So we've just cancelled sky TV.....

[iwantagta]

Hoonigan said:

p4cks said:

TheExcession said:

You need a C or an N line....

This. Even with one of these, it still feels as though you're being ripped off with the amount of ste they put on Sky

Looking into BT at the mo but the BT website is feckin hardwork to navigate, cant seem to get past the TV package part

What on earth is a C or N line? is it missing a U and a T???

If you think the website is bad wait till you get the box. Moving from sky to a BT box is like moving from a BMW to a Dacia.

[omniflow]

What I don't understand with Sky, is that you PAY somewhere between GBP25 and GBP70 EVERY month, and then the TV programs have adverts in them.

[anonymous-user]

Hoonigan said:

Thought we could get a better deal so called them this evening to do some haggling but they didn't seem to care, kinda thought they would discount or go through a retention department but no

That seems to be how they play it now. It's happened to a few people I know. They ring up to try to get a better deal by saying they will cancel, and sky just say "ok then, I'll cancel it for you now. No problem"

Back in the good old days my dad would ring up 'to cancel' on an almost yearly basis and get money off!

I've only rang and complained once and that was a couple of years ago. They knocked my subscription down to about £20 a month, gave me the HD package and a new box for free.

The price is steadily creeping back up now though.

[philthy]

Hoonigan said:

What on earth is a C or N line? is it missing a U and a T???

Google is your friend.

[Robertj21a]

Can't believe the amount some people are paying. Does nobody do anything other than watch the TV nowadays ?

[AClownsPocket]

If it wasn't for my wife's reality TV addiction, I'd bin off the TV in the house. I'm much happier with books.

Still, a Kodi box isn't all bad

[_Rich_]

They'll call you back about a week before its going to be switched off.

Don't take the first offer, i think last time i got half price plus £100 credit. I've got to do the process again this weekend I'm paying £80 for bloody tv.

[olivebrown]

NinjaPower said:

That seems to be how they play it now. It's happened to a few people I know. They ring up to try to get a better deal by saying they will cancel, and sky just say "ok then, I'll cancel it for you now. No problem"

Back in the good old days my dad would ring up 'to cancel' on an almost yearly basis and get money off!

I've only rang and complained once and that was a couple of years ago. They knocked my subscription down to about £20 a month, gave me the HD package and a new box for free.

The price is steadily creeping back up now though.

In most cases they know that you can only get Sky in your area, so the leaving to another network trick won't work.

[Rich_W]

Robertj21a said:

Can't believe the amount some people are paying. Does nobody do anything other than watch the TV nowadays ?

Kindof.

Problem with all these "deals" is the circa £18-20 on a line rental that in my case I have no telephone plugged into since I already get free calls on my Mobile.

I watch a lot of Sports coverage. I would quite happily pay £50 for every sports channel available. Sky1-5+F1, Eurosports, BTSports. All in HD, and ditch National Geographic and the kids stuff. Plus half decent 100mps+ Boradband.

But of course you can't do that. So you're paying probably 50% of your fee for stuff you don't view or utilise. I find the fact they can do this seemingly without scrutiny from OffCom very odd.

[CoolHands]

Should've put 600 quid a year in your penion for 15 years instead. What do you actually watch on sky that you would miss?

[ReaperCushions]

omniflow said:

What I don't understand with Sky, is that you PAY somewhere between GBP25 and GBP70 EVERY month, and then the TV programs have adverts in them.

[Trabi601]

You'll get emails for months and months after cancellation offering you 20, 30, 40, 50 and finally 60% off a 12 month contract.

I refuse to take the bait, even though I can't watch my football (mind you, United are still ste this season, so no big loss!) or F1 (Mercedes 1-2 again...)..

We have a BT box as we have BT Broadband and a Freesat box. Between the two, I'm mostly happy with the extra 50 quid a month in my account!

[Northbloke]

omniflow said:

What I don't understand with Sky, is that you PAY somewhere between GBP25 and GBP70 EVERY month, and then the TV programs have adverts in them.

And you Sky+ everything (using the excellent EPG) so you never ever watch an advert.

Typically Sky progs start 2 or 3 mins after the advertised start time whereas BBC typically start 4 or 5 mins after due to plugging its own programs. No adverts during the footy or films (unlike ITV).

Actually just about to cancel Sky myself, due to the new alternatives (and it is pricey), but I find it is usually people who have never experienced Sky who slag it off. The quality is Sky(ha!) high with loads of great stuff not available on the main "free" channels (or ahead of time e.g. Game of Thrones).

Just think the game is now changing with Netflix, KODI etc.

[Efbe]

Northbloke said:

And you Sky+ everything (using the excellent EPG) so you never ever watch an advert.

Typically Sky progs start 2 or 3 mins after the advertised start time whereas BBC typically start 4 or 5 mins after due to plugging its own programs. No adverts during the footy or films (unlike ITV).

Actually just about to cancel Sky myself, due to the new alternatives (and it is pricey), but I find it is usually people who have never experienced Sky who slag it off. The quality is Sky(ha!) high with loads of great stuff not available on the main "free" channels (or ahead of time e.g. Game of Thrones).

Just think the game is now changing with Netflix, KODI etc.

I can't see this new game lasting long though.

Kodi gives you the opportunity to watch any tv program or film ever, whenever you want, without adverts. The ability to watch freeview/freesat, record/pause etc them. Stream any program you can get to any other device you have, in or out of the house.
Sky seems like the dark ages to me now. record a program to watch later? why on earth would I do that when I could just search for it, or anything I can think of.

But how long can it realistically last?

[eltax91]

Efbe said:

Northbloke said:

And you Sky+ everything (using the excellent EPG) so you never ever watch an advert.

Typically Sky progs start 2 or 3 mins after the advertised start time whereas BBC typically start 4 or 5 mins after due to plugging its own programs. No adverts during the footy or films (unlike ITV).

Actually just about to cancel Sky myself, due to the new alternatives (and it is pricey), but I find it is usually people who have never experienced Sky who slag it off. The quality is Sky(ha!) high with loads of great stuff not available on the main "free" channels (or ahead of time e.g. Game of Thrones).

Just think the game is now changing with Netflix, KODI etc.

I can't see this new game lasting long though.

Kodi gives you the opportunity to watch any tv program or film ever, whenever you want, without adverts. The ability to watch freeview/freesat, record/pause etc them. Stream any program you can get to any other device you have, in or out of the house.
Sky seems like the dark ages to me now. record a program to watch later? why on earth would I do that when I could just search for it, or anything I can think of.

But how long can it realistically last?

If kodi becomes mainstream then there'll be no money to make any of the TV programs

[legless]

I've just binned off my Sky subscription, after realising that everything that I watch I can either use Netflix or Now TV for. I wa paying £42 a month for the Sky sub, and now I'm paying £12.49 and watching exactly the same stuff, including all the Sky 1/Atlantic/Living/Discovery/Nat Geo programming, and the Sky Boxsets

Only potential downside I can see is that you need to have a reasonably decent broadband connection.

[Efbe]

eltax91 said:

If kodi becomes mainstream then there'll be no money to make any of the TV programs

I fear it's probably getting that way now.
Have used it for 3 years now. Only in the past year have people heard of it before.

[Sump]

Does anyone under the age of 30 even have Sky?

[rog007]

silverthorn2151 said:

£54 a month! I dream of my sky payments being that low.

Not just me then!

[Digitalize]

Sump said:

Does anyone under the age of 30 even have Sky?

Yep, quite a lot of us.

'Kodi' is not an alternative, it's immoral and verging on illegal. I'm sure you'd start moaning if the content you watch was no longer being made due to not enough people paying to watch it.