So we've just cancelled sky TV.....
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Vee said:
Full TV pack here + fibre + 1x multiroom + phone line rental. £131 p/m
With SKY 14 years in this house, 25 years at my parents.
Previously have always got half price TV for 6 months, plus discounted internet and phone for the balance of 12 months.
This time they came up with £12 off the £131 which I told them was insulting.
Turns out they can just switch to some new bundle and remove the Sports HD subscription to achieve that anyway so were not actuall y offering anything at all.
Currently in the 31 day cancellation period but hoping they call back with something better as I don't really want the hassle of moving.
Like DeanR32's situation, my wife will be pissed off if they don't !
Just to update.With SKY 14 years in this house, 25 years at my parents.
Previously have always got half price TV for 6 months, plus discounted internet and phone for the balance of 12 months.
This time they came up with £12 off the £131 which I told them was insulting.
Turns out they can just switch to some new bundle and remove the Sports HD subscription to achieve that anyway so were not actuall y offering anything at all.
Currently in the 31 day cancellation period but hoping they call back with something better as I don't really want the hassle of moving.
Like DeanR32's situation, my wife will be pissed off if they don't !
I got a text a couple of weeks into the cancellation saying they've put another offer on the account.
Logged in, had an online chat and the guy offered the same package (all TV channels + HD, 1x multiroom, talk, line rental & fibre unlimited) for £74 on a 12 month contract + £25 credit on the first bill if I agreed it there and then.
Halb said:
How does it work?
It's all done wirelessly (or via Ethernet). The mini boxes are tiny, not much bigger than your average Broadband Router but they have no satellite connection or hard disk in them, the main box, either Sky Q 1TB or 2TB does all the leg work as it has the sat feeds and hard disk. Even if you set something to record from the Mini it's available and visible on all your boxes.Sky will die off soon, I reckon, certainly as we know it. Once upon a time they were the only option for movies, sports and all the documentary channels. Now there's so much competition from the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime that they've pretty much left with just the sports and Discovery. The recording and live pause technology isn't really relevant now as we have video on demand. It'll only take a Google or Netflix bid on some sports and/or sports like F1, or whatever, deciding to stream it themselves.
The £90+ I pay for Sky Q and 3 mini boxes is becoming increasingly difficult to justify, and this thread suggests I'm not alone in thinking that.
The £90+ I pay for Sky Q and 3 mini boxes is becoming increasingly difficult to justify, and this thread suggests I'm not alone in thinking that.
Kinky said:
As I understand it Sky are in the process of totally ditching their dishes and moving towards Sky Go / online streaming.
Rolling out in Italy, with the UK due at the end of this year or early next year.
Is there any story on that? As of right now, satellite (and my 4g superdongle) is my only way to get decent telly, thought hopefully change is in the process Rolling out in Italy, with the UK due at the end of this year or early next year.
Halb said:
Kinky said:
As I understand it Sky are in the process of totally ditching their dishes and moving towards Sky Go / online streaming.
Rolling out in Italy, with the UK due at the end of this year or early next year.
Is there any story on that? As of right now, satellite (and my 4g superdongle) is my only way to get decent telly, thought hopefully change is in the process Rolling out in Italy, with the UK due at the end of this year or early next year.
Kinky said:
As I understand it Sky are in the process of totally ditching their dishes and moving towards Sky Go / online streaming.
Rolling out in Italy, with the UK due at the end of this year or early next year.
This is true. The hardware in the home is sure to follow as going internet fed leaves little need for Sky Q/HD boxes or whatever. It'll just be an app on various devices and TVs before long.Rolling out in Italy, with the UK due at the end of this year or early next year.
Disney buying up Fox and Sky, I believe too, may show their future. I can imagine a Fox/Disney/Sky app appearing with loads of films, TV and sports for a lower monthly cost.
Ta whoami!
JohneeBoy said:
This is true. The hardware in the home is sure to follow as going internet fed leaves little need for Sky Q/HD boxes or whatever. It'll just be an app on various devices and TVs before long.
Disney buying up Fox and Sky, I believe too, may show their future. I can imagine a Fox/Disney/Sky app appearing with loads of films, TV and sports for a lower monthly cost.
They own HUlu, and have already stated that Disney branded stuff is leaving netflix (not the MCU stuf)Disney buying up Fox and Sky, I believe too, may show their future. I can imagine a Fox/Disney/Sky app appearing with loads of films, TV and sports for a lower monthly cost.
I think SKY are certainly going to ditch dishes, maybe before 2020.
They cant compete with online services at all, and though Sky player offers most of what people would watch, it doesn't offer much in catch up for everything, only as usual what they think you want to watch.
So they a re being left behind a bit.
Not that I would ever pay for it anyway!!
They cant compete with online services at all, and though Sky player offers most of what people would watch, it doesn't offer much in catch up for everything, only as usual what they think you want to watch.
So they a re being left behind a bit.
Not that I would ever pay for it anyway!!
They're already doing it under the NowTV brand, which you can even get broadband and phone through.
It would put our infrastructure under a lot of strain if everyone started streaming 4K TV though, so I don't think it's quite ready to completely replace, but I can envision an updated Mini box that doesn't need a main box at all, and possibly an updated router that's sort of headless and replaces the main Q box with some storage etc. It would still be within Sky's interest to have the most popular content downloading overnight to ease load and improve service.
The rough idea is already there on a lot of devices, Apple TV I think is pretty much compatible with everything now, Netflix, Prime, NowTV, not sure on BT sport and then there's all the US stuff we don't get too.
It would put our infrastructure under a lot of strain if everyone started streaming 4K TV though, so I don't think it's quite ready to completely replace, but I can envision an updated Mini box that doesn't need a main box at all, and possibly an updated router that's sort of headless and replaces the main Q box with some storage etc. It would still be within Sky's interest to have the most popular content downloading overnight to ease load and improve service.
The rough idea is already there on a lot of devices, Apple TV I think is pretty much compatible with everything now, Netflix, Prime, NowTV, not sure on BT sport and then there's all the US stuff we don't get too.
chunder27 said:
I think SKY are certainly going to ditch dishes, maybe before 2020.
They cant compete with online services at all, and though Sky player offers most of what people would watch, it doesn't offer much in catch up for everything, only as usual what they think you want to watch.
So they a re being left behind a bit.
Not that I would ever pay for it anyway!!
I can't see Sky ever completely ditching dishes for a long, long time. A decade or more probably. Broadband infrastructure still isn't advanced enough for multiple HD streams consistently across most of the UK for them to move completely away from it. Sure, some customers will get the option, but for rural customers, or those in cities who don't get great speeds satellite TV is, for some of them, the only way to get a consistently good TV signal.They cant compete with online services at all, and though Sky player offers most of what people would watch, it doesn't offer much in catch up for everything, only as usual what they think you want to watch.
So they a re being left behind a bit.
Not that I would ever pay for it anyway!!
I've been with Sky for years, and the service/product quality is brilliant. But I'm being charged a stupid amount (£100+) and yet despite cancelling, I'm getting nowhere with anything better than down to about £80. Am I missing a trick here?
Really don't want to leave - not least as I have Sky+ box full of stuff I haven't watched yet and has disappeared off the various iPlayer/All4 platforms - but I just can't take being fleeced. Even Virgin's standard offer is better :-(
Really don't want to leave - not least as I have Sky+ box full of stuff I haven't watched yet and has disappeared off the various iPlayer/All4 platforms - but I just can't take being fleeced. Even Virgin's standard offer is better :-(
Subirony said:
I've been with Sky for years, and the service/product quality is brilliant. But I'm being charged a stupid amount (£100+) and yet despite cancelling, I'm getting nowhere with anything better than down to about £80. Am I missing a trick here?
Really don't want to leave - not least as I have Sky+ box full of stuff I haven't watched yet and has disappeared off the various iPlayer/All4 platforms - but I just can't take being fleeced. Even Virgin's standard offer is better :-(
I pay £56 per month for unlimited fibre, phone line and Sky HD which includes sports, movies and Sky Go. Really don't want to leave - not least as I have Sky+ box full of stuff I haven't watched yet and has disappeared off the various iPlayer/All4 platforms - but I just can't take being fleeced. Even Virgin's standard offer is better :-(
I negotiated this with them around 12 months ago. A few ago I received a letter from them telling me they would be freezing my price for another 12 months.
You just have to tell them you're leaving, stand firm, and they'll come back with a better deal.
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