Best cheap broadband internet and TV deals
I’m looking around for the best broadband deals for daily internet access in London and I’m seriously considering SKY TV. Now SKY may not be the first company you would think of as an Internet Service Provider but I figured once they decide to add a service to their core satellite TV business they are going to make sure it becomes totally reliable and fast enough for dependable use. That’s how they’ve maintained their dominant position in the subscription TV business for decades. The trouble with smaller companies is that they can get bought out by larger ones and then you can end up stuck with a legacy service that is expensive and of poorer quality. That’s happened to me twice already, which is why I’m looking at SKY TV with broadband as a possibility, in particular the SKY MID product which should give speeds of up to 8Mb with a 40Gb monthly bandwidth cap for only £5 a month. For the amount of youTube, TED and BBC iPlayer content I watch online that should be plenty, I spend most of the day working with text and graphics (email, web and RSS tools) which hardly use any bandwidth at all by today’s criteria.
In fact I could probably get away with the free SKY BASE broadband, which is definitely the best broadband deal you can get, but for professional purposes a little bit of overkill is not a waste of money.
SKY plus
I’m going to order the SKY+ ( Sky plus ) box for a one-off charge of £99 so that I can play with the linked series recording, and take advantage of pause and rewind of live TV, which is something I used to enjoy in the old Homechoice days. I won’t bother with the HD though, because my old TV and eyesight aren’t up to it. You’d need one of those new widescreen plasma TVs to get the full advantage, and five point one speakers surrounding the living room for the dolby digital lol.
No, I’m turning the offer round and regarding the SKY TV service as coming free with the fast reliable broadband, rather than the other way around as advertised, but they amount to the same thing really, probably the best broadband deals for the UK currently.
March 18th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Hey I checked out the Sky offers at the moment but i was very disappointed that their package as you detail above added on and extra £17 per month for the Mid Broadband – it seems I live in the wrong area. So it seems there is little advantage in moving from my BT cheap broadband (Option 1) until the sky “network” is availbale and comes in at an affordable fiver a month (with tv extra)
March 18th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Sorry to hear you live in the wrong area Pasty Muncher, for most people the upgrade from 2Mb free Sky Base to the 8Mb Sky Mid is only £5 a month. The BT Option 1 package appears to be £18 a month for basic broadband only, which is still not really expensive.
March 18th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
What I don’t understand is why location makes a difference – I can get the best available speed – around 5mbs already Sky use the same copper wires don’t they – you have to continue to pay for bt line rental i think
March 18th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Yeah, you still have to pay a line rental to BT but think of the extra TV channels: TV Swede, News in Kernowek, Live premiership pasty baking, Clotted cream wrestling etc
March 18th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Swede TV? – 24/7 Abba videos – Noooooooooooooooooo
March 20th, 2008 at 7:12 am
These days many people suffering with the prices of TV rentals and broadband connections separately, first time I get shocked with the news and prices which you have published. These prices really feasible and I hope every one likes your plan.
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