Sky Broadband

Get super-fast broadband up to 40Mb, over 300 digital channels and free UK evening and weekend calls from just £17 a month. See, surf and speak with Sky.

All Sky broadband packages now include a free wireless router.

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Sky Broadband & TV - £17

Free wireless router, 1 TV mix, UK evening & weekend calls

Up to 2Mb - only £17.00

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Sky Broadband & TV - £27

Free wireless router, calls, Sky TV box & 6 entertainment mixes

Up to 8Mb - only £27.00

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Sky Broadband & TV - £47

Free wireless router, 6 TV mixes, sports mix & movies mix, free off-peak calls

Up to 2Mb - only £47.00

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Sky Broadband Mid

Free wireless router & free security suite

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up to 8Mb 40Gb 12 months £5.00
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Sky Broadband Max

Free wireless router & security suite. Truly unlimited broadband - NO fair use policy

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up to 16Mb Unlimited 12 months £10.00
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Sky Broadband & TV - £17

Free wireless router, 1 TV mix, UK evening & weekend calls

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up to 2Mb 2Gb 12 months £17.00
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Sky Broadband & TV - £22

Free wireless router, 6 TV mixes, UK evening & weekend calls

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up to 2Mb 2Gb 12 months £22.00
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Sky Broadband & TV - £27

Free wireless router, calls, Sky TV box & 6 entertainment mixes

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up to 8Mb 40Gb 12 months £27.00
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Sky Broadband & TV - £36

Free wireless router, 4 Entertainment & 1 Premium TV mixes, UK evening & weekend calls

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up to 2Mb 2Gb 12 months £36.00
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Sky Broadband & TV - £47

Free wireless router, 6 TV mixes, sports mix & movies mix, free off-peak calls

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up to 2Mb 2Gb 12 months £47.00
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Sky awards

  • Award uSwitch 2007 Best Value for Money

    uSwitch 2007 Best Value for Money

    Sky's broadband, home phone and digital TV packages have been recognised as offering top value for money.

  • Award uSwitch 2007 Best for Ensuring Customers are on the Best Deal

    uSwitch 2007 Best for Ensuring Customers are on the Best Deal

    Finding the package to suit your needs can be extremely difficult, Sky have shown that they can help out in this department.

  • Award uSwitch 2007 Most Likely to be Recommnded

    uSwitch 2007 Most Recommended

    Sky join PlusNet as winners of this award, showing that word-of-mouth is driving broadband for Sky.

Sky features

Services

Services

  • Fair usage policy
  • Support
  • Calls
  • ADSL broadband
  • Security package
  • Mac compatible
  • Home broadband
  • Free wireless router
  • Email
  • Digital TV
Company history

Company history

Sky Broadband is part of British Sky Broadband (BSkyB), a company which was formed when Sky Television and BSB merged in 1990. Sky Television pioneered satellite television with their revolutionary Astra satellite and BSB provided similar services to customers in the UK.

Though the company was primarily recognised as a satellite, and subsequently digital, television provider they are now extending into providing broadband services. In 2005, BSkyB took over the ISP Easynet, an active broadband provider across Europe.

It was this move which prompted CEO Rupert Murdoch to develop Sky Broadband. Sky Broadband’s popularity is the result of the great deals which they offer combining broadband services with digital television. Sky Broadband’s slogan ‘Go faster, do more’ shows their commitment to efficiency and development, in both the company and its customers.

Customer service

Customer service

Sky’s reputation as a quality service provider is firmly reflected in their customer support, with knowledgeable and helpful staff on hand to assist with any queries regarding their broadband service.

Lines are open 7am-11pm, 7days a week with calls charged at a local rate. Alternatively, for virtual assistance, the online ‘Ask Sky Box’ allows you to type in your query and receive a response without even picking up the phone.

Equipment

Equipment

All packages come with a free Sky Broadband Box–a wireless router to you and me - which means you can surf the net throughout your home. On top of that, the Sky installation pack also includes three free microfilters, and all the necessary wires and plugs.

A ‘Get Set’ CD is included with all packages for easy set-up, however a Sky engineer is available for a professional home installation service from just £50.

Software features

Software features

McAfee Internet Security Suite is provided with a 12 months’ free subscription (usually £49.99) with all Sky broadband packages. Having the latest in security software means your computer will be protected from online viruses, spam, spyware, and hackers, so you can surf the web with confidence. The security software also receives constant information on new threats, scams and viruses. For ultimate peace of mind, McAfee’s child-friendly filters also protect the little ones when they are online.

Email features

Email features

Sky offer a generous ten email addresses to share with your family in the home, with 200Mb of storage for all those messages, documents and pictures. You will also receive access to Sky’s unique photo website for uploading and saving galleries of high-resolution images.

Transferring to a Sky email account is also made easy through their Contacts Copier, allowing you to copy all of your information to an address book for easy access from your email account.

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Customer reviews

  • Would love to be able to join sky broardband. But cant afford to pay £17 a Month Plus £50 set up fee. Why cant we recieve the Cheeper deals!!!!

    starstarstar Hannah , 05th October 2008
  • Ignoring the fact that Sky wouldn't let me use my own router, their service is fantastic, no complaints at all!!!

    starstarstarstarstar John, 24th August 2008
  • Sky is not everything it appears to be. We have Sky TV so our monthly bill for broadband should be £5.00 for an 8Mb package, but after 2 years we are still paying £17.00. The excuse from Sky is that the excahnge has not been updated - so before you buy from Sky I would check this out - otherwise Sky broadband is great.

    starstarstar jim bennett, 10th August 2008
  • Sky broadband is the worst ever, you get what you pay for and when it's cheap it's bad. It never stays connected for long and when you speak to someone it's hard to understand what they are saying, as you are speaking to someone in some cheap call centre in another country.

    star teena bush, 21th July 2008
  • Absolute rubbish... I'm paying for 8Mb and I'm getting nearer 0.5M... I'm not happy and will be changing ASAP!!!!

    star andrew day, 04th July 2008
  • I have the Max package and have found it excellent... I dont see why people have a problem with it.

    starstarstarstar Kris, 13th June 2008
  • Two more weeks to go. Never again will I become a Sky customer.

    star Andrew Howarth (Cressington exchange), 12th May 2008
  • Not very good, customer service is very poor.

    starstar ffqedf, 28th February 2008
  • I left AOL after 4 years of excellent connection and upload speeds and regret it everytime I try to sign on. The service is slow and unreliable, customer care comes in the form of A, B & C. If your question does not fall into one of those three categories, expect little or no support.

    Overall I wish I had not signed up. My connection is 3-4Mb at best and I pay for 16 Mb. Not good, stay away and do your homework!!!!

    star Steve (Meadowfield exchange), 17th February 2008
  • Sky are good. Their customer service is 232nd to none.

    star noggin, 09th February 2008
  • I've been with Sky Broadband for a year now, and every little glitch and problem I've ever experience has been fixed inside a day. The customer support people are always happy to help and I've constantly had good service. I generally find that any problems that occur result from something that I've done. £10 a month (on top of my TV package) for 16Mb Broadband and a Free Router. Not bad...

    starstarstarstarstar Peter Mays (Bromley exchange), 08th January 2008
  • I have had my broadband with Sky for 2 months now and have to say it's appalling, my 16Mb is so slow that my dial-up is quicker . You are wasting your time complainig it will take at least 1 hour on the phone 7 departments before you get anything done. I would never recommend Sky.

    star Michelle leicester, 31th December 2007
  • At the moment my rating of Sky would be minus 8 as we have been waiting 8 weeks to get back on to the email service since the company decided to switch from one server to another. So far we have been unable to receive any explanation from the helpline as to why this should be. We have made 8/9 phone calls and written 2 letters but still received no satisfactory answer.

    star Mr A. Roberts (Chippenham exchange), 30th December 2007
  • I have found sky Internet to be excellent - untouchable to honest. People come to my house and are jealous of how fast my computer and internet is. I had 8Mb AOL before this and thought that was good, but it's not a mark on Virgin!

    I do have one discrepancy though and thats with the TV - I had the full package and the TV is bad, but the internet and phone more than make up for that.

    starstarstarstarstar Roberto, 13th December 2007
  • I was with Bulldog before and was paying for Sky TV, I'm now saving over £30 a month from switching to Sky's bundle package, and I even get around 12Mb per second!

    starstarstarstarstar Louse, 26th October 2007
  • Poor service. I'm paying for the 16MB service but receive 4MB even on a good day. Customer services are useless and never call you back. I guess you get what you pay for!

    star Michael (Four Oaks exchange), 22th October 2007
  • On Sky MAX (16mb unlimited) for £10 per month. Amazing speed and value for money when you consider competitors lousy offerings (previously with Namesco- great support but very bad vfm!). Have had no problems and no need to phone support. It just works!

    Absolutely the best out there at the moment if you have Sky tv and are in a Sky LLU area.

    starstarstarstarstar Steve, 07th October 2007
  • Brilliant second to none

    starstarstarstarstar Mick Williams (Newport exchange), 03rd September 2007
  • Lousy service, I have had Freeola for 5 years and they were brilliant. However, every time I try to get onto Sky at the weekend its a no go. I have had to complain constantly and by some miracle I am on tonight. I am completely frustrated with them.

    star Beverley (Canvey Island exchange), 22th August 2007
  • Their customer service team were really helpful when it came to choosing, and then installing Sky broadband. It all went as smooth as clockwork.

    Having ten emails is brilliant especially as my kids want to send messages to their friends too. Obviously Sky’s security software gives me peace of mind so I can let my children roam the internet without needing to interfere too much. It’s a shame the subscription is only for 12 months though as it would be good to have this as a permanent feature. I would certainly pay for extra software though for the security it brings. Overall I’m a happy customer!

    starstarstarstar Robert, 09th August 2007
  • Sky’s combination packages offer great value for money, I’m really happy with what’s included especially the free wireless router. I get bored easily if I sit at a desk so having the option to be mobile while I surf the net is a real plus–most of the time I sit with my laptop in front of Sky TV. I guess I’m a bit of a Sky couch potato! Would be brilliant if they could provide a virtual gym too!

    starstarstarstarstar Ryan, 09th August 2007
  • I’ve had Sky satellite TV for ages so it was easy to add on broadband as well. I now have their See Speak Surf package which means broadband is included–it’s nice to have everything taken care of with one monthly bill. The customer service team arranged for this to be set-up very quickly, and my installation pack came through in no time. All-in-all, I’m really pleased with Sky–they haven’t let the fact that they are a massive company stop them from having friendly customer support. Excellent service!

    starstarstarstarstar Tracy, 09th August 2007

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