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Sam
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26th Jan 07 at 19:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I just upgraded my Sky package to include the movie channels, does anyone know how long it takes before I start receiving my movie channels?

I did it online and on the email confirmation it just says I am being billed the new package price from now but I will get sales confirmation letters in the next few days?
Marc
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26th Jan 07 at 19:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I did it over the phone once and it took 5 minutes.
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26th Jan 07 at 19:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote



I'm still waiting!

Marc
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26th Jan 07 at 19:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Should have phoned up
Sam
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Poxy Internet!
BlueCorsa
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26th Jan 07 at 20:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Yeah ring up and they do it straight away.
Sam
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26th Jan 07 at 23:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Took an hour in the end.

Watched Harold and Kumar Get The Munchies earlier!
Kerry
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27th Jan 07 at 09:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

have you got sky plus sam?
its worth its weight in gold!
takes some getting used to with regard to thinking in advance to set it to record but now i have all my fave things on series link and i can watch them when i like!!!
Jamie Walby
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27th Jan 07 at 09:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Sam when I phoned up to upgrade mine to include the sport channels it took 15 minutes and you had to turn the box off and on again...........
Jamie Walby
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27th Jan 07 at 09:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Actually that was with NTL about 2 years ago. When we went over to sky we went for the sports channels straight away. my bad.
Sam
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27th Jan 07 at 10:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

No Kerry I only have the normal Sky box.

Was thinking of getting a Sky+ box but it's £100 innit?
drunkenfool
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27th Jan 07 at 11:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

worth every penny tho!!
Kerry
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28th Jan 07 at 18:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

sam get a recon one you still get a years warranty and i paid £45
Jules
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28th Jan 07 at 18:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Sam
No Kerry I only have the normal Sky box.

Was thinking of getting a Sky+ box but it's £100 innit?


£160 - but tell Sky you're thinking of going to NTL (or whoever is in your area) and getting cable TV because as much as you want Sky+ £160 is too expensive, they should then offer it to you for £49 - just like they did to me a couple of weeks ago, it was fitted last week and I love it! Sky+ rules!

Make sure you speak to the disconnection people and they have to hear you say you are considering leaving sky and going with a rival for them to offer you the discount though.
Sam
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28th Jan 07 at 18:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I can't get NTL here so I don't think that would work for me!

Does anything need to be done to the dish or does the Sky+ box just simply replace the old normal one?
Kerry
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28th Jan 07 at 19:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

same dish sam
Sam
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28th Jan 07 at 20:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

So all you do is just plug and play? LOL

Do you have to tell Sky you have it or anything?

Where did you get yours from, Kerrington?
Kerry
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28th Jan 07 at 21:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i got mine from sky as a new customer
Sam
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28th Jan 07 at 23:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Interesting...
Jules
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You need a new LMB (the thing that goes on the dish, you need a twin cable to come from LMB to your Sky+ box (to recieve two sky signals rather than just the one) and of course you need the Sky+ box, then your Sky viewing card has to be all setup to your new box via Sky on the phone.

NTL isn't avaliable in your area but here must be a cable TV provider? A quick Google search says Telewest, so ring Sky and tell them you are going to go with Telewest - bish bash problem solved.
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29th Jan 07 at 01:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

LNB and there are loads of areas with no cable provider.

Whether sky would check or not i'm not sure.
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29th Jan 07 at 01:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

is sky+ an extra £10 a month if u dotn have the movie/sports channels? (which i dont want)
Kerry
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29th Jan 07 at 09:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

yes i beleive so

i pay £36 a month
1st 3 months were half price
Jules
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29th Jan 07 at 11:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Munchie
is sky+ an extra £10 a month if u dotn have the movie/sports channels? (which i dont want)


Yes it is - but if you don't have one of them and pay the extra £10/month then you may aswell subscribe to one of them as it works out pretty much the same.
Sam
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29th Jan 07 at 18:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Telewest is the cable provider but I can't get that where I live (even though I am a 10 minute walk away from the town centre LOL)!

Sounds easier just to pay the £99 and get a brand new box and the engineer dude to come install it with the new LNB etc?

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