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Rumours about Sky

50Twuncle
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I hear rumours that Sky's contract with its satellite provider will shortly expire and Sky are not renewing
Instead - they are only planning on allowing internet connections - which will require a Q box at an increased price compared to "normal" HD..
Don't know how true this is - but if it is true - I can see many subscribers leaving Sky...
Instead - they are only planning on allowing internet connections - which will require a Q box at an increased price compared to "normal" HD..
Don't know how true this is - but if it is true - I can see many subscribers leaving Sky...
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Except that it's an alternative rather than a replacement. @50Twuncle posting nonsense, that's a shocker.0 -
I hear rumours that Sky's contract with its satellite provider will shortly expire and Sky are not renewing
Instead - they are only planning on allowing internet connections - which will require a Q box at an increased price compared to "normal" HD..
Don't know how true this is - but if it is true - I can see many subscribers leaving Sky...
I wonder if you have misunderstood the article, did you read the same article as linked to Twuncle ?
Skys contract didnt expire, what happened was Paramount and Sky had a disagreement over money Sky would give Paramount for channels (similar to Virgin and UK tv earlier last month )
The other part of the story is to offer a service via a non satellite option.0 -
A Sky engineer told me about this a few months ago. He said it's very close as well as HDR, and showed me the announcement on Sky Intranet.
Obviously, they will only allow you not to have a dish if you broadband is capable enough. Which I believe is 11mb/s minimum.0 -
Colin_Maybe wrote: »Except that it's an alternative rather than a replacement. @50Twuncle posting nonsense, that's a shocker.
Probably taking a break from his NI thread.
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A Sky engineer told me about this a few months ago. He said it's very close as well as HDR, and showed me the announcement on Sky Intranet.
Obviously, they will only allow you not to have a dish if you broadband is capable enough. Which I believe is 11mb/s minimum.
You'll need probably 60Mbps+ broadband for Sky Q without a dish.
A friend got on the trial but only because he had 100Mbps Virgin BB.0
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