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Sky unbundles broadband network

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Posted 28th May 2009 at 11:06am by Oliver Folkard

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Broadband provider Sky has opted to unbundle its telephony lines, giving the operator full control of its network.

The move will mark the end of its relationship with BT, from which it currently rents its infrastructure.

According to the group, the change will give its customers greater value for money and enable Sky to offer new features and technological developments in the future.

In a written letter to users, the operator stated that the change would give it "end-to-end control" of broadband services, which it did not have when renting from another internet provider.

Sky also reassured customers that all of its Talk and Broadband subscriptions would be transferred to the new network automatically without major disruption.

Account details of existing subscribers will not change as a result of the unbundling.

The provider revealed in March as part of its results for the third quarter that its broadband subscriptions had risen to 2.085 million in the three-month period.

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1 comment

  • Tony Pomfret, 29th May 2009.

    I so hope this move will improve Sky's game-ping speeds. I'm an old fragger and play with a lot of other near decrepit gamers, we need all the help we can get!

    As much as I love Sky (I'm not kidding, I do!) their ADSL ping to UK servers must be the worst in Europe. I should see pings of < 26ms to hosts like Multiplay unfortunately, I can normaly double that while other players in locations like the Netherlands are close to it.

    Make an owd fragger happy Sky, improve your latency, help me win the odd game of UT3, please.

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