MSE Sky TV for £61 for a year offer from Thursday 09/06/2016

digitaltoast

Cleared cache and cookies, tried again, now getting:
"We were unable to check if Sky Broadband & Talk is available. Please try again" after about 30 seconds after entering postcode and number.

Ugh.

thethe_dude

digitaltoast wrote: »

My link has just arrived and the site seems incredibly slow and glitchy. I entered my details, confirmed the package, and then was just read about call costs/terms, when the page changed to

"Unable to continue with your order
An error has occurred
Unfortunately, we have not been able to proceed with your order. To continue by phone, please call 0800 151 2758."

Now on hold... will update after call! Anyone else having this problem?

Assuming this works, I'm about to jump ship from Plusnet - worth it?

DigitalToast, probably there servers now being hammered by all the people with codes/links. Bear with it, I'm sure you'll get there.

I am with Plus.net now and they have been excellent both in terms of BB service and customer service but they couldn't get anywhere near Sky, best i got out of them was £19.49/month for line rental and unlimited BB. I'm fairly lucky as the Sky deal landed at exactly the right time as my 1 year contract with Plus.net ended only yesterday.

digitaltoast

thethe_dude wrote: »

DigitalToast, probably there servers now being hammered by all the people with codes/links. Bear with it, I'm sure you'll get there.

Got through, and as we suspected, everyone is hammering the server. I checked and the helpline person said that you can definitely use it until midnight on the 16th, once you've got the code there's no rush to use it.

Doc_N

Might be a good point to add a reminder about the current SSE deal. Mixed reports, but pretty much unbeatable value for a phone/fibre package - the £21 per month includes line rental, anytime calls and unlimited superfast fibre broadband.

https://www.sse.co.uk/phone-and-broadband

£21.00 per month
FREE SSE Ultrafast Fibre Broadband with our Talk Anytime package

MONTHLY COST BREAKDOWN:
Incl. VAT at 20%. 18 month contract (Talk), 18 month contract (Broadband)

£5.00 call bundle, £0.00 broadband and £16.00 line rental per month. It's an 18-month fixed term contract for both the broadband and phone services. Paper bills will cost £1 per month extra. Some call features will also come at an additional cost – please read Talk Contract 15: Products and prices from 17 September 2015.


FREE unlimited fibre broadband for 18 months with our Talk Anytime package

Truly unlimited downloads – stream and download as much as you like

Download speeds of up to 76 Mbps – see 'Your broadband speed is' section for details

No connection charges

An easy to set-up wireless router with no delivery charge

Includes local and national calls at any time as well as calls to 20 international countries – see Important Information for full package details

An 18-month subscription to our Internet Security Suite to help you stay safe online

Access to exclusive presale tickets for some of the UK's biggest entertainment and sport events with SSE Reward

ashpan

Im considering taking up the sky deal £60 pa with all discounts in, but my bt package doesnt end til end of august-im loosing the TV and sport with BT but am happy with freeview for now

BTwill charge me £140 if i leave now so im wondering if sky will defer the start of my package til then or will i have to take it up as soon as im signed up with them?

wishuponastar

I tried to sign up for it Friday afternoon and kept getting the error message

Unable to continue with your order

An error has occurred


So I thought I'd try when the site is quieter. I tried for about 2 hours on Saturday morning (from just before 6am) and keep getting the same error message. Spoke to an advisor at Sky on webchat and he didn't know why I kept getting this message.

I tried all sorts but same message, so still not signed up.

vinomonster

hi wishuponastar, ive just tried it, and got my code. sadly they then add £20 activation fee for line rental, as opposed to a £20 installation fee. although still a good deal, its not as described.

aniahill

Did anyone else get the code but no email with link? Can someone post the link if it looks generic? If it's not could you send me a private message once you've used yours so I can see if I can manipulate my code into the url?

Thanks

DavidP24

aniahill wrote: »

Did anyone else get the code but no email with link? Can someone post the link if it looks generic? If it's not could you send me a private message once you've used yours so I can see if I can manipulate my code into the url?

Thanks

Assuming that you are NOT an existing Sky customer then you can follow this link and enter your voucher code

http://www.sky.com/shop/offers/proposition/MSESAQ156

If you have any problems post back.

DavidP24

ashpan wrote: »

Im considering taking up the sky deal £60 pa with all discounts in, but my bt package doesnt end til end of august-im loosing the TV and sport with BT but am happy with freeview for now

BTwill charge me £140 if i leave now so im wondering if sky will defer the start of my package til then or will i have to take it up as soon as im signed up with them?

A friend of mine managed something similar once, they called BB provider to rearrage install date (he did not tell them his contract had not run out because he wanted to avoid fee) he then said he was moving and had the broadband installed in his new place..

When you sign up with Sky you will be given some choices of install date and a calendar comes up, it is based on BT Wholesale engineer availability. I chose the soonest date, but if you chose the longest, say 4 weeks and then called in 3 weeks to rearrage due to family illness or a conflicting obligation at work they will just offer you another date.

The good news is that your contract does not start till the service is installed.

What I am NOT sure about is at what stage Sky write to BT and initiate your transfer of line etc.

The risk for you is not the service start date it is the BB supplier telling the old one.

Another way to achieve this is to create a new address at your address, e.g. Flat B, 27 Acacia Avenue, when the engineer comes you say that the line is being installed in X room (which you rent out) and it becomes a new line install. Sky only charge £20 for a new line but I doubt that includes wiring so you may have to pay extra.

Also BT unlike Sky have a fee when you terminate a service but do not move it to another provider, so you would be hit by that if you used Flat B.

A 3rd option is that you put an ad on Gumtree offering 3 months of free broadband, you move your BT contract to another address, that leaves your current line free. You lose the phone number of course but that is not a biggie.

I do not understand why BT bill is £140 for 3 months if you end early, if you pay a contract up to the end does that avoid it or is that the cost to the end?

From a financial point of view you have to consider what you are saving

Sky regularly offer a deal for £161 annual cost, so you are only saving an extra £100 here.

Now they may put up their price but paying £140 to get an extra £100 does not make sense to me.

There will be all kinds of summer deals going on, including the EE summer sim which will give you mifi access for 2 months with 100gb a month. is very useful while you wait for a better deal. Mind you so is asking your neighbours if you can use their wifi.

This is a GREAT deal but there will be other deals, last September Sky had the £5.35 deal.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/broadband/2015/09/urgent535-for-a-years-sky-line-rental-and-broadband

I would suggest you use this deal to call BT and haggle, say you are prepared to take £140 loss unless they offer you something spectacular.

They may match the price and include sport, you have 5 days so get on the phone now!!