Sky Talk, Broadband & TV package

Gemmzie

Wasn't sure which forum this really belonged in...

I saw this on the television last night, so looked it up...

http://www.sky.com/portal/site/skycom/offers/bundles

We already have Sky TV so looking at this bit:

ALREADY A SKY TV CUSTOMER?
Great value upgrade – you could add up to 8Mb** Sky Broadband and Sky Talk Freetime to your existing Sky TV package. Pay just an extra £5 per month, plus a one-off activation fee of £20, plus £11 per month to BT for your line rental. To find out if up to 8Mb** Sky Broadband for £5 a month is available in your area, CLICK HERE

Can't get the 8Mb till the summer but can get their "Connect" package

Until then, you can get Sky Broadband Connect – it delivers fast download speeds of up to 8Mb*, and a monthly usage allowance of 40GB. To get Sky Broadband Connect for just £5 a month, with a FREE Wireless Router**, and 12 months’ FREE McAfee security to help safeguard against viruses, spam and other online risks.

Is it worth switching? We are currently on 4mb BT which is £25 per month.

Am I missing something or can we really get Broadband for £5 per month?

penrhyn

Yes you can, you can have it for free if you accept 2Mb and download restrictions.
It depends whether Sky have unbundled your local exchange.

You can check with Sky here.
http://broadband.sky.com/

A word of warning, I migrated from Orange and was without Broadband for 3 months, I'm on Sky BB now at around 8Mbs and it works fine.

wotsundermykilt

I am currently with ntl freedom through a bt line & pay 24 quid for unlimited calls anytime & unlimited 1mb broadband. My bill usually ends up nearer the 40 quid mark each month though, because of mobile calls etc & calls to 0870 numbers etc.
Sky have offered me the connect package until they roll out the max & midi , up to 8mb, 40 gb usage with the sky talk free weekend calls & evening, all for only a fiver a month.
Sounds almost too good to be true though, but add on my normal cost of calls per month, i would still only be paying 20 quid tops. Thats gotta be good.
You have to use their broadband box though, i already have a router which i like but its a small price to pay I suppose

Gemmzie

Do you know why you have to use their box? This wouldn't be suitable as we have a router and two pc's and four laptops connected

wotsundermykilt

I read the t & C's which say you have to use their router so they can update it with whatever they update it with i suppose. Since i read that though i have visited a few forums which tell a few horror stories about sky broadband. Its not all bad though because i also found out you can use your own router but obviously sky will not be able to support it technically. More on that for you to read at skyuser.co.uk/forum. hope this helps you gemmzie

penrhyn

The router that Sky supply is a customised Netgear DG834GT
http://www.netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways/AGDualBandWirelessRouters/DG834GT.aspx

Its got 4 Ethernet ports and one wireless.

This might help your descision processes.
I understand that it is possible to use your own router, there are people over on Skyuser.co.uk who can help, the site does seem to be down at the moment though.

skintas_2

is this offer any good can any 1 tell me

skintas_2

so if im paying line rental to post office and 314.99 to orange and £21 to sky a month would i def save money

reehsetin

Gemmzie wrote:

Wasn't sure which forum this really belonged in...

I saw this on the television last night, so looked it up...

http://www.sky.com/portal/site/skycom/offers/bundles

We already have Sky TV so looking at this bit:



Can't get the 8Mb till the summer but can get their "Connect" package



Is it worth switching? We are currently on 4mb BT which is £25 per month.

Am I missing something or can we really get Broadband for £5 per month?

yyup, want to get it, but gonna be hard trying to get rents to come onto sky when the initial is £17 and orange is £5 straight away, annoying that we cant get proper sky yet

hurrah

skintas wrote:

so if im paying line rental to post office and 314.99 to orange and £21 to sky a month would i def save money

Are you aware that to get the complete SKY Offer you need to move back to BT as the Sky Talk part of the offer says

"To qualify you must have a BT line and continue paying BT for your line rental. "

penrhyn

Only if you can get their broadband base/mid/max offering which is dependent on your exchange being unbundled.
Check availability on Sky's broadband site http://broadband.sky.com/