Openreach (BT) has this morning confirmed that they've formally introduced their long-planned UK wide “stop sell” on sales of new Wholesale Line Rental (WL
It’s Sky profiteering. The whole reason Sky was supposed to justify being so expensive was because of the infrastructure cost, which was baked into the overall Sky TV price. Now they’re charging the same price but you also pay for the infrastructure for your internet, and also as you say it uses up bandwidth on your internet. At least with VOIP the use is more or less negligible, but HD video streaming uses a lot.
It’s Sky profiteering. The whole reason Sky was supposed to justify being so expensive was because of the infrastructure cost, which was baked into the overall Sky TV price. Now they’re charging the same price but you also pay for the infrastructure for your internet, and also as you say it uses up bandwidth on your internet. At least with VOIP the use is more or less negligible, but HD video streaming uses a lot.