Sky buyout of O2 Broadband

adandem

thor wrote: »

It's a chicken or egg situation though: There would be no Sky TV without football. If Murdoch relied on movies and drama, SKY would have gone bust in no time.

Fine by me;) Then BBC could earn their licence fee!!

I'm tied to o2 until September but I might find out what the penalty for leaving before then is.
They're not going to honor our mobile customer discount so I think I've been
mis-sold as this was a big factor when taking on the phone contract.

Stompa

Peterjones wrote: »

They can't force you onto Sky line rental without you having the option to leave

I would be prepared to give Sky broadband a try, but I definitely wouldn't want Sky line rental.

Tiexen

Quentin wrote: »

The correct answer is "yes"!

This is from the horse's mouth:

http://www.o2.co.uk/broadband/broadbandchanges

or the more correct answer if he joins Plusnet probably not:

When your service moves to Sky you'll still to be able to use your o2.co.uk email address

AlanS

Although it says you can still keep your o2 email address it is limited to a maximum mailbox size of 20Mb !!

That's no use to anyone .... after you receive half a dozen emails it'll be full up !

AlanS

I get my O2 broadband via the employee Friends&Family deal, on the Pro package with a static IP address. My line rental is with BT.

My guess is that Sky won't honour the F&F discount, and I'm unlikely to keep my static IP address.

I have heard of quite a few people ringing up to get their MAC code ( which you can't use for 7 days unless you're happy to pay the £15 'early termination fine' ), and being offered free broadband for 12 months to stay ... although the O2 call centre people did admit that Sky might not honour that offer.

Quentin

AlanS wrote: »

.......I have heard of quite a few people ringing up to get their MAC code ( which you can't use for 7 days unless you're happy to pay the £15 'early termination fine' ), and being offered free broadband for 12 months to stay ... although the O2 call centre people did admit that Sky might not honour that offer.

There's more.

They will also give you a £50 credit on your o2 mobile on top of 12 months free. Short term offer for the £50 credit - they say it ends in 7 days.

GetRealBabe

Hi

I'm with Be and am going to wait and see what happens. Lots a Be members not happy but not many have found alternative providers.

macman

adandem wrote: »

Fine by me;) Then BBC could earn their licence fee!!

I'm tied to o2 until September but I might find out what the penalty for leaving before then is.
They're not going to honor our mobile customer discount
so I think I've been
mis-sold as this was a big factor when taking on the phone contract.

There's been no statement to that effect yet.

Quentin

adandem wrote: »

.....I'm tied to o2 until September but I might find out what the penalty for leaving before then is.
They're not going to honor our mobile customer discount so I think I've been mis-sold as this was a big factor when taking on the phone contract.

Won't they still will give you a free year to stay (+ £50 phone credit) even though you are tied?

adandem

It would seem not, £26 to leave.