do i need a bt line for sky+

baron777red

im with virgin media at the moment and have cable tv, phone, and broadband

but i want to change the tv and go with sky and get a sky + box,

di need a bt line to get skys digital tv, or is it ok just to have an active line

i know thats according to skys t's + c's you have to have a telephone line connected to recieve pay per view and interactive services, can i use my virgin line

and does anyone know or had experience of sky contacting them if the telephone line from the digital box is removed, ive heard they do spot check to see if your line is still connected

thanks

A_Nice_Englishman

Your Virgin phone line will be fine.

You are supposed to keep your box connected to a phone line for the first 12 months but Sky do not seem to check unless you have Multiroom.

darwin-rover

Could have swore I answered this already in a post not 2 days ago . Deja Vu ?
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=550622

BexTech

Your cable line is fine, it's only ever been a working landline, doesn't matter who the provider is.

Heinz

baron777red wrote: »

and does anyone know or had experience of sky contacting them if the telephone line from the digital box is removed, ive heard they do spot check to see if your line is still connected

Sky do enforce the requirement for boxes to be connected to a phone line in the case of multiroom subscriptions, but not for single STBs. That's because multiroom offers a reduced subscription for the second and subsequent boxes so they want to ensure both (all) STBs are in the same location and have not been sold on or used elsewhere.