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Sky Broadband Reviews

10/10

Excellent ISP - 10 /10

Steve from Rochdale on 30 Sep, 2008
10/10
Price
10/10
Customer Service
10/10
Reliability
10/10
Speed

On sky-max package:-very,very reliable(never disconnects!)Fast(twice as fast as previous ISP)and cheap(half prce of previous ISP):-So far more reliable,twice as fast and 1/2 the cost so very happy with service!  


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1/10

Aweful Service and very Slow! - 1 /10

Sez from Central London on 16 Sep, 2008
1/10
Price
1/10
Customer Service
1/10
Reliability
1/10
Speed

I signed up to the Sky deal to get broadband and I have been on the phone every other day to Sky trying to get a connection. Simple things like opening email take over 15 minutes and usually time out. I am going to try and get out of the contract as paying...    read full review


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4/10

Good till the 12 months were u - 4 /10

notsodizzylizzy from Bicester on 28 Aug, 2008
10/10
Price
1/10
Customer Service
3/10
Reliability
3/10
Speed

Great deal £10 for max no prob till month 12,started with the (i) flashing orange and going off did the reset thing nothing so 8 phone calls later and back on line after going thou all the things they told me to do( on all 8 calls) lucky for me i got someone...    read full review


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10/10

Excellent service - 10 /10

Marshall from York on 28 Aug, 2008
10/10
Price
10/10
Customer Service
10/10
Reliability
10/10
Speed

Since being changed over from Sky Connect to Sky Mid my Broadband connection service has been operating very well indeed. I have no complaints at all and at £5 a month consider it to be excellent value for money.  


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2/10

Very poor !!! - 2 /10

Me from Newoprt South Wales on 28 Jul, 2008
10/10
Price
1/10
Customer Service
2/10
Reliability
1/10
Speed

Amazing value, pity the product is so poor. Supposed to be getting up to 8mb, at this moment am getting 0.2mb which in my eye's is unacceptable. Used to have to re-set the router, within 10 mins of use, every time I wished to use the internet a couple of...    read full review


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2/10

sky max - 2 /10

john murray on 10 Jun, 2008
UNRATED
Price
2/10
Customer Service
2/10
Reliability
2/10
Speed

I was tied into a 12 month contract with sky. took me two months to get connected and had problems every day. cost me over £30 in techical telephone calls at premium rate which they eventually gave me back by two months free chargeafter sendin recorded...    read full review


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8/10

getting better - 8 /10

phil on 04 May, 2008
UNRATED
Price
4/10
Customer Service
8/10
Reliability
8/10
Speed

have base package,3miles from exchange getting 1.8mb now ,used to only get 0.7mb .  


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10/10

sky all the way - 10 /10

nannydi on 28 Apr, 2008
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Price
10/10
Customer Service
10/10
Reliability
10/10
Speed

excellent isp, gone for up to 16mb and at mo am getting 6mb ( even though B says i can only get up to 2mg) had a problem with router replacement was sent out straight away, customer service A easy set up, highly recommend  


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2/10

shantanu - 2 /10

shnatanu on 24 Mar, 2008
UNRATED
Price
2/10
Customer Service
2/10
Reliability
2/10
Speed

had a broadband promising 16 mb getting 2-3 mb only called customer service had to call 7-8 times and kept on hold for hours before i had to just get it to be disconnected. worst experience till now  


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4/10

sky upgrade not noticeable - 4 /10

colin johnson on 03 Mar, 2008
UNRATED
Price
2/10
Customer Service
4/10
Reliability
4/10
Speed

upgraded my sky package to 16 mb but as yet cannot see a difference in speed etc.. tried to contact sky but get no joy. held in line on phone being charged for the priviledge. but hung up after ten minutes..  


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8/10

Review - 8 /10

Doug Jones on 11 Feb, 2008
UNRATED
Price
8/10
Customer Service
8/10
Reliability
8/10
Speed

Had the 8mb Mid package for the past 3 months, very pleased overall. Setup proceeded exactly as promised. Getting 4/6mb on average, have no adverse comments.  


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6/10

Sky the Limit - 6 /10

BID on 27 Jan, 2008
UNRATED
Price
8/10
Customer Service
6/10
Reliability
6/10
Speed

I've got sky broadbnad and i must say i'm very pleased.... excellent price and value and customer service is really good.....if you want TV, Phone and Broadband then go for Sky.... forget the rest!  


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8/10

very good - 8 /10

vic on 25 Jan, 2008
UNRATED
Price
4/10
Customer Service
8/10
Reliability
8/10
Speed

very good so far my speed is always around 8 to 10mbs, london  


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6/10

would not recommend - 6 /10

andy on 22 Jan, 2008
UNRATED
Price
2/10
Customer Service
4/10
Reliability
8/10
Speed

I would not recommend sky BB to anyone unless your only concern is cheap broadband. I am on 16mb have only ever got 12mb max which is not bad but what really annoys me is the speed can drop all the way down below dail up speeds on occasions then i have to...    read full review


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4/10

Sky Max - 4 /10

Les on 14 Jan, 2008
UNRATED
Price
2/10
Customer Service
2/10
Reliability
4/10
Speed

Basically its cack. I pay the £10 for max and i am going to downgrade cause its as slow as hell so there is no point in the extra tenner a month chasing promised speeds that never appear and it disconnects all the time during early evening use  


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2/10

Sky Max - 2 /10

Arthur on 14 Jan, 2008
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Price
2/10
Customer Service
2/10
Reliability
2/10
Speed

I live Half amile from exchange,I am supossed to get up to 16mbps download. I have never had above 2, most of the time below 1.when i turn it on it takes ages to connect to sky.com.All they tell me is to swich my modem and computer of & on.not good enoughnI...    read full review


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2/10

max - 2 /10

artine on 12 Jan, 2008
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Price
2/10
Customer Service
2/10
Reliability
2/10
Speed

£10 a month for up to 16Mbsyou get 1,5 if you are lucky  


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4/10

unreliable - 4 /10

AM on 29 Dec, 2007
UNRATED
Price
4/10
Customer Service
2/10
Reliability
6/10
Speed

Can not complain really,minor hitches experienced,unlike virgin media,speed .5 down, on a 2mb contract able to cancel at anytime.  


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2/10

Painful - 2 /10

Alan on 24 Dec, 2007
UNRATED
Price
2/10
Customer Service
2/10
Reliability
2/10
Speed

I'm surprised they can actually call them selves a broadband provider.  


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6/10

sky - 6 /10

phil on 20 Dec, 2007
UNRATED
Price
2/10
Customer Service
4/10
Reliability
4/10
Speed

only on base as miles from exchange .was of for 4 days due to exchange fault ,customer service could be better ,faster than dial up and as it is free cant be bad .average 1mbs on a good day up to 1.5mbs .  


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2/10

Awful! - 2 /10

GoodOmens on 07 Dec, 2007
UNRATED
Price
2/10
Customer Service
2/10
Reliability
2/10
Speed

Absoloutly terrible. The site never works. Email through them never works. You cannot recieve images in the email even! They offer you this great deal for broadband for £5 per month, then last minute tell you that you are in the wrong area and will ahve to...    read full review


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2/10

Very Disappointing - 2 /10

Alex on 07 Dec, 2007
UNRATED
Price
4/10
Customer Service
4/10
Reliability
2/10
Speed

I was attracted by the £10 deal for 16Mb, and dropped BT... how I regret that decision!!! The speed is terrible, I don't know how far I am from the exchange, but I have yet to record any speed higher than 620 kbps. Customer service listened but didn't really...    read full review


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2/10

shocking service - 2 /10

gazza on 06 Dec, 2007
UNRATED
Price
2/10
Customer Service
2/10
Reliability
2/10
Speed

can't wait till end of contract will not recommend to anybody. getting 0.1mbps since my new router arrived and i live 1.75km from the exchange! Customer "un"helpful desk is a waste of time & money  


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2/10

Dreadful - 2 /10

McD on 04 Dec, 2007
UNRATED
Price
2/10
Customer Service
2/10
Reliability
4/10
Speed

Dreadful, had it 2 weeks then told them to stick it and give me my MAC Code. It will be sent within the next day or so. 8 years of trouble free AOL service prior to Sky.  


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2/10

john - 2 /10

john on 02 Dec, 2007
UNRATED
Price
2/10
Customer Service
4/10
Reliability
2/10
Speed

waste of money, stay away. I receive less than 1mb and live 0.5km from exchange  


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8/10

Rodders - 8 /10

Rod Edwards on 02 Dec, 2007
UNRATED
Price
8/10
Customer Service
8/10
Reliability
8/10
Speed

Overall i find Sky to be excellent. Customer service is helpful, seems reliable so far and very pleased with speeds averaging 3-5mb on the mid range 8mb service as my exchange can only manage 5.5 max. Cheap and decent in my experience.  


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2/10

extremely poor - 2 /10

az00 on 27 Nov, 2007
UNRATED
Price
2/10
Customer Service
2/10
Reliability
2/10
Speed

paying for an 8mb connection and so far i have noit topped 1.5mb. Disgraceful.  


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2/10

pay for 8mb get 1.5mb - 2 /10

alan on 24 Nov, 2007
UNRATED
Price
2/10
Customer Service
2/10
Reliability
2/10
Speed

have increased to 8 from 2 paying extra 5 pounds for 1.5 mb speed, have phoned repeatedly but blame bt,rubbish had no problem with tiscali,sky should reimburse customers for service they cannot provide.  


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8/10

Sky Broadband Review - 8 /10

Kev on 18 Nov, 2007
UNRATED
Price
10/10
Customer Service
10/10
Reliability
8/10
Speed

I don't get my full 16Mb but cannot grumble @ £10 per month for a good stable 12.5Mb and no trouble (touch wood :P)  


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2/10

stay away from sky broadband - 2 /10

paul on 17 Nov, 2007
UNRATED
Price
4/10
Customer Service
2/10
Reliability
2/10
Speed

awful. 16mb connection runs at 1mb approx. and service connects approx 60% of the time. they dont return calls and they dont understand what youre ssying  


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2/10

very poor - 2 /10

ms MFEMFEM on 12 Nov, 2007
UNRATED
Price
2/10
Customer Service
2/10
Reliability
2/10
Speed

very poor all round, very hard to contact by phone. often slow and unreliable  


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8/10

Sky - 8 /10

Rudolf Gower on 06 Nov, 2007
UNRATED
Price
8/10
Customer Service
10/10
Reliability
10/10
Speed

Much Better Than AOL  


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8/10

Review - 8 /10

Paul John Speer on 04 Nov, 2007
UNRATED
Price
8/10
Customer Service
8/10
Reliability
8/10
Speed

It is better than BT i found  


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