Im thinking of signing up for sky but I have heard mixed things about their service. Does anybody have any thoughts on sky, which might be useful?

Thanks ::)

We've had this package for over a year and never had any probs at all.

Be sure they tell you what speed you can get on the broadband.

When I enquired about getting the full package they told me we could get the top broadband upto 16mb.

When I actually ordered, they said we would only be able to get half a Mb because the nearest telephone exchange is 4 miles away, so we ended up with Sky TV only.

Thank you, lots of people have said the same, guess Im just a naturaly sceptical person! The special offers that they have running do seem a bit too good to be true sometimes.

Don't trust the introduce a friend offer either.
We got someone to introduce us so we could both get £50 of M&S vouchers, but then they wanted us to pay £199 for the Sky+HD box.

At the same time the Sky+HD box was one their website at £99 with £50 vouchers if you signed up online yourself.

Their answer - they couldn't give us the £50 each for the introduce a friend offer AND allow us to have the box at £99.

Be sure they tell you what speed you can get on the broadband.

When I enquired about getting the full package they told me we could get the top broadband upto 16mb.

When I actually ordered, they said we would only be able to get half a Mb because the nearest telephone exchange is 4 miles away, so we ended up with Sky TV only.In fairness to Sky, I was going to pay extra for the faster broadband until they pointed out it wasn't worth it because of how far away the exchange was. They could easily have just taken my money and kept quiet but they didn't.

when adding up the figures for sky remember that you have to have a BT landline & to add that in to the cost too. if you have multipul sky boxes they must all be conected to the phone line.

i've been a sky customer for over 2 years now & i am a happy customer. the only problem i have had with them was because i have two sky boxes on the multi room package. they started to charge me the full price for the multi room box instead of the discounted £10 charge. it turned out there was a loose conection with the phone line to that box. my OH sorted it out & sky refunded me.

We have all three and their line rental (cheaper than BT) excellent service never had a problem.

we've had this package for about 3 weeks now. Its faster than my previous ISP and less than half price.

My only problem now is that my son cant get the wifi to log his Play Atation to the net. Thats probably a fault at our end.:|

We have all 3 and no problems either well worth the money and we have free phone calls all day and to lots of european countries as well.

we've had this package for about 3 weeks now. Its faster than my previous ISP and less than half price.

My only problem now is that my son cant get the wifi to log his Play Atation to the net. Thats probably a fault at our end.:|

that is the only problem i had with sky unable to play xbox 360... i had to buy a new modem other than tha spot on!!

Im thinking of signing up for sky but I have heard mixed things about their service. Does anybody have any thoughts on sky, which might be useful?

Thanks ::)

Sign up to them through Quidco and you will get cashback from them aswell which makes the deal even better. £50 for sky plus package and more if you get HD package.

We have all three and their line rental (cheaper than BT) excellent service never had a problem.

This sounds interesting , I was under the impression that no matter which telephone provider you went with , you still had to pay BT for the line rental

Im thinking of signing up for sky but I have heard mixed things about their service. Does anybody have any thoughts on sky, which might be useful?

Thanks ::)

I have the total package, and have no problems with it for over a year now, works out cheaper to get all three services than pay for separate ones.

I also use my ipod touch with the wifi thingy on it as well.

This sounds interesting , I was under the impression that no matter which telephone provider you went with , you still had to pay BT for the line rental

Not no more, sky took mine so I pay sky for my line rental, I have refuse to have anything to do with the Cowboy company that is BT!!!

that is the only problem i had with sky unable to play xbox 360... i had to buy a new modem other than tha spot on!!

Really? Oh dear...my OH aint gonna be happy when he realises this!!!

Not no more, sky took mine so I pay sky for my line rental, I have refuse to have anything to do with the Cowboy company that is BT!!!

i was also told by sky that i have to have a BT line rental. when did this change & how much do sky charge for the line rental. i would much rather be paying sky a lump sum than having to pay BT aswell.

that is the only problem i had with sky unable to play xbox 360... i had to buy a new modem other than tha spot on!!

why cant you play xbox 360 with the sky?

i have my wii through our sky BB & its fine.

Really? Oh dear...my OH aint gonna be happy when he realises this!!!

My 360 works fine with sky broadband :thumbsup:

i was also told by sky that i have to have a BT line rental. when did this change & how much do sky charge for the line rental. i would much rather be paying sky a lump sum than having to pay BT aswell.



why cant you play xbox 360 with the sky?

i have my wii through our sky BB & its fine.


You can def' get Sky line rental:
it is cheaper than BT also.


Sky Talk Line Rental is exclusively available to Sky TV customers with a Sky Talk package and a BT compatible line. New Sky customers who don't currently have a BT compatible line may be able to get one installed through Sky. Please call 08442 411 076 for details.
http://www.sky.com/portal/site/skycom/skyproducts/skytalk/linerental

i was also told by sky that i have to have a BT line rental. when did this change & how much do sky charge for the line rental. i would much rather be paying sky a lump sum than having to pay BT aswell.

Very odd, at the moment they're pushing staff in pretty much every department to get people to upgrade to line rental - you can upgrade online - details here (http://www.sky.com/portal/site/skycom/skyproducts/skytalk/linerental) - you do need to be out of your 12 month contract with BT though...

You can def' get Sky line rental:
it is cheaper than BT also.


Sky Talk Line Rental is exclusively available to Sky TV customers with a Sky Talk package and a BT compatible line. New Sky customers who don't currently have a BT compatible line may be able to get one installed through Sky. Please call 08442 411 076 for details.
http://www.sky.com/portal/site/skycom/skyproducts/skytalk/linerental

thanks, i'm moving soon so when i phone sky will talk to someone about this. its only £3 per month saving on the BT line rental but all those £3 add up.

I have just sorted my sky package out, Sky+ and multiroom, but have a line with BT, so the sky advisor told me to check with BT as they wasnt sure if i could get their sky talk and broadband. Have been told by BT i can get it, even though i have free calls with BT, but in order to get the broadband i need to subscribe to sky talk which is free anyway, its all weird.... why cant they just give me the broadband? would be a lot easier.