Cheapest SKY Multiroom Option?

Tinks74

On two seperate occasions since I had my multiroom installed I've had letters from sky informing me that one of my digiboxes wasn't connected to a telephone line.
As far as I could see they were both connected, when I checked I got the 'Telephone line connected' message, turned out to be a dodgy cable.

However during the many attempts to register a successful callback, I swapped the card from the problem box to the working box and forced a callback, then immediately spoke to sky customer services who told me that as far as he could see both boxes had registered callbacks.

Make of that what you will.

Tropez

UncleZen wrote: »

My only skybox was installed in 2002. I left the phone line connected to it for 1 month, then disconnected it and its never been plugged into a phone line since. Sky have never contacted me about it.

That's not multiroom though, is it?

Sky do not enforce their phone line requirement on single-box subscriptions.

Tropez

Tinks74 wrote: »

On two seperate occasions since I had my multiroom installed I've had letters from sky informing me that one of my digiboxes wasn't connected to a telephone line.
As far as I could see they were both connected, when I checked I got the 'Telephone line connected' message, turned out to be a dodgy cable.

However during the many attempts to register a successful callback, I swapped the card from the problem box to the working box and forced a callback, then immediately spoke to sky customer services who told me that as far as he could see both boxes had registered callbacks.

Make of that what you will.

I'm curious as to how this was able to work given that a viewing card needs to be paired with the box that it is inserted in to function correctly? Surely Sky would become wise to a particular viewing card constantly changing boxes?

Nonetheless, while I know this site is about moneysaving, I'm not sure it is also about unlawful ways to obtain services by deception.

useless_git_requires_wife

Remember the Sky 'Go' service is free and allows you to watch Sky Movies and Sports etc (if you subscribe to those channels) via the internet. A multiroom subscription is not required. You can use an Xbox 360 in a second room and a PC or laptop connected to a TV in a third room.

davemurgatroyd

useless_git_requires_wife wrote: »

Remember the Sky 'Go' service is free and allows you to watch Sky Movies and Sports etc (if you subscribe to those channels) via the internet. A multiroom subscription is not required. You can use an Xbox 360 in a second room and a PC or laptop connected to a TV in a third room.

Only up to 33 channels total depending on your subscription and only 4 of the Movie channels and many of the live programmes on Sky1, Sky Living and Sky Atlantic are not viewable so fairly restrictive.