sky bills!

fkelanne

ive have been with sky now for well over a year. i have the famiely package. I also get phone and internet with them. My bills are £45 PLUS A MONTH..and then pay BT for me line rentel..
i dont use the phone at all as i have my mobile.
Any1 got any tips on how i can keep my sky but get my monthly bills cheaper?
I am moving houses in 3 weeks time, and just wondering if i should just cancel the lot. and start again

fkelanne

i dont get movies or sports..

CocoPopsLover

Call them and see if they can do anything for you!

macman

If you don't want films or sports then what's the point of a Sky subscription?
Cancel your sub. When you move, take your dish and box and use it to get Freesat from Sky (the non-sub channels) for no charge.
Or alternatively use the same dish to get Freesat, or an aerial to get Freeview.
An instant saving of £540pa.

fkelanne

i have little ones and they watch the kids channels. what channels do you get with freesat?

macman

http://www.freesat.co.uk/what-you-get/our-channels/

socks_uk

There is no comparison with what you get on Freesat and what you get on regular packages on Sky. We pay for 4 out of the 6 mixes, Variety, knowledge, Style & Culture and Music packs for £22 a month. No sport or movies.
Our Sky box isn't working at the moment and there are so many programmes/channels that we can't watch right now and so I know we couldn't do with just Freesat or Freeview!

Maybe you need to research another supplier of phone line/broadband for when you move house. We have Virgin for phone & internet and Sky for our TV .

macman

Why would you expect to get exactly the same channels as Sky when you are paying £264pa (and that will rise in January) for the service? Freesat and Freeview are ...free.
Sky has a lot more channels, but they're not mostly ones that you would want to bother watching.

socks_uk

macman wrote: »

Why would you expect to get exactly the same channels as Sky when you are paying £264pa (and that will rise in January) for the service? Freesat and Freeview are ...free.

I don't think I was suggesting that. I was just trying to give a reasonable answer to what you wrote earlier...

If you don't want films or sports then what's the point of a Sky subscription?

Sorry for the confusion I have caused.