Will BT Internet or Sky let me cancel a new fibre-optic contract if the speeds are as low at 3mbps - 5mbps?

[stebburn]

no ..... they only give you the expected speed

speed is determined by a few factors ... one is the line ..get a line test done ..the provider will do this for you or get it done by an independent or speak to neighbours

secondly the distance you are from the exchange ....

my advise would be stay away from BT , they have a fair use policy , SKY does not

a fair use policy means during peak times the company will throttle you ie: reduce your bandwidth ...... i have been with every internet provider ..and none of them are as good as SKY

i run at full speed all day... everyday ..with the odd disconnection ( which is understandable )


EDIT : sorry tony mac information is wrong ....... in all small print there is a fair-use policy as i have mentioned above ... this in effect gives them reason NOT to give you what you are paying for at peak times, when you sign up for the service you are agreeing to these terms and conditions .... if you were to question the speeds , the service provider would try and improve the speeds .... but if you wished to cancel and it all went pear shaped , they could in essence pull your Internet traffic and if you have been downloading or streaming dubious content ( torrents , files hosts , illegal streams ) this would be enough to keep you quite ...YOU WOULD INCUR LARGE cancellation fee's at the very least



TRAFFIC SHAPING:

i would be dubious of BT's claims on this .... i myself download torrents and i know that bt throttle them ... i own 2 houses , and have a bt infinity connection in a house i rent out ...saying this , i have not checked the BT bandwidth in about 4 months ... 4 months ago , they throttled torrent traffic , which is a certain type of data transfer ( data packets and considered illegal ) ... going by the artical has this changed ? i don't know ...... all's i do know is , the fair use policy is how they get you to buy bigger tariffs ...generally BT own all the trunk lines and charge other providers to use them hence the need for a fair use policy as data transfer during peak times 10am -22:00pm bt charged a premium .... sky i think have created the own lines ...and recently the government broke the monopoly BT had on the exchanges ( line rentals etc etc ) ....when a company has a monopoly usually there not allowed to out shine the competitors for economic growth purposes .... in Ireland were i live our state electricity company is not allowed to sell electricity for cheaper than private companies .... the same rules have applied to BT in the past