The sorry state of Sky Anytime

[Deleted User] · 30/07/12 - 14:09

Just cant believe how bad anytime is getting, my content consists of just over a page and is full of skystore and 3D stuff, I think there is only actually 2 programs I could actually watch if I wanted to.

Such a shame that sky are running down this service clearly in favour of people who subscribe to sky broadband and can get anytime +

Kingsd316 · 30/07/12 - 14:11

All ISP's can get Sky anytime Plus

THOMO · 30/07/12 - 14:15

geordielady wrote: »

Just cant believe how bad anytime is getting, my content consists of just over a page and is full of skystore and 3D stuff, I think there is only actually 2 programs I could actually watch if I wanted to.

Such a shame that sky are running down this service clearly in favour of people who subscribe to sky broadband and can get anytime +

You don't have to subscribe to Sky Broadband now to get Anytime+. You now can subscribe to other broadband providers to receive it as well.
Ian.

[Deleted User] · 30/07/12 - 14:20

So how can you get anytime + using say BT broadband. Does the skybox have a wireless feature?

Jaycee Dove · 30/07/12 - 14:24

Georgielady we have BT Broadband and have been getting Anytime + for months now. It was well covered on here that Sky opened it up as part of a deal to get BBC i player as it was a condition imposed by the beeb that it be accessible to all not just Sky BB customers. Though Sky had always said they intended to make it accessible to all.

You can buy a wireless add on from Sky but on the various threads on here discussing Anytime + since it was opened to BT and others there are various cheaper ways suggested.

We just use the basic wired connection from the Sky box to the BT Hub and it works fine.

Just watched something from the Alibi selection of programming on Anytime + this afternoon and it was playable within two or three seconds. HD movies work too but can take up to 5 minutes before you can watch on our BB which is around 6/7 mbs.

sodafountain · 30/07/12 - 14:24

You go onto the Sky website and activate Anytime+.

You then connect your box to your router, as you would have to do if you had a Sky router with Sky BB.

You can either hard wire it with an ethernet cable, use the Sky wireless adaptor (which is designed for total plug and play so anyone can use it), get your own wireless adaptor if you can set such things up (an Edimax is about £18 off Amazon, with 5 ports), or use sometihng like Homeplugs.

fmradiotuner1 · 30/07/12 - 14:24

geordielady wrote: »

So how can you get anytime + using say BT broadband. Does the skybox have a wireless feature?

yes you can buy a wifi stick I think for your box?

[Deleted User] · 30/07/12 - 14:30

geordielady wrote: »

Such a shame that sky are running down this service clearly in favour of people who subscribe to sky broadband and can get anytime +

Virgin Media here. Had Anytime+ for ages.

user123456789 · 30/07/12 - 14:30

fmradiotuner1 wrote: »

yes you can buy a wifi stick I think for your box?

You can't use a WiFi Stick (usually USB), you need a WiFi Access point that uses a short piece of Ethernet to connect to the Sky boxes Ethernet port. I use the Edimax mentioned above by sodafountain on one of my boxes and an Ethernet cable on the other.

Jaycee Dove · 30/07/12 - 14:33

Just to add that Sky appear to have stopped including HD versions of newly added programmes to Anytime + for some reason. There is a thread discussing this and Sky's strangely worded explanation and it makes it a bit of a problem at the moment if you have been using it to watch something that has always had every HD episode on Anytime + (as most major Sky channel series have done on Anytime + unlike the basic Anytime where they just pump out the first one or two then stop).

Hopefully it is just a temporary glitch.

big_hard_lad · 30/07/12 - 14:34

Geordielady.... maybe you should get your facts straight before going on one of your anti-Sky rants. As many others have pointed out, Anytime+ has been available to all broadband customers for a few months, and there is a facility for wireless access. You can buy the Sky wireless dongle, or you can seek a (cheaper) alternative...there is a long thread on these very forums discussing the merits of various alternatives.

Shadowlands · 30/07/12 - 14:48

I really wouldn't bother with the wireless Anytime+ box. I got one for free from Sky, but since upgrading to Sky fibre broadband, the wireless box will almost never find the wireless signal from the router (Even though the TV, the Apple TV, the PS3, the Xbox 360, my iPhone and my iPad which are all in the same area can..).

Ridiculous.

chenks · 30/07/12 - 14:48

big_hard_lad wrote: »

Geordielady.... maybe you should get your facts straight before going on one of your anti-Sky rants. As many others have pointed out, Anytime+ has been available to all broadband customers for a few months, and there is a facility for wireless access. You can buy the Sky wireless dongle, or you can seek a (cheaper) alternative...there is a long thread on these very forums discussing the merits of various alternatives.

it's obvious that she got bored in the "new epg" thread and has now decided to pick on something else to complain about - in her usual non-fact based way.

Andrue · 30/07/12 - 15:34

Perhaps they could give us back the disk space and just get rid of Anytime?

Caxton · 30/07/12 - 15:38

Andrue wrote: »

Perhaps they could give us back the disk space and just get rid of Anytime?

They cannot give it back it was never ever there for the user's own use

sodafountain · 30/07/12 - 15:38

Andrue wrote: »

Perhaps they could give us back the disk space and just get rid of Anytime?

Give BACK? That makes it sound like it was taken from you, and you want them to give it back, whereas it has never been your space to start with, so there is nothing to give back

user123456789 · 30/07/12 - 16:04

Andrue wrote: »

Perhaps they could give us back the disk space and just get rid of Anytime?

Rumours are that Sky are thinking about giving the space allocated to Anytime to the user, the issue holding things up seems to be if the user wants to re-enable Anytime and there is not enough free space. I have given some suggestions as to how to overcome this so hopefully they can implement this in the future

methodyguy · 30/07/12 - 16:17

Another Sky bashing thread from GL:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

arras · 30/07/12 - 16:39

Jaycee Dove wrote: »

Just watched something from the Alibi selection of programming on Anytime + this afternoon and it was playable within two or three seconds. HD movies work too but can take up to 5 minutes before you can watch on our BB which is around 6/7 mbs.

I'm on Sky Broadband Unlimited, getting 3.5MB on a wired connection (ethernet), with my HD movies taking over 3 hours. Could 3MB really take off 670%~ downloading time?

sodafountain · 30/07/12 - 16:48

arras wrote: »

I'm on Sky Broadband Unlimited, getting 3.5MB on a wired connection (ethernet), with my HD movies taking over 3 hours. Could 3MB really take off 670%~ downloading time?

Well, assuming it's a 90 minute film, taking 3 hours to download, if an extra 3MB of speed means it's now only taking 90 minutes to download, then yes, after 5 minutes, it will probably see that you are downloading just quick enough to watch.

arras · 30/07/12 - 17:16

sodafountain wrote: »

Well, assuming it's a 90 minute film, taking 3 hours to download, if an extra 3MB of speed means it's now only taking 90 minutes to download, then yes, after 5 minutes, it will probably see that you are downloading just quick enough to watch.

I just wish that were the case!

Ambassador · 30/07/12 - 20:32

I'm resorting to netflix at the moment and even the Playstation store because Anytime has been so dull of late.

[Deleted User] · 30/07/12 - 21:10

Jaycee Dove wrote: »

Georgielady we have BT Broadband and have been getting Anytime + for months now. It was well covered on here that Sky opened it up as part of a deal to get BBC i player as it was a condition imposed by the beeb that it be accessible to all not just Sky BB customers. Though Sky had always said they intended to make it accessible to all.

You can buy a wireless add on from Sky but on the various threads on here discussing Anytime + since it was opened to BT and others there are various cheaper ways suggested.

We just use the basic wired connection from the Sky box to the BT Hub and it works fine.

Just watched something from the Alibi selection of programming on Anytime + this afternoon and it was playable within two or three seconds. HD movies work too but can take up to 5 minutes before you can watch on our BB which is around 6/7 mbs.

So the only option is to pay sky for a wireless adapter or go back in time 5 years and start running cables around my house to get onlne. Its around 30 feet from my hub to my HD box, no way would I do that.
Even hand held games consoles and kindles have wireless as defualt, sky need to make that default in their boxes not expect people to pay extra or run cables around houses.
But this is still no excuse for sky running down the standard anytime service to force people into using anytime+

THOMO · 30/07/12 - 21:11

geordielady wrote: »

So the only option is to pay sky for a wireless adapter or go back in time 5 years and start running cables around my house to get onlne. Its around 30 feet from my hub to my HD box, no way would I do that.
Even hand held games consoles and kindles have wireless as defualt, sky need to make that default in their boxes not expect people to pay extra or run cables around houses.
But this is still no excuse for sky running down the standard anytime service to force people into using anytime+

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
Ian.

[Deleted User] · 30/07/12 - 21:12

So you'll be on the phone tomorrow wanting compensation I take it?

chenks · 30/07/12 - 21:17

alves wrote: »

So you'll be on the phone tomorrow wanting compensation I take it?

i'm still waiting to hear about what happened when the engineers visited her about all the problems her box had since it got the new EPG.

Hey there!

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