[noise747]

Originally Posted by madnes

My opinion the sale of TalkTalk has been on the cards for while.

Have not noticed.

O2, Orange, Cable and Wireless re-sellers.Or Virgin Media / Small world cable. Still a few providers out their.

There is but for how long? Vodafone seems to be on the verge of talking over Cable and wireless so what will that do to small ISps that use the network?

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Source? Sky have some really good deals at the moment on Boadband and Talk packages.
They may opt run TalkTalk in the same way Bt and Plusnet operate.

Source is by looking at prices on Sky and prices on Talk Talk. but even then if I was made to choose even with Sky being more expensive I would still go with Sky.

OFT would become involved if that was the case.

We can only but hope

Why worry, you are with All pay broadband now. How are you getting on with them? Good speeds?

You never know what will happen in the future, I may decide at some point to go for fibre, I never said i would never go for fibre. I may go back to ADSl if the service I got don't suit, I may move somewhere that don't have All pay.

so far things are ok, most of the time I get around 4 to 5 megabits, I know it don't sound much, but it was better than what I was getting before and now I got rid of my home phone I am going to put it up to 10 megabits.

Fine for me, I don't need any more.

[gamercraig]

Originally Posted by Everything Goes

Are the people who are worried that Sky buying TalkTalk

1. Worried they will get a better ISP
2. Worried about increased costs
3. Worried about Murdcoh
4. Worried that their bill might be correct
5. Worried about getting though to better customer service department when they call
6. All of the above

I moved from BT to TalkTalk a while back since they installed their own equipment at my exchange and now pay less than I did to BT, get broadband 3x faster and have accurate bills. Still, everyone's a comedian on DS

[mersey70]

Even as a very happy Sky Broadband customer I hope they don't buy TalkTalk.

There has been a tremendous amount of consolidation within the ISP market over the last few years and this would reduce competition even further.

It wouldn't be good for the punter, in my opinion.

[neo_wales]

Talk Talk are an attractive package, the shares have climbed 40% since May and customer complaints to OFCOM have fallen by half in the last year.

[swedish cook]

Timing seems to coincide with the Youview launch, which will be the main route to market for those BT football rights. I wonder if Sky have seen some way to have more control of the situation by purchasing TalkTalk - since they are one of the Youview controlling stakeholders.

If BT start selling those matches on a per game basis on the Youview platform it could make things tricky for satellite as a route to market.

[AyeJay]

TalkTalk still own an IPTV network, I bet you Sky want this for customers who can't/won't get a dish.

Originally Posted by swedish cook

If BT start selling those matches on a per game basis on the Youview platform it could make things tricky for satellite as a route to market.

Surely it would be exactly like PremPlus, barring any Sky vs. BT spats.

[madnes]

Originally Posted by AyeJay

TalkTalk still own an IPTV network, I bet you Sky want this for customers who can't/won't get a dish.



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Good point.

[AyeJay]

TalkTalk are also a MVNO on Vodaphone, meaning Sky would become quad-play like Virgin.

It also gives Sky the TalkTalk name to use if CCTV win the NowTV copyright lawsuit.

[madnes]

Originally Posted by noise747

Have not noticed.

Just my observation.

Originally Posted by noise747

There is but for how long? Vodafone seems to be on the verge of talking over Cable and wireless so what will that do to small ISps that use the network?.

Wholesale - Alot of money to be made from that. TalkTalk re-sells there network. Why would Voda want to loose the extra income.

Originally Posted by noise747

Source is by looking at prices on Sky and prices on Talk Talk. but even then if I was made to choose even with Sky being more expensive I would still go with Sky.

Works out about £2.25 more a month on Sky, Excluding discounts etc.

Originally Posted by noise747

We can only but hope

I'm sure you will be happy.

Originally Posted by noise747

You never know what will happen in the future, I may decide at some point to go for fibre, I never said i would never go for fibre. I may go back to ADSl if the service I got don't suit, I may move somewhere that don't have All pay.

so far things are ok, most of the time I get around 4 to 5 megabits, I know it don't sound much, but it was better than what I was getting before and now I got rid of my home phone I am going to put it up to 10 megabits.

Fine for me, I don't need any more.

Hope it works out for you.

[noise747]

Originally Posted by madnes

Just my observation.

I see

Wholesale - Alot of money to be made from that. TalkTalk re-sells there network. Why would Voda want to loose the extra income.

Maybe, but you never know with Vodafone. again one of these things we have to wait and see.

Works out about £2.25 more a month on Sky, Excluding discounts etc.

Without Sky TV, with sky Tv it is cheaper, that is if you want Sky TV

I'm sure you will be happy.

Never can tell with Ofcom, one minute they are gutless and do nothing and then the next they shock me.

Hope it works out for you.

I can only but try, had a strange problem today, websites seemed slow so i done a speed test it was around 2 Mb/s, which did not please me and yet when I used netflix I was getting medium HD, so it must have been faster than 2 Mb/s.

Seems ok now, i will pop it up to ten next week I think.

[madnes]

Originally Posted by noise747

I see


Maybe, but you never know with Vodafone. again one of these things we have to wait and see.


Without Sky TV, with sky Tv it is cheaper, that is if you want Sky TV



Never can tell with Ofcom, one minute they are gutless and do nothing and then the next they shock me.



I can only but try, had a strange problem today, websites seemed slow so i done a speed test it was around 2 Mb/s, which did not please me and yet when I used netflix I was getting medium HD, so it must have been faster than 2 Mb/s.

Seems ok now, i will pop it up to ten next week I think.

TalkTalk mobile and Talkmobile (CPW) are virtual providers using the vode network. I see no reason why Voda would change any cable and wireless deals.

[AyeJay]

& Asda Mobile.

[madnes]

Originally Posted by AyeJay

& Asda Mobile.

Yeah, and a load more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...United_Kingdom

[joshua_welby]

Originally Posted by AyeJay

& Asda Mobile.

And BT Mobile

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by madnes

TalkTalk mobile and Talkmobile (CPW) are virtual providers using the vode network. I see no reason why Voda would change any cable and wireless deals.

Totally agree. Also Sky does not have to acquire TalkTalk if it is keen to have a mobile offer, whose subscriber base is not significant, It could easily set up its own operation ferom scratch.