifi
We only got activated today with sky if that' makes a difference

Same here.