Sky deals anyone?

[BenS94]

Shaoxter said:

BenS94 said:

Ducati996R said:

That’s a decent price ….when you say everything….what exactly have you got

Only things omitted are Kids package, TNT (£25 a month!) And ad skipping (£6). We've gone Ultimate Netflix, UHD, and multiroom with an additional third puck (£40 upfront). First month free also.

So you don't have Sky Sports, TNT, Kids or Cinema but claimed it was a full package?
That's like when sellers say their cars are "fully loaded" but they're anything but

Yes, we have Sky Sports and Cinema.

[Silverage]

Well after being a big advocate for streaming on here we were let down last night.

The last 30 minutes of the England match (including the winning goal!) were beset with screen freezes and stuttering as ITVX struggled to keep up with demand.

Both ITV and the BBC have the final on Sunday (ITV were the only option last night) but I'm not sure even iPlayer will be able to cope so I'm going to dust off the Sky HD box for the occasion. I'm glad I didn't pull all the wiring out now.

[Mikey G]

Silverage said:

Well after being a big advocate for streaming on here we were let down last night.

The last 30 minutes of the England match (including the winning goal!) were beset with screen freezes and stuttering as ITVX struggled to keep up with demand.

Both ITV and the BBC have the final on Sunday (ITV were the only option last night) but I'm not sure even iPlayer will be able to cope so I'm going to dust off the Sky HD box for the occasion. I'm glad I didn't pull all the wiring out now.

Doesnt your TV have its own satellite input? most seem to now. Maybe worth a try rather than another box. I'm on VM now that uses a single fibre connection to the house, when I got rid of Sky I connected the dish direct to the TV and now have Freesat for such issues if it ever happens..

[dickymint]

Mikey G said:

Silverage said:

Well after being a big advocate for streaming on here we were let down last night.

The last 30 minutes of the England match (including the winning goal!) were beset with screen freezes and stuttering as ITVX struggled to keep up with demand.

Both ITV and the BBC have the final on Sunday (ITV were the only option last night) but I'm not sure even iPlayer will be able to cope so I'm going to dust off the Sky HD box for the occasion. I'm glad I didn't pull all the wiring out now.

Doesnt your TV have its own satellite input? most seem to now. Maybe worth a try rather than another box. I'm on VM now that uses a single fibre connection to the house, when I got rid of Sky I connected the dish direct to the TV and now have Freesat for such issues if it ever happens..

Similar here. I'm using an EE Pro Box and stream everything. If needed I can always plug the TV aerial in the same box (or the TV) for Freeview.

[Silverage]

Mikey G said:

Doesnt your TV have its own satellite input? most seem to now. Maybe worth a try rather than another box. I'm on VM now that uses a single fibre connection to the house, when I got rid of Sky I connected the dish direct to the TV and now have Freesat for such issues if it ever happens..

Good shout - and yes it does! I've never used it before though. I'll connect it later and have a play about.

[Mikey G]

Silverage said:

Good shout - and yes it does! I've never used it before though. I'll connect it later and have a play about.

If you have gone from Sky HD it should be fine, I went from Sky Q and had to change my LNB to a narrowband hybrid (Q uses wideband) as the TV although it would tune couldnt use any of the channels.

[Silverage]

Mikey G said:

If you have gone from Sky HD it should be fine, I went from Sky Q and had to change my LNB to a narrowband hybrid (Q uses wideband) as the TV although it would tune couldnt use any of the channels.

I had to get the TV to scan for the channels. It found over 900 and it’s plonked them in the “guide” in no particular order. I found my region of BBC1 HD on channel 107 and ITV1 HD as a fallback on channel 10.

[westtra]

Silverage said:

I had to get the TV to scan for the channels. It found over 900 and it’s plonked them in the “guide” in no particular order. I found my region of BBC1 HD on channel 107 and ITV1 HD as a fallback on channel 10.

You should be able to in your settings somewhere to set what you scan for and choose freesat as the provider.

[Silverage]

westtra said:

You should be able to in your settings somewhere to set what you scan for and choose freesat as the provider.

All I could choose from was a list of satellites (there was only one on the list, Astra) and it just scanned that and provided me with my 900 channel line up.

I’ll be scrapping it all after Sunday when I cancel my TV licence again - I only signed up for the election and the Euros.

[mrpbailey]

I recently cancelled my sky tv as approaching the end of my discount period. I was paying £53 for full tv package inc UHD.
My bill was to rise to £102, after speaking to them on the text service the best they could offer was £66 p/m for 24 months, so I told them to cancel it.

What is the latest methods, do they still contact you to try and win you back? If so is this via email or MySky app or some other form?
I am willing to go through with the cancellation unless they offer a serious discount, as I find it less and less value for money each renewal period!

[Gone fishing]

mrpbailey said:

I recently cancelled my sky tv as approaching the end of my discount period. I was paying £53 for full tv package inc UHD.
My bill was to rise to £102, after speaking to them on the text service the best they could offer was £66 p/m for 24 months, so I told them to cancel it.

What is the latest methods, do they still contact you to try and win you back? If so is this via email or MySky app or some other form?
I am willing to go through with the cancellation unless they offer a serious discount, as I find it less and less value for money each renewal period!

I cancelled in Feb and not heard a word from them. I think my marketing preferences mean they can only send me a letter which might hamper their efforts

[Silverage]

Gone fishing said:

I cancelled in Feb and not heard a word from them. I think my marketing preferences mean they can only send me a letter which might hamper their efforts

They seem to have really toughened up on offering retention deals. Maybe they've decided they can make more money by reaming the hardcore users rather than endlessly chasing edge cases with offers.

[Scabutz]

Silverage said:

Gone fishing said:

I cancelled in Feb and not heard a word from them. I think my marketing preferences mean they can only send me a letter which might hamper their efforts

They seem to have really toughened up on offering retention deals. Maybe they've decided they can make more money by reaming the hardcore users rather than endlessly chasing edge cases with offers.

Yep that's why I cancelled. Been with them 20 years almost and always been able to negotiate a better deal. This time they said a fiver off take it or leave it. I said I'll leave then and they said OK fk off. Only contact I've had since leaving is them reminding me to return the kit.

Does seem an odd business model change. It doesn't really cost them anything more to have me as a customer. The kit is long paid for, the satellites are up there anyway and the content being produced regardless. I was at a out 75 a month. Would have stuck around at 40-50. Shall we take an extra 600 quid a year for nothing, nah fk it off. Times that by many people and it becomes a lot of money. Plus the reduction in subscription and viewing numbers must start to hit their ad revenues.

[Flumpo]

My deal has come to an end, will ring and see what they have to say. A quick check as a new customer shows I can get the same as I get now but with fttp for £40 a month less.

If they don’t want to match that fine, I can cancel and get the other half to set up in her name. I suppose the only worry is having a gap of no internet for a number of days.

[Gone fishing]

Scabutz said:

Yep that's why I cancelled. Been with them 20 years almost and always been able to negotiate a better deal. This time they said a fiver off take it or leave it. I said I'll leave then and they said OK fk off. Only contact I've had since leaving is them reminding me to return the kit.

Does seem an odd business model change. It doesn't really cost them anything more to have me as a customer. The kit is long paid for, the satellites are up there anyway and the content being produced regardless. I was at a out 75 a month. Would have stuck around at 40-50. Shall we take an extra 600 quid a year for nothing, nah fk it off. Times that by many people and it becomes a lot of money. Plus the reduction in subscription and viewing numbers must start to hit their ad revenues.

I guess a million customers paying £60 a month on a deal nets less revenue than 750k customers paying £100 a month.

[bad company]

Gone fishing said:

I guess a million customers paying £60 a month on a deal nets less revenue than 750k customers paying £100 a month.

True but if there’s less viewers it’s harder for them to sell advertising at top rates.

[dickymint]

Flumpo said:

My deal has come to an end, will ring and see what they have to say. A quick check as a new customer shows I can get the same as I get now but with fttp for £40 a month less.

If they don’t want to match that fine, I can cancel and get the other half to set up in her name. I suppose the only worry is having a gap of no internet for a number of days.

It may or probably may not work. They had a policy of using the address and not allowing it for 12 months. Obviously worth a go though.

Sky waiting time is 2 weeks. Far less hassle is to switch to EE and they'll do everything for you and no break without broadband.

[MattS5]

dickymint said:

It may or probably may not work. They had a policy of using the address and not allowing it for 12 months. Obviously worth a go though.

Sky waiting time is 2 weeks. Far less hassle is to switch to EE and they'll do everything for you and no break without broadband.

My contract with sky is up in sept. Been a customer for 23 years, but I've decided I'm switching to EE for TV and broadband, regardless of what I get offered from sky.
I think the mesh system with Q is rather limiting, and would rather use my own mesh system, just with pucks connecting to that.

[BenS94]

MattS5 said:

dickymint said:

It may or probably may not work. They had a policy of using the address and not allowing it for 12 months. Obviously worth a go though.

Sky waiting time is 2 weeks. Far less hassle is to switch to EE and they'll do everything for you and no break without broadband.

My contract with sky is up in sept. Been a customer for 23 years, but I've decided I'm switching to EE for TV and broadband, regardless of what I get offered from sky.
I think the mesh system with Q is rather limiting, and would rather use my own mesh system, just with pucks connecting to that.

Try Sky Stream. We've moved from Q to Stream. Much better.

[dickymint]

MattS5 said:

dickymint said:

It may or probably may not work. They had a policy of using the address and not allowing it for 12 months. Obviously worth a go though.

Sky waiting time is 2 weeks. Far less hassle is to switch to EE and they'll do everything for you and no break without broadband.

My contract with sky is up in sept. Been a customer for 23 years, but I've decided I'm switching to EE for TV and broadband, regardless of what I get offered from sky.
I think the mesh system with Q is rather limiting, and would rather use my own mesh system, just with pucks connecting to that.

You may already know this. You can switch anytime and EE will cover any early leaving fee up to £300


https://ee.co.uk/help/broadband/getting-started/ea...


Go for the Youview pro+ box (no extra) as it records and you can stream everything plus use your aerial as back up if the internet goes down. Multi room is free for up to 3 rooms. If you get good signal on EE/Orange/BT mobile for a tenner you get unlimited data calls and texts. Well worth it.