Sky telephone

jhp

MrsTee wrote: »

As we have Sky TV and broadband I've been thinking of taking out their phone too. Ive had different dates given me by BT for when my contract ends, the latest is May (and that was by someone in India), when do I need to contact sky about the transfer?

You can CPS your calls to SKY whenever you like at no financial penalty from BT.

catsonic

im really confused!! I thought you had to have a bt line rental to get sky phone?

Thats the only reason i went back to bt so that i could get sky phone!

Heinz

catsonic wrote: »

im really confused!! I thought you had to have a bt line rental to get sky phone?

Thats the only reason i went back to bt so that i could get sky phone!

That used to be the case but Sky has now started offering its own line rental (to trap punters into paying Sky rates for all non-inclusive calls - such as calls to mobiles).

Leave your line rental with BT, it's far safer.

matrix999

Heinz wrote: »

That used to be the case but Sky has now started offering its own line rental (to trap punters into paying Sky rates for all non-inclusive calls - such as calls to mobiles).

Leave your line rental with BT, it's far safer.

I dont understand what you mean by "its far safer"

Sky charges the following for calling mobiles:

Sky Talk Freetime: Nil per month

Calls to mobiles Daytime = 11.88 pence per min
Calls to mobiles Evening = 7.13 pence per min

(6p connection fee applies to all calls)

Sky Talk Unlimited: £5 per month

Calls to mobiles Daytime = 9.38 pence per min
Calls to mobiles Evening = 5.63 pence per min

(6p connection fee applies to all calls)

Sky Talk is between 5-25% cheaper than BT for calls to mobiles, however I am aware that other providers are cheaper than Sky.

catsonic

im now even more confused than i was before!

is it better to have bt line at 11 pound per month and 5 pound unlimited calls by sky.

OR

Sky line rental and 5 pound per month unlimited calls by sky?


I dont use any prefix or anything like that just sky unlimitied.

oh and before i get all excited i joined bt in december do i have to stay with them for a year?

Heinz

catsonic wrote: »

is it better to have bt line at 11 pound per month and 5 pound unlimited calls by sky.

OR

Sky line rental and 5 pound per month unlimited calls by sky?

I'd say the former - because you'd then be free to change to another CPS calls provider if/when you wanted (if you handed over your line rental to Sky, you'd save 50p/month but would then have to change back to BT line rental first).

Additionally, handing over your line rental to Sky would tie you into their call prices (e.g. for calls to mobiles and 084/087 numbers) when BT (via the 1280 CPS override prefix) or 18185 might be cheaper.

Yes, you have to stay with BT for line rental for 12 months - but you can sign up to a CPS provider whenever you want.

matrix999

Sky charges exactly the same price for calls to 0845/0870 numbers as BT.

Calls made using Sky to call mobiles are cheaper than BT.

Sky give you Free Caller Display, Free 1571 ( No condtions attached to make calls throughout the month to qualify for the free service )

Sky gives customers Free evening inclusive calls to 01/02 numbers ( no need to agree to a rolling contract like BT )

When i've phoned Sky Talk with any questions I dial 150 from my phone choose 1 option for Sky Talk and the call is answered. The longest I waited was 14 seconds.

The advisor was in Scotland (Dunfermline)

kkpolobear

jhp wrote: »

But Sky block 18185 which the OP wants to use to get cheap peak geographical calls, and cheap mobile calls.

they don't block the 18185 number as it works on mine

LardyCake

This looked interesting until I found out you have to subscribe to a Sky TV package to get the Sky Talk services. Pity, otherwise I would have gladly ditched BT.

matrix999

LardyCake wrote: »

This looked interesting until I found out you have to subscribe to a Sky TV package to get the Sky Talk services. Pity, otherwise I would have gladly ditched BT.

This is supposed to be changing!!

No date of when yet though!