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In effect blackmail by sky?!
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Hi,laurel7172 wrote: »Sorry if I have this wrong, but isn't Sky broadband free?
Because, if so, sign up, connect, if you're not happy THEN get proper broadband, as well.
Fraid not - not where I am .... those ads on the TV make me laugh ...
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Just to add that the free product only has a 2GB monthly limit and you must be in a Sky LLU area.
As stated, Anytime+ won't be included in this, but in these days 2GB isn't much if you do any sort of streaming or have kids on consoles.Dave. :wave:0 -
laurel7172 wrote: »Sorry if I have this wrong, but isn't Sky broadband free?
Because, if so, sign up, connect, if you're not happy THEN get proper broadband, as well.
You can only have 1 broadband provider on any phoneline. If you signed up to sky there would be a minimum term you need to keep the broadband for.0 -
laurel7172 wrote: »Sorry if I have this wrong, but isn't Sky broadband free?
How can it be free, you have to pay SKY for one of their packages to get broadband.0 -
That's very spurious reasoning, Sky don't want you to use anytime because it'll use your bandwidth with another ISP?
Sky don't want you using anytime with other ISP's because they want you on their BB packages spending as much money as possible with them (if they've got you with them for TV they just get the TV money, if they can use their products to get you to also take out phone/internet with them, they can potentially make much more money from you, and it looks good for the shareholders).
Basically it's because Sky want people to be "triple play" customers.
There are plenty of ISP's that offer unlimited packages, or high limit packages.
no, they want you to use anytime+.... but as it stands they have not had any other isp agree to allow anytime+ to be excluded from your download limit.. or they have not asked.
it would take only a few downloads a mth before you get hit via your isp.
sky will allow anytime+ with other isp's but not straight away.0 -
daniel.thomas4 wrote: »Sky have confirmed that they are trying to get other isp's on boad to allow them to exclude anytime+ from there usage but as of yet none have agreed
The only way ISPs can "exclude anytime+" from their usage is if the ISPs agree to pay the bills. All usage has to be paid for, an ISP can't simply tell their servers to "exclude anytime+". So if "ISP (A)" agree's to "exclude usage", "ISP (A)" has to pay for all the usage used by their customers using the "anytime+". Sky are running their broadband service at a loss just to get customers.0 -
More anti sky rubbish on these forums.
Tell me, does BT Vision work with Sky broadband ?
Do you see anyone moaning about that ?
I don't know for a fact, but can you be on Virgin TV but not broadband.
Why do people still think Sky are just a TV company yet BT and Virgin are in some way different ?
Those bad sky people with their "monopoly" eh. It's only a monopoly because Sky are always first with the good stuff.0 -
More anti sky rubbish on these forums.
Tell me, does BT Vision work with Sky broadband ?
Do you see anyone moaning about that ?
I don't know for a fact, but can you be on Virgin TV but not broadband.
Why do people still think Sky are just a TV company yet BT and Virgin are in some way different ?
Those bad sky people with their "monopoly" eh. It's only a monopoly because Sky are always first with the good stuff.
BT and Virgin are different to Sky, BT and Virgin have there own infrastructure, Sky parasite off what is available wholesale :beer:0 -
Well i have sky+HD and Sky BB and sky calls all for under £25 per month0
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helentolf23 wrote: »My mums just left sky as they would'nt let her upgrade to sky+ unless she took multi room & broadband. She explained she was a widow in her 60's so would'nt benefit from multi room & did'nt own a computer but to no avail, so she left!
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The Sky+ without Multiroom thing really annoys me too. We don't want HD or multiroom and according to their websites small print if you take those options off the Sky+ should be £49 for the box and £60 for the install (£30 install with multiroom).
Because we didn't want multiroom they tried to charge us £165 and £30 install!
I pointed out the wording on the website and they just said "tough".
Annoyingly we are with Pipex (via Toucan) for our phone so we can't do the combined packages because you can't take Sky Talk with that.0
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