Cheap fast broadband, free calls, Freesat?

andypenniall

Hi, I have fast broadband, free 24/7 calls and Freesat. My Freesat box is an antient sky +HD  box and I want to get better Freesat with all the channels as I don't get all of them and maybe recordable. I lost my Freesat card years ago. I'm with Now and pay £27.80 a month and I'm willing to pay around £30 ish. I saw a sky rep in my shopping centre who could offer me fast broadband, free 24/7 calls and recordable Freesat with new dish with a company for £30, but they wouldn't keep my home phone number which I need to keep. Can anyone help please.

Rodders53

Freesat from $ky is a $ky subscription service from $ky only.  No longer offered as far as I know but I believe they can sell a record sub for their out of contract HD boxes?


Freesat is a different thing and needs no subscription payments.  You buy the recorder and it yours to keep and maintain for a one-off payment.  https://www.freesat.co.uk/get-freesat
Not the cheapest boxes now, but the cheaper alternatives for freesat are second user devices or some modern TVs with built in freesat tuners (not all TVs with sat tuners are freesat though, so take care if you go down that route).

JSmithy45AD

andypenniall said:

Hi, I have fast broadband, free 24/7 calls and Freesat. My Freesat box is an antient sky +HD  box and I want to get better Freesat with all the channels as I don't get all of them and maybe recordable. I lost my Freesat card years ago. I'm with Now and pay £27.80 a month and I'm willing to pay around £30 ish. I saw a sky rep in my shopping centre who could offer me fast broadband, free 24/7 calls and recordable Freesat with new dish with a company for £30, but they wouldn't keep my home phone number which I need to keep. Can anyone help please.

If moving from Now to Sky or vice versa you always lose your home telephone number, you need to switch out to someone else and back at the end of minimum term to keep the number.

Better to keep your NowTV BB & calls package and buy a recordable Freesat or Freeview box.

J_B

Rodders53 said:

Freesat from $ky is a $ky subscription service from $ky only.....................

I've had it for years - this 'subscription' you speak has so far cost me nothing apart from purchasing a new Sky Box on occasions.

JSmithy45AD

J_B said:

Rodders53 said:

Freesat from $ky is a $ky subscription service from $ky only.....................

I've had it for years - this 'subscription' you speak has so far cost me nothing apart from purchasing a new Sky Box on occasions.

If you mean that you receive the Freesat channels for free then everybody gets that, but you can pay Sky a small monthly fee and use the recording facilities of the box as well which is what they're possibly referring too.

J_B

JSmithy45AD said:

J_B said:

Rodders53 said:

Freesat from $ky is a $ky subscription service from $ky only.....................

I've had it for years - this 'subscription' you speak has so far cost me nothing apart from purchasing a new Sky Box on occasions.

If you mean that you receive the Freesat channels for free then everybody gets that, but you can pay Sky a small monthly fee and use the recording facilities of the box as well which is what they're possibly referring too.

I mean that I have an old Sky HD receiver box and a 'Freesat From Sky' viewing card which I pay nothing for.

No recording facility but handy to watch 'local' TV from other areas

[Deleted User]

If you want the best deals at the moment you really need to let go of the "need to keep my landline number". 

I've not used a landline for 20 years and my mobile number has changed about 5 times in that period but I'm still in touch with everyone in my life, don't let a number hold you back.

Freesat and Freeview and getting dated now as well, most of the good content is available on free live / catch up via the internet.

brewerdave

[Deleted User] said:

If you want the best deals at the moment you really need to let go of the "need to keep my landline number". 

I've not used a landline for 20 years and my mobile number has changed about 5 times in that period but I'm still in touch with everyone in my life, don't let a number hold you back.

Freesat and Freeview and getting dated now as well, most of the good content is available on free live / catch up via the internet.

As some of us have pointed out on numerous occasions - fine and dandy if you have a usable mobile signal in the house ! The mobile cos. may claim 99% coverage but ................