Move FROM Sky to EE?

[Tpbg40]

Hello. New one here, I have what appears to be a great money saving offer to jump ship to EE from Sky. Full works TV plus broadband. I dont get more than 32mb into our house. Is this sufficient? Is the TV quality up to Sky standards,? So many things to consider. Any and all advice appreciated, getting call back tomorrow, thanks in advance 

[XRaySpeX]

@Tpbg40 : Do you have a landline?

What does BT Wholesale Broadband Availability Checker > Address Checker estimate for your address? Post the whole table, the text below it and the line above it, blanking out your address.

[Tpbg40]

Thanks, yes I have landline and want to retain

atured Products Downstream Line Rate(Mbps) Upstream Line Rate (Mbps) Downstream HandbackThreshold(Mbps) WBC FTTC Availability WBC SOGEA AvailabilityHigh Low High Low      VDSL Range A (Clean) 

VDSL Range B (Impacted) 

G.fast Range A (Clean) 

G.fast Range B (Impacted) 

40	30	6.7	4.3	27.4	Unavailable	Available
40	27.4	6.6	4.3	22.4	Unavailable	Available
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Featured Products Downstream Line Rate(Mbps) Upstream Line Rate (Mbps) Downstream Range (Mbps) Availability Date FTTP Install ProcessFTTP on Demand

330

50

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Available

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Other Offerings Availability DateVDSL Multicast

Available

Exchange Product Restrictions StatusFTTP Priority ExchangeWLR WithdrawalSOADSL Restriction

N

Y

N

FTTP is not available.

The exchange is not in a current fibre priority programme

As a WLR withdrawal exchange, product restrictions apply

SOADSL is not restricted at the exchange

For all ADSL and WBC Fibre to the Cabinet (VDSL or G.fast) services, the stable line rate will be determined during the first 10 days of service usage.

For all SOADSL services,the stable line rate will be determined during the first 10 days of service usage.

Actual speeds experienced by end users and quoted by CPs will be lower due to a number of factors within and external to BT's network, Communication Providers' networks and within customer premises.

In order to be eligible for handback, downstream speed should be less than Downstream Handback Threshold values.

If you decide to place an order for a WBC fibre product, an appointment may be required for an engineer to visit the end user's premises to supply the service

ADSL, ADSL2+ and SOADSL availability: If shown at FTTP or SOGEA premises,ADSL, ADSL2+ and SOADSL are not available to order due to WLR Withdrawal stop sell rules. CPs should order FTTP or SOGEA. Copper products are only available by exception.

Thank you for your interest

[XRaySpeX]

Yes, the most you can get is 40/6 Meg FTTC (VDSL2+) from any ISP.

What does BT Wholesale Broadband Availability Checker estimate for your landline no? Post the whole table, the text below it and the line above it, blanking out your phone no.. This time post it a an image (Camera icon above your text). It's so much clearer.

[Tpbg40]

Thanks again, would this impact on TV picture quality, potential buffering etc

Quality picture is something I don't want to compromise on.

Does anyone prefer EE TV over Sky, its the quality and potential difference that bothers me

[XRaySpeX]

Why should it? You'll be getting the same as you are now. There's no better BB available to you.

[Tpbg40]

Thanks I understand that. I think its more whether EE TV is likely to be a better option the Sky for picture quality. 

Thanks for your time and patience with my questions

[Richardr66]

Main thing worth doing is checking whether all of the channels you watch on Sky are available on EETV. The channels on EETV will be different depending on whether you have a working aerial or not, but can be seen:

https://ee.co.uk/help/tv-sport/ee-tv-channel-guide [toggle between aerial mode and internet mode].

[stereohaven]

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@Tpbg40 wrote:

Thanks I understand that. I think its more whether EE TV is likely to be a better option the Sky for picture quality. 

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The short answer is “no”.

The longer answers is “It depends what you watch and if you like to record or not?”

Can EE TV deliver a better picture quality for a standard HD channel than Sky Q? Yes, because the channel can be delivered over the internet and have higher bandwidth than a satellite channel.

Is it better than Sky Stream? No.

Can it deliver Sky channels in UHD HDR? Not currently.

And this is all before you take into account that you have quite limited broadband speed, which, depending on what else you get up to online, is not conducive for a good quality experience with IP services like EE TV or Sky Stream. 

If you tried to watch one internet delivered channel on EE TV whilst recording another, that would be 50% of your bandwidth gone before you consider doing anything else online.

You can of course plug an aerial into an EE TV Pro Box and take channels from Freeview to relieve the strain, but if picture quality is important to you, that isn’t really great either.

Until you have more bandwidth to play with on your broadband connection, everything is a compromise in one way or another.

Worth noting that the Sky user experience, app availability and content aggregation is light years ahead of anything EE has to offer. The trade off used to be that EE TV was considered simpler and better value, but I’m not convinced that is still the case. 

YMMV.

[Tpbg40]

Thank you @stereohaven 

Very helpful summary, just what i was looking for, appreciated 

I reckon its highly likely i will retain my Sky Q for the time being but may jump to EE Broadband, they claim, despite my limitations to be able to provide better BB than Sky

Many thanks again