New Posts For Thread: Sky Broadbandhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/23649346/sky-broadbandBeen with BT for years and the wirless router is first class. Never get disco'd.However, its pricey and was thinking of changing to Sky.Anybody got it and is it any good?I personally think any poker player who switches for the price reason is utterly mentalGood point!https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/23649346/sky-broadband?post_id=423851670#423851670I personally think any poker player who switches for the price reason is utterly mentalGood point!Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:00:46 -0600I have been with blueyonder/NTL/Virginmedia through all the takeovers for the past 8 years.I cannot recommend them highly enough.You get what you pay for in this day and age.Sadly it breaks my heart that I am now lining that**o Branson`s pocket... buhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/23649346/sky-broadband?post_id=423851646#423851646I have been with blueyonder/NTL/Virginmedia through all the takeovers for the past 8 years.I cannot recommend them highly enough.You get what you pay for in this day and age.Sadly it breaks my heart that I am now lining that**o Branson`s pocket... buFri, 13 Nov 2009 17:45:53 -0600Oh, to the OP, I have Sky and never had a problem with it. Though I agree that if you play poker and have a great connection, it just isn't worth the risk changing it for a slightly cheaper one. You could end up with a pile of dog poo that disconnecthttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/23649346/sky-broadband?post_id=423851642#423851642Oh, to the OP, I have Sky and never had a problem with it. Though I agree that if you play poker and have a great connection, it just isn't worth the risk changing it for a slightly cheaper one. You could end up with a pile of dog poo that disconnectFri, 13 Nov 2009 17:38:09 -0600I pay for the BT top package and touch wood have had no problems at all.I was with AOHELL for years and their service detiorated to the point of being unusable and I have never regretted switching.I personally think any poker player who switches forhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/23649346/sky-broadband?post_id=423851638#423851638I pay for the BT top package and touch wood have had no problems at all.I was with AOHELL for years and their service detiorated to the point of being unusable and I have never regretted switching.I personally think any poker player who switches forFri, 13 Nov 2009 17:14:28 -0600on sky and is nearly unusable at peak timesgoing back to virgin in 5 dayshttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/23649346/sky-broadband?post_id=423851634#423851634on sky and is nearly unusable at peak timesgoing back to virgin in 5 daysFri, 13 Nov 2009 17:00:57 -0600Bring on the yogurt pots please lolol.Yeah still in retirement. Not played for about 4 months now. Not missing it all and don't think I'll ever play like before again. Will still go to any meetups I can though, always enjoyed them despite usuall feelhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/23649346/sky-broadband?post_id=423851630#423851630Bring on the yogurt pots please lolol.Yeah still in retirement. Not played for about 4 months now. Not missing it all and don't think I'll ever play like before again. Will still go to any meetups I can though, always enjoyed them despite usuall feelFri, 13 Nov 2009 16:58:20 -0600thx. I think it was interleaving that was the continuity/volume priority thing. could be wrong though.https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/23649346/sky-broadband?post_id=423851626#423851626thx. I think it was interleaving that was the continuity/volume priority thing. could be wrong though.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:49:10 -0600At peak times, a lot of ISPs will cap the download speeds of the heavy users. This is bandwidth throttling and is due to traffic shaping.Contention ratio is also important as it refers to the number of other users sharing your connection.https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/23649346/sky-broadband?post_id=423851622#423851622At peak times, a lot of ISPs will cap the download speeds of the heavy users. This is bandwidth throttling and is due to traffic shaping.Contention ratio is also important as it refers to the number of other users sharing your connection.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:30:39 -0600what is traffic shaping, is that the volume/continuity thing.https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/23649346/sky-broadband?post_id=423851618#423851618what is traffic shaping, is that the volume/continuity thing.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:23:08 -0600PS the most common thing is to change the channel on your wireless modem. since they all come preset to the same one, you are basically interfering with all your neighbours. next was to do with how the data is carried, ie volume or continuity prihttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/23649346/sky-broadband?post_id=423851614#423851614PS the most common thing is to change the channel on your wireless modem. since they all come preset to the same one, you are basically interfering with all your neighbours. next was to do with how the data is carried, ie volume or continuity priFri, 13 Nov 2009 16:21:45 -0600