****ed off with Sky; suggested way to go?
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So Sky put the price up AGAIN (from dec 1), adding £1 a month for voicemail and £1 to monthly line rental.
I currently have multi-room, HD, Broadband and phone, plus variety. No Sky sports or movies.
We spend a lot of time watching Netflix, so the TV bit is starting to look like a waste of money.
BT option doesnt work as we live in a valley where aireals dont work.
Virgin Media isnt available, so I guess Freesat is the only way to go?
Any suggestions on boxes ideally keeping as much HD as possible?
Anything I have missed? Broadband gives us around 20mb at the moment.
I currently have multi-room, HD, Broadband and phone, plus variety. No Sky sports or movies.
We spend a lot of time watching Netflix, so the TV bit is starting to look like a waste of money.
BT option doesnt work as we live in a valley where aireals dont work.
Virgin Media isnt available, so I guess Freesat is the only way to go?
Any suggestions on boxes ideally keeping as much HD as possible?
Anything I have missed? Broadband gives us around 20mb at the moment.
We had the same issues with Sky, plus their piss poor customer service meant I binned them about 18 months ago.
We use the standard freeview, which on our telly's give a better picture, we use Netflix and love film.
We haven't got Virgin in the village, I haven't thought about BT, to be honest getting rid of Sky has changed how we watch telly, I can't see me ever going back.
We use the standard freeview, which on our telly's give a better picture, we use Netflix and love film.
We haven't got Virgin in the village, I haven't thought about BT, to be honest getting rid of Sky has changed how we watch telly, I can't see me ever going back.
I got rid of Sky when I moved house. I had the internet/skytalk and TV package. This was a basic package and in the end the price just kept rising.
When I moved I got a freesat box which plugs into existing Sky dish connections and a roku streaming box to get Netflix. I now get my internet and phone from Talktalk. (I know folk slag them off but I've never had an issue in 2 years and they were the one company that could fit a phone line/internet connection within a fortnight of me moving house).
I can't say I miss Sky or their prices at all.
When I moved I got a freesat box which plugs into existing Sky dish connections and a roku streaming box to get Netflix. I now get my internet and phone from Talktalk. (I know folk slag them off but I've never had an issue in 2 years and they were the one company that could fit a phone line/internet connection within a fortnight of me moving house).
I can't say I miss Sky or their prices at all.
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edo said:
My understanding is the free channels will still work, but you will lose the ability to pause/record unless you buy a new freesat box.
That is correct and what happened with us.In the end I binned that and used the TVs own free view.
A really good aerial will cost about 50 quid plus fitting, I also added an amplifier that has about 6 outlets.
Despite wanting to cancel sky I phone 3 times now and still not cancelled.
After some serious haggling I got it down to about £45 for the lot but only for 8 months. I decided to think about it.
2nd time I got the dourest female operator on the other end I was determined to cancel. She then insisted I needed the last 3 digits of my account number to pass security which I didn’t know off the top of my head so had to put her on hold while I got my wallet when I come back she was gone…….
3rd Time the guy was a cheery bloke, got him down to about 40% off but then had another call coming in that I had to take…….
It’s not very good value for us, the films we’ve all seen by the time they come on Sky. I use the sport a lot and this makes the films only £6. Once the rugby autumn internationals have been on I think I can live without it considering we’re paying over 1K per annum for it.
I shall cancel today.
After some serious haggling I got it down to about £45 for the lot but only for 8 months. I decided to think about it.
2nd time I got the dourest female operator on the other end I was determined to cancel. She then insisted I needed the last 3 digits of my account number to pass security which I didn’t know off the top of my head so had to put her on hold while I got my wallet when I come back she was gone…….
3rd Time the guy was a cheery bloke, got him down to about 40% off but then had another call coming in that I had to take…….
It’s not very good value for us, the films we’ve all seen by the time they come on Sky. I use the sport a lot and this makes the films only £6. Once the rugby autumn internationals have been on I think I can live without it considering we’re paying over 1K per annum for it.
I shall cancel today.
Good luck with the cancellation.
We move from Sky to BT 14 months ago. We were pissed off with the desperate up-selling and no easy way to shrink the subscription package.
If they had an on line way to do that easily we would have stayed.
But no; they treated us like pondlife, so we mved.
I missed Sky Atlantic, but that is about all.
The BT customer services team after you have signed up are...a giggle, and character building (like scar tissue in a young gentleman).
If the deal was right in a couple of months, we might go back - however as others have said Netflix does provide a top service.
We move from Sky to BT 14 months ago. We were pissed off with the desperate up-selling and no easy way to shrink the subscription package.
If they had an on line way to do that easily we would have stayed.
But no; they treated us like pondlife, so we mved.
I missed Sky Atlantic, but that is about all.
The BT customer services team after you have signed up are...a giggle, and character building (like scar tissue in a young gentleman).
If the deal was right in a couple of months, we might go back - however as others have said Netflix does provide a top service.
Funny how experiences can vary.
I have never had a problem with them. I signed up for the HD package, now called heritage HD because it includes F1 without sports, in 2009. Complete with phone and broadband.
I don't touch the TV package to ensure I don't lose the heritage HD, but every year I phone them ad have general winge about the phone and broadband, this year I told them I can get BT for X, they are them same, but I then have to pay £12 on top for BT Sports. Couple of minutes later I got free broadband for the year.
I have never had a problem with them. I signed up for the HD package, now called heritage HD because it includes F1 without sports, in 2009. Complete with phone and broadband.
I don't touch the TV package to ensure I don't lose the heritage HD, but every year I phone them ad have general winge about the phone and broadband, this year I told them I can get BT for X, they are them same, but I then have to pay £12 on top for BT Sports. Couple of minutes later I got free broadband for the year.
Megaflow said:
Funny how experiences can vary.
I have never had a problem with them. I signed up for the HD package, now called heritage HD because it includes F1 without sports, in 2009. Complete with phone and broadband.
I don't touch the TV package to ensure I don't lose the heritage HD, but every year I phone them ad have general winge about the phone and broadband, this year I told them I can get BT for X, they are them same, but I then have to pay £12 on top for BT Sports. Couple of minutes later I got free broadband for the year.
Thats the problem for me, the heritage HD. I only watch F1 (in terms of sport), so don't want to have to pay for all of them. I manage to get them down to cheaper than if I was paying for the whole sports pack, so I'm happy. I have never had a problem with them. I signed up for the HD package, now called heritage HD because it includes F1 without sports, in 2009. Complete with phone and broadband.
I don't touch the TV package to ensure I don't lose the heritage HD, but every year I phone them ad have general winge about the phone and broadband, this year I told them I can get BT for X, they are them same, but I then have to pay £12 on top for BT Sports. Couple of minutes later I got free broadband for the year.
Sod having netflix, iplay and the rest. In the limited time I have to watch telly, sky's best, no searching, all my favourite TV listed in one place for me to watc.
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