Sky Broadband ups top speed of Max tier (UK)

[Pirate Neilsouth]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/a160745/sky-broadband-ups-top-speed-of-max-tier.html

Sky Broadband Mid will become Sky Broadband Everyday. It will continue to be offered for £5 on top of Sky Talk, but downstream speeds will now go up to 10Mbps instead of 8, and upstream speeds will go up to 600Kbps instead of 400. The usage cap will be reduced from 40GB to 10GB, a change that Sky said was "in line with what the vast majority of our customers actually use". The usage cap change will be made immediately for new customers, and from August 1 for existing ones. The security package will be available free of charge to new customers for three months.

Sky Broadband Max will become Sky Broadband Unlimited, still priced at £10 on top of Sky Talk. The top headline downstream speed offered on the package will increase from 16Mbps to up to 20Mbps, with upstream speeds boosted from up to 768Kbps to up to 1.3Mbps. There will continue to be no usage limit and the security package will be available for 12 months free of charge.

 

[mrgubby]

They're going from 8Mbps to 10Mbps but cutting the amount you can download from 40Gb to 10GB ?


So you can download 75% less 25% faster

 

[Merovingian]

Surely this only benefits the minority that actually achieve 8mbps(on their 8mbps line) in the first place!

 

[cannockwolf]

They're going from 8Mbps to 10Mbps but cutting the amount you can download from 40Gb to 10GB ?


So you can download 75% less 25% faster

:bonk:

 

[whitewash]

absolutely no advantage to the speed increases in an area where i dont get 8mb anyway. now the usage limit has dropped as well

 

[ClickClocks]

if you need speed cable is the way to go with UK lines system is unpreditable which speed are you going to get in you home

 

[Marcel]

absolutely no advantage to the speed increases in an area where i dont get 8mb anyway. now the usage limit has dropped as well

That about sums it up. They've introduced a restriction and dressed it up as an improvement.

 

[KayJay]

I'm going to wait and see how it performs before passing judgment on it. I'm a heavy user and I doubt I use 10gig of data transfer in a month. I'm only on my personal connection in the evenings.

 

[mikeward]

if you need speed cable is the way to go with UK lines system is unpreditable which speed are you going to get in you home

that why i been with cable wireless/ntl/virgin for aslong as i have as ADSL simply isnt good enough in out country to compete with proper broadband.

 

[whitewash]

I'm going to wait and see how it performs before passing judgment on it. I'm a heavy user and I doubt I use 10gig of data transfer in a month. I'm only on my personal connection in the evenings.

i dont think i do, but then i think if i download a few films or whatnot and bang im out of bandwidth. ive only got a few months left before i can quit sky if needs be anyway

 

[Oakey22]

my parents get the full 16mb at the moment so will see an improvement, only thing is they only use if for surfing since i moved out, so its a waste, i only get 4mb where i am so no increase for me but a decrease in the cap.