Alternative to Sky or Virgin

gardner1

Haylescom wrote: »

Thanks gardner1. I've looked at Nowtv and the entertainment package looks good. The downside is OH watches every football match on tv and F1 as well so we'd need a hefty sports pack.

send him down the pub to watch it

Haylescom

We have already got a ps4 though and think we can get Now tv through that? Might be a temporary solution if nothing else, as soon as we get broadband put in.

datlex

Now TV have Entertainment Movies and Sports passes (Sports come in day, week and month passes). The Entertainment pass is at most £6.99 a month. Though as above you can often get deals which allow you to get a pass for much less. The Movies pass is £9.99 again you can get deals which allow you to pay less. The good thing about Now is you can watch it on a couple of devices eg two Now Boxes at the same time or two LG Smart Televisions. You can register up to 4 devices. These can be an I pad or an Android tablet so you can take it with you on the go in the UK (subject of course to data access or wifi availability).

How strong is the landline signal where you are? Talk Talk and BT both have television services as part of their packages but only if your signal is over a certain strength. It can be worth combining services to get a good overall range of programs. Though I have not used these myself so cannot comment on how good they are.

Haylescom

Thanks for your reply datlex.
I've been on the BT site and they won't provide a substantial package (BT infinity) because the signal strength isn't strong enough. I think our best bet is Now tv and a cheap but speedy broadband connection. If we get fed up we can get a dish once the last house on site has been built or hope Virgin have got to the area.

Mister_G

One word of advice. I see that you are moving to a new build which probably means that BT are going to have to provide new infrastructure.

This is quite often provided by the developer these days, but BT still have to 'connect you up'.

We have read of many instances on these forums where customers have been waiting weeks or even months for this to happen after they have moved in.

I suggest that you have a word with the developer to make sure that all this has been sorted out with BT in advance.

We have recently had a new development built in our village where the developer 'forgot' to order BT and people ended up waiting over 6 months for connection.

Haylescom

Thanks Mister G that's a really good point. When we went last week the wires were there but BT hadn't been yet.