Sky and BT

jarr

I haven't got a BT line and don't want one but Sky said I must have one to get a box. Anyway round this?

Heinz

Yes, pay Sky £25 extra for installation and they'll waive the 'must be connected to a landline for the first 12 months' requirement.

But only for a single box - you have to have the same landline connected to every box in a multiroom installation.

svmitche

Do you have a phone line at all?

If you don't have one and that's the issue, I think you have to have some kind of phone line, but I spoke to Sky on the weekend about this and if you order your Sky, then organise for BT line to be connected, Sky will refund the £125 BT connection charge.

If you have a phone line but not a BT one then see the other post above.

Ypaymore

You dont have to have a landline to get Sky TV anymore as Heinz has already pointed out.

BexTech

jarr wrote: »

I haven't got a BT line and don't want one but Sky said I must have one to get a box. Anyway round this?

Do you have a phone line at all?

As it's never been a requirement for Sky Digital TV that it has to be a BT line, it can be any provider. When we had Sky Digital installed 1 Oct 1998 it was with a cable line (when cable used to be cheaper than BT, not like the last 6 years where they are the dearest around).

If you want Sky Talk or Sky Broadband, then that is when you need a BT line.

If you don't have any phone line, then you can pay the £25 manual activation fee to pay your way out of the phone line requirement. (Only for single box installs).

You could ask a neighbour to borrow their phone line, hide the line coming in and have the box connected to that, once the activation has been done and the installer goes away, un-plug box from phone line and forget about it. (Only for single box installs).