Slider wrote:

> Is it possible to find out if there are plans for a particular exchange to
> be upgraded to LLU?  And if so, when the upgrade is due to take place?
> My parents (well mainly my dad) wants a laptop and wireless broadband.
> Usage will probably be approx 2 hours per day max.  They are also
> contemplating getting Sky digital tv,  so I recommended them getting the
> free 2mb broadband they offer with the Sky tv package.  Problem is, their
> exchange is not LLU enabled so they can only get the £17 pm Sky Connect
> package.  If their exchange is due to be upgraded soon I will recommend they
> hang fire and go for the Sky bundle.  If not, I will have to look around for
> a cheap broadband package for them.

Don't Sky also offer broadband over a BT line ?

Beware of LLU - it's caused havoc to many.

Graham

Eeyore wrote:
> Slider wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to find out if there are plans for a particular
>> exchange to be upgraded to LLU?  And if so, when the upgrade is
>> due to take place?
>> My parents (well mainly my dad) wants a laptop and wireless
>> broadband. Usage will probably be approx 2 hours per day max.
>> They are also contemplating getting Sky digital tv,  so I
>> recommended them getting the free 2mb broadband they offer with
>> the Sky tv package.  Problem is, their exchange is not LLU enabled
>> so they can only get the £17 pm Sky Connect package.  If their
>> exchange is due to be upgraded soon I will recommend they hang
>> fire and go for the Sky bundle.  If not, I will have to look
>> around for a cheap broadband package for them.
>
> Don't Sky also offer broadband over a BT line ?
>
> Beware of LLU - it's caused havoc to many.
>

Yes they do but they are lower spec, download caps etc.  SKYs LLU is 
supposedly faster & has a 'unlimited' cap.

Don't be so twitchy about LLU services as nowadays once you get your MAC it 
is just as easy to migrate.  The ease of getting your MAC will depend 
entirely on your service provider, not whether your service is LLU or not.

kraftee wrote:

> Eeyore wrote:
> > Slider wrote:
> >
> >> Is it possible to find out if there are plans for a particular
> >> exchange to be upgraded to LLU?  And if so, when the upgrade is
> >> due to take place?
> >> My parents (well mainly my dad) wants a laptop and wireless
> >> broadband. Usage will probably be approx 2 hours per day max.
> >> They are also contemplating getting Sky digital tv,  so I
> >> recommended them getting the free 2mb broadband they offer with
> >> the Sky tv package.  Problem is, their exchange is not LLU enabled
> >> so they can only get the £17 pm Sky Connect package.  If their
> >> exchange is due to be upgraded soon I will recommend they hang
> >> fire and go for the Sky bundle.  If not, I will have to look
> >> around for a cheap broadband package for them.
> >
> > Don't Sky also offer broadband over a BT line ?
> >
> > Beware of LLU - it's caused havoc to many.
>
> Yes they do but they are lower spec, download caps etc.  SKYs LLU is
> supposedly faster & has a 'unlimited' cap.
>
> Don't be so twitchy about LLU services as nowadays once you get your MAC it
> is just as easy to migrate.  The ease of getting your MAC will depend
> entirely on your service provider, not whether your service is LLU or not.

I was thinking of a certain LLU provider recently advertised here who gave my
neighbour 2 months of hell with intermittent service on both the phone and
broadband.

Graham

Eeyore wrote:
> kraftee wrote:
>
>> Eeyore wrote:
>>> Slider wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is it possible to find out if there are plans for a particular
>>>> exchange to be upgraded to LLU?  And if so, when the upgrade is
>>>> due to take place?
>>>> My parents (well mainly my dad) wants a laptop and wireless
>>>> broadband. Usage will probably be approx 2 hours per day max.
>>>> They are also contemplating getting Sky digital tv,  so I
>>>> recommended them getting the free 2mb broadband they offer with
>>>> the Sky tv package.  Problem is, their exchange is not LLU
>>>> enabled so they can only get the £17 pm Sky Connect package.  If
>>>> their exchange is due to be upgraded soon I will recommend they
>>>> hang fire and go for the Sky bundle.  If not, I will have to look
>>>> around for a cheap broadband package for them.
>>>
>>> Don't Sky also offer broadband over a BT line ?
>>>
>>> Beware of LLU - it's caused havoc to many.
>>
>> Yes they do but they are lower spec, download caps etc.  SKYs LLU
>> is supposedly faster & has a 'unlimited' cap.
>>
>> Don't be so twitchy about LLU services as nowadays once you get
>> your MAC it is just as easy to migrate.  The ease of getting your
>> MAC will depend entirely on your service provider, not whether
>> your service is LLU or not.
>
> I was thinking of a certain LLU provider recently advertised here
> who gave my neighbour 2 months of hell with intermittent service on
> both the phone and broadband.
>
> Graham

One bad experience can never be reprentative of the whole industry, 
especially after the changes impossed by the regulatory body.

"Eeyore"  wrote in message 
news:48C10833.1B8EBD6E@hotmail.com...
>
> I was thinking of a certain LLU provider recently advertised here who gave 
> my
> neighbour 2 months of hell with intermittent service on both the phone and
> broadband.
>
> Graham
>
>

That call all be just Talk Talk :-)