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Colin
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15th May 09 at 12:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I get leaflets through the door all the time & always bin them, however im with Virgin media & its pretty crap for £30 a month & tbh only have it for the broadband (but as requirements have to take phone line rental etc).

This last sky offer I got is for a free sky+ box, free installation, the usual pick what entertainment packs you want from £16.50 a month.

Then the interesting bit here is it says you get free broadband and calls.

Surely theres a catch here im missing
FruitBooTeR
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15th May 09 at 12:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Prob so much for a certain amount of months then the price shoots up...

Any small print?
stubs
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15th May 09 at 12:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

You'll need a BT phoneline so add another £11 a month or so
John
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15th May 09 at 12:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

You don't pay bt line rental with sky iirc.
stubs
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15th May 09 at 12:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

TBH, unless you're choosing Sky for the HD content, I'd reccomend Virgin over Sky anyday, just for the fact that you can get all the on-demand stuff. Plus they have Sky1 back again.

I used to work for Sky ( so had the full package for free) and they're a great company, just limited with the restrictions of satellite one-way bandwidth.
stubs
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quote:
Originally posted by John
You don't pay bt line rental with sky iirc.


Sky will pay you're line rental for an extra £10/month.. basically means it consolidates your bills
mwg
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15th May 09 at 12:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

You cant get the free broadband everywhere.

You can find out if its available in your area here
chris_uk
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quote:
Originally posted by John
You don't pay bt line rental with sky iirc.


you can still pay line rental with BT unless you want it with sky,

its not a catch but they dont explain it, you are on virgin, so unless you already have a BT line you need a new one (£120) and then you need to pay line rental to BT @ £11pm for x months (contract period)

as soon as your out of your contract pay sky £10pm for the line rental.

as for the free calls, when i was there these were the packages which can be mixed up how you want BTW.

Sky TV - whatever you want here pay what you want

Sky Talk Freetime - £5pm gives you free evening/weekend calls standard rate during the day
Sky Talk Unlimited - £10pm gives you free calls all day everyday

Sky BB - £0pm - 2mb 2gb download usage PM
Sky BB - £5pm - 8mb 40gb download usage PM
Sky BB - £10pm - 16mb unlimited download usage PM (true unlimited there really is no cap on what you download)

so if you wanted £16.50 which is just '1' mix for example kids all the kids channels.. then fine.. but most people go for a '4' mix (Variety, News n Events, Style n Culture and Knowledge) this was £21 when i was there and 1 mix was £17
Colin
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Says here 16.50 for 1 & an extra pound for every extra one. Id probably get the movies aswell!!

Not sure if its worth doin!!

Ive got virgin media phone but theres a bt line comes in in another room, ive never used it as ive always had cable!
Cole
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15th May 09 at 17:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i just got sky+ hd unlimited calls unlimited bb line rental 3 packages all for 33.95 a month free install etc sky hd box was 49 quid plus they gave me £50 of tescos vouchers
Andrew
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I have Sky with Music and Sky Sports. Do the 16MB Broadband and phone line too. Costs me £55.50 a month.

Had the Free 2MB Broadband for a while and they never complained about bandwidth.

People may thing £55 is a lot per month for Sports and Broadband but i look at it this way, each time i go round town, Matthew Street and Delta Taxi's take £50. Plus, my old man watches all the games so i get my moneys worth really.
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15th May 09 at 18:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

That was my theory in getting sky. Was going out every sunday, spending £50 on booze/gambling.

Got sky HD with sports. (not internet or phone yet, waiting for contracts to run out then switching) £49 at the moment, full package, without movies, will be an extra tenner with BB and Phone
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15th May 09 at 19:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Phone Sky and say Im With virgin, DONT want to pay as much as you cant afford it. but would prefer SKY..

they will pretty much suck you off and give you a Great deal. tell THEM what you want and tell them a price you are willing to pay.

trust me it works.

when a company like them make 230M a year on monthly direct debit customers alone. they dont need to worry.

Karlos

[Edited on 15-05-2009 by 16vKarlos]
Cole
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15th May 09 at 20:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

if you are a new customer if you take all packages i e base 16.50 plus 3 other extras then take sky talk with unlimtied calls day and night then take bb plus line rental is £38 then take out hd which makes it 47.75they give you 12 months free line rental which saves you 11 quid so back to £36 plus they give you £5 discount for have the full sky talk and bb services so all in with hd etc £31 which i have just had installed today lol
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16th May 09 at 08:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

In the old house we had the full wack multi room etc paying about £70 a mth!!!

Now just have a free view box, is it worth it?? No:

[Edited on 16-05-2009 by Twiggy]
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Says here 16.50 for 1 & an extra pound for every extra one. Id probably get the movies aswell!!

Not sure if its worth doin!!

Ive got virgin media phone but theres a bt line comes in in another room, ive never used it as ive always had cable!


you wont get movies for an extra £1, its just the entertainment channels that are an extra £1

movies and sports are premium channels and cost a lot more.
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quote:
Originally posted by Twiggy
In the old house we had the full wack multi room etc paying about £70 a mth!!!

Now just have a free view box, is it worth it?? No:

[Edited on 16-05-2009 by Twiggy]


we have

2 HD boxes, 1 Standard Box and a Sky+ box with full skyworld and pay £60pm
John
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16th May 09 at 11:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

You work for sky though don't you.

I've got everything but movies and sports, we get them every couple of months on the half price deals and nobody ever watches anything.

The rest of it is more than worth it though imo, I had to do without it for a couple of weeks and I missed things like the discovery channels and bravo.

Even though theres a lot of rubbish on there's always something to watch like an old wheeler dealers etc.
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lol, perks of the job i guess.
MarkM
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17th May 09 at 14:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Colin my deal is:

SKY+ Box with all 3 variety mixes and All SKY Sports. I get free line rental (saving £11 or so a month) and free evening and weekend calls for the first 59 mins of each call. You just simply hang up then redial. I also get free BB 2MB which is fine for general web browsing and the occasional download etc.

All of the above for £37.50.

[Edited on 17-05-2009 by MarkM]
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thats not a 'deal' as such, thats just what it costs.
Cole
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17th May 09 at 16:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

mark my deal is better than yours for less money so thats not really a deal is it
FruitBooTeR
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17th May 09 at 16:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Anyone know if with either virgin or sky you can get just a tv deal?

My mom wont change phoneline and im with virgin internet already and dont want to change that.

Would like virgin or sky though
MarkM
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18th May 09 at 09:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Cole
mark my deal is better than yours for less money so thats not really a deal is it


It is a deal. Its a bargain or arrangement for mutual advantage.

I think you are misunderstanding the context in which I have used the word "deal". I'm not David Dickinson.

stubs
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18th May 09 at 09:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
lol, perks of the job i guess.


Do you work for Sky? If so, then why do you have to pay £60/month?

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