Sky TV

[mickbrown]

Virgin are trying to bankrupt me but Sky have an ace deal - no dish just using a streaming box.

Anybody got that? Any good?

The virgin one works just fine, but I've only ever had sky through a dish before.

[frank_spencer]

What if you just want Internet but no telly?

[only1swanny]

sky creep the bill up, just check how long the offers are that make up the deal, We had them quote low and the "line rental" was only 6 months at a cheap rate then doubled

 

[mickbrown]

16 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

sky creep the bill up, just check how long the offers are that make up the deal, We had them quote low and the "line rental" was only 6 months at a cheap rate then doubled

 

It's a 2 yr deal

Its half the price of what virgin are wanting

Do you have the streaming box or dish?

 

Edited January 9, 2025 by mickbrown

[Sweep]

2 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

It's a 2 yr deal

Its half the price of what virgin are wanting

Do you have the streaming box or dish?

 

My mate has the streaming box, and it seems more than OK, in fact I'm not sure he's ever had a dish........

[dave2980]

Sky Stream is better than Virgin Stream, I think. Sky Stream allows you to use any broadband supplier, while Virgin Stream only works with Virgin broadband.

My best mate has Sky Stream, I've never noticed any issue with it

[mickbrown]

Cheers chaps - I'll feck virgin off then

[Sweep]

2 minutes ago, dave2980 said:

Sky Stream is better than Virgin Stream, I think. Sky Stream allows you to use any broadband supplier, while Virgin Stream only works with Virgin broadband.

My best mate has Sky Stream, I've never noticed any issue with it

Yep.my mate has Virgin BB and Sky Stream

[bolton in bedford]

I’ve just sacked Sky off after 20 odd years.  When we had a mistake with our bill they didn’t care and no interest in sorting it.

 

[royal white]

Anyone paying for Sky tv in 2024 either has to much money or is a bit stupid…..or both. 

[gonzo]

I'd be telling Virgin about your sky offer before you do anything....

[mickbrown]

3 minutes ago, gonzo said:

I'd be telling Virgin about your sky offer before you do anything....

Doing that as we speak. So far nowhere near it

[mickbrown]

21 minutes ago, royal white said:

Anyone paying for Sky tv in 2024 either has to much money or is a bit stupid…..or both. 

Can't be arsed faffing about with vpn's and peasant firestick combos.

And I'm not that stupid that I don't know what year it is.😀

 

Edited January 9, 2025 by mickbrown

[1969]

47 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

sky creep the bill up, just check how long the offers are that make up the deal, We had them quote low and the "line rental" was only 6 months at a cheap rate then doubled

 

As far as I'm aware they all do that 

I'm with BT and my bill goes up by around 4% every year 

[royal white]

12 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Can't be arsed faffing about with vpn's and peasant firestick combos.

And I'm not that stupid that I don't know what year it is.😀

 

😂😂 very good point! 

[mickbrown]

2 minutes ago, royal white said:

😂😂 very good point! 

😉

[Traf]

1 hour ago, frank_spencer said:

What if you just want Internet but no telly?

You'd be called Stan

[Sweep]

1 hour ago, mickbrown said:

Doing that as we speak. So far nowhere near it

I was at that stage, I actually terminated the contract, and I had every intention of leaving. Within 24/48 hours, they were calling me back with some incredible deals, and I ended up staying with them

[only1swanny]

1 hour ago, mickbrown said:

Can't be arsed faffing about with vpn's and peasant firestick combos.

And I'm not that stupid that I don't know what year it is.😀

 

Where I'm at tbh, 

Know people with firesticks and they've always been shite tbh, someone lent me one and gave it back after a week. 

We have a dish, very rare we have issues. Costs about 90 quid a month for full package, with netflix, sports and broadband. 

[mickbrown]

1 minute ago, only1swanny said:

Where I'm at tbh, 

Know people with firesticks and they've always been shite tbh, someone lent me one and gave it back after a week. 

We have a dish, very rare we have issues. Costs about 90 quid a month for full package, with netflix, sports and broadband. 

Back in the early days of OnDigital a mate at work sorted me with a dodgy card - was a bit of green plastic with a load of chips and transformers and shit moonted to it.

Had to give it to him every week to get it reprogrammed. Never been arsed since

[dusan nikolic]

1 hour ago, Sweep said:

I was at that stage, I actually terminated the contract, and I had every intention of leaving. Within 24/48 hours, they were calling me back with some incredible deals, and I ended up staying with them

Same here , they shoved the bill up by 22% and within a couple of days of us telling them about our intention to leave they gave us a load of extra channels , improved Broadband and dropped the bill by £10 from it's original price . I think we have been with them for 27 years under their various names . This has been the nearest i've come to binning them though .

 

Edited January 9, 2025 by dusan nikolic

[Not in Crawley]

2 hours ago, mickbrown said:

Can't be arsed faffing about with vpn's and peasant firestick combos.

And I'm not that stupid that I don't know what year it is.😀

 

Firesticks are ace. Switch on and off subscriptions when I want and need them, good fornus considering I've not actually watched a second of TV this week and that's pretty usual.

[Cheese]

31 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Firesticks are ace. Switch on and off subscriptions when I want and need them, good fornus considering I've not actually watched a second of TV this week and that's pretty usual.

Think he's talking about the dodgy ones with all the illegal free stuff.

Edited January 9, 2025 by Cheese

[kent_white]

3 hours ago, mickbrown said:

Can't be arsed faffing about with vpn's and peasant firestick combos.

And I'm not that stupid that I don't know what year it is.😀

 

It's a piece of piss nowadays mate! 

[kent_white]

30 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Firesticks are ace. Switch on and off subscriptions when I want and need them, good fornus considering I've not actually watched a second of TV this week and that's pretty usual.

You've got it all wrong! 😁