Moving from BT to Sky

miggiwoo

Hi

Have been with BT for around a decade ( and Virgin for about 20 Years before that ) so not a regular mover between services

In short , my BT contract is up and price has gone from £48 to £68 ( Fibre 1 and BT sports ) . Had issues for quite a while with the TV box as it only records for a few minutes before stopping . I had gone on BT forum and found solution but never seems to work for long

I did call them a couple of days ago to see if they could lower the price at all but , after the usual 10 minutes on hold , said the best they could do was £58 and bumping up the broadband. I said I didnt want the BT sports and he requoted at £61 for the basic Entertainment package. I havent had a call from the retentions Dept so assume they arent to fussed about my custom.

I quite fancy moving to Sky for Fibre 900 broadband full fibre and the basic Entertainment package at around £35 ish

My question is whether I would need Sky to install anything or if the BT box on the wall could be used ? Below is the pic of what my current set up looks like

Thanks in advance

flaneurs_lobster

Your box on the wall is a standard FTTP ONT box so is good for any ISP offering services over Openreach in your area.

Sky would need to replace your BT router (which you will need to return with their other kit) with one of their own.

They will also supply a Sky Stream TV box, much like the BT TV box but doesn't record.

miggiwoo

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82153879#Comment_82153879

Many thanks for your reply

littleboo

However, Sky also use Cityfibre, so if they cover your property, you may find Sky use them (I believe it's cheaper for Sky) in which case a new fibre and ONT would get installed.

JSmithy45AD

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82154165#Comment_82154165

True, in fact if Cityfibre are available at their property then they have no choice but to use them, Sky won't entertain using OR in that scenario. Mind you, I'm seen some horror stories of getting Cityfibre to fit the service.

iniltous

As stated , it’s only if CityFibre are also available at your address that anything changes (an extra block on the external wall and another ONT alongside the existing Openreach one inside the property ) , but if it’s only Openreach then you connect the Sky router to the ONT and send the BT one back to BT , in places where CF and OR are both available, Sky prefer using CF .

flaneurs_lobster

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82154165#Comment_82154165

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82154236#Comment_82154236

…and maybe it's just Openreach!

Don't think double coverage by FTTP networks is THAT common (excluding Virgin Media).

JSmithy45AD

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82154481#Comment_82154481

Cityfibre have only been in operation for 12 years and for obvious reasons targets mainly dense urban environments, OR would already be in place in these locations so I'd expect it to be much more common than you'd think.

The exception is the government's Project Gigabit scheme. Cityfibre have state-subsidised contracts where they are explicitly funded to lay fibre in rural areas where little else is available.