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leaving sky but will I still get freeview

Hi,

Ive been with sky 18months. I don't watch enough telly to justify the £26 (£37 inc line rental). If I cancel my sky, can I still watch freeview on the dish?

Also, I have that sky surf package, will I lose my e mail address with the sky broadband?

Lastly, I haven't done much research but talk talk seem to do a good package including line rental for £17. Can anyone better this?

Thanks,

Toddy

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  • TonyLisaP
    TonyLisaP Posts: 505 Forumite
    Toddy wrote: »
    Hi,

    Ive been with sky 18months. I don't watch enough telly to justify the £26 (£37 inc line rental). If I cancel my sky, can I still watch freeview on the dish?

    Also, I have that sky surf package, will I lose my e mail address with the sky broadband?

    Lastly, I haven't done much research but talk talk seem to do a good package including line rental for £17. Can anyone better this?

    Thanks,

    Toddy

    You can watch the free view packages via your dish. If you don't pay for Skys broadband you have no reason to assume that you will get to keep your email address.
  • missile
    missile Posts: 11,886 Forumite
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    Your sky card will give you access to free to air, almost but not quite the same channels as freeview.
    I pay £15 for my Virgin SIM with 300 free minutes, 300 free text/ month and free broadband access with no speed restriction or download limit.
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  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
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    You could save a bit by only having one mix, so you would be paying £16 for the TV and £5 for the broadband.
    BTW What you will get if you cease subscribing is Freesat from Sky which has a slightly different channel mix to terrestrial freeview, e.g you wont get E4 or More4.
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
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