Change suppliers isn't it a headache?

[silverfoxcc]

I have ( and wish to keep) the following set up

Phone will free calls
Broadband
TV with everything ( both BT and Sky sports)
Running on Virgin

It looks like this will be going up to a bum clenching 135 pm next month ( yea i know)

I am trying to get comparable costings from BT (left them 2yrs ago), Sky )(eft them 4yrs ago)

My lad has just come back from Hong Kong with a gizmo that seems to give them the same TV and it was a one off 90.00 or so
Haven't seen it working yet, so still to decide, but reading all the tales of woe and hoops that have to be jumped through get a reasonable monthly rent, i might be tempted

I don't mind playing one against the other,for a reduced ( phone and Broadband and whatevet TV this thing doesnt get) but the way the website are organised is not the easiest to negotiate

[babelfish]

The apps you can get to view live sports, get thousand and films and series work but:

• The suppliers are running an illegal operation.

• You cannot (to my knowledge) record live TV

• Service may disappear at any time.

If you want to take a chance some are a lot better than others

[greygoose]

I recently changed after realising I was paying way over the odds, it is difficult to compare but once you say you are leaving your current provider they soon drop their prices. I ended up going with Vodafone for broadband and phone as it was far cheaper, customer service is supposed to be dire but thankfully I haven’t needed them. As soon as I said I was leaving Sky for tv they dropped their price so much it wasn’t worth changing so stuck with them.

[silverfoxcc]

Babelfish,

I am treadind softly on this one....on the basis 'if it looks too good etc etc.....

One thing i haven#t found yet is a cable to connect my satellite output to a DCR,

My Grandkids love @the Play goes Wrong' series as Peter Pan goes wrong, while i could copy them from my old sky box, that is all gone now with the virgin one

Shame really as i will loose it all if and when i change

so if anyone has a magic answer out there like Noddys friend ....I am all Ears