It's ages since I last contributed to the forum - probably an indication of reluctant satisfaction with my current ISP.
However, as money gets tighter, am considering all outgoings - and am considering "bundling" TV, calls and broadband to save some money.
Have Sky TV so considering their BB. Looking for some practical advise from current users. Hope the good peeps here can oblige.
(1) If I go with Sky BB must I use the router they provide - or can I use my current 2wire 2700 with my Sky user id and password.
(2) I guess that Sky BB is an LLU service - samknows indicates that it is for my exchange. There's lot of line loss between local exchange and me and on a good day I get an IP profile of 2000, but it can drop to 1500 (using a standard BT MaxADSL service from a 3rd party ISP). Will switching to an LLU service improve or reduce this ?
(3) The Sky ads all indicate that that PCs/laptops need to be connected to the router wirelessly. Am okay with that for most devices in house - but does the standard router have any standard ethernet connections ? (always like to have the backup option of direct connect if something goes wrong with wireless).
(4) How much admin control does a user have on the Sky router - would I be able to change WPA settings, lock down SSID broadcast, set up MAC filetering / blocking, etc ?
Hope someone out there can give some answers.
Cheers - TP
However, as money gets tighter, am considering all outgoings - and am considering "bundling" TV, calls and broadband to save some money.
Have Sky TV so considering their BB. Looking for some practical advise from current users. Hope the good peeps here can oblige.
(1) If I go with Sky BB must I use the router they provide - or can I use my current 2wire 2700 with my Sky user id and password.
(2) I guess that Sky BB is an LLU service - samknows indicates that it is for my exchange. There's lot of line loss between local exchange and me and on a good day I get an IP profile of 2000, but it can drop to 1500 (using a standard BT MaxADSL service from a 3rd party ISP). Will switching to an LLU service improve or reduce this ?
(3) The Sky ads all indicate that that PCs/laptops need to be connected to the router wirelessly. Am okay with that for most devices in house - but does the standard router have any standard ethernet connections ? (always like to have the backup option of direct connect if something goes wrong with wireless).
(4) How much admin control does a user have on the Sky router - would I be able to change WPA settings, lock down SSID broadcast, set up MAC filetering / blocking, etc ?
Hope someone out there can give some answers.
Cheers - TP