[Technology] Out of contract with Sky - Tips ?

[PascalGroß Tips]

Half the Country are getting all channels of all sports and films etc for £4 a month with the stick

Then half the country should be charged with theft.

 

[PascalGroß Tips]

Sky charge £28 a month for TNT. On Virgin it's £18 that's a big difference.

I managed to get TNT included for nothing on my renewal with VM a couple of months ago.

 

[Betfair Bozo]

Had the dubious pleasure of the dance with Sky yesterday as 'discounts' are due to come off and the new price would be £180 per month without them for (2 boxes) Sky Signature, Sky Sports, Netflix, BB and SkyTalk. They said 'best price' was £117 which I said was more than I was prepared to accept and they came back with £104.50. Unfortunately we are not cabled so VM is not an option so have settled at the £104.50. Can't say with much enthusiasm.

 

[trueblue]

Had the dubious pleasure of the dance with Sky yesterday as 'discounts' are due to come off and the new price would be £180 per month without them for (2 boxes) Sky Signature, Sky Sports, Netflix, BB and SkyTalk. They said 'best price' was £117 which I said was more than I was prepared to accept and they came back with £104.50. Unfortunately we are not cabled so VM is not an option so have settled at the £104.50. Can't say with much enthusiasm.

If you’ve got a smart TV, then can save some money by unbundling Netflix unless you absolutely have to have it constantly available. Just sign up for a couple of months, watch the good shows, sack it off for a while. Can probably reduce the annual subscription by 50% minimum.

 

[Greavsey]

If you’ve got a smart TV, then can save some money by unbundling Netflix unless you absolutely have to have it constantly available. Just sign up for a couple of months, watch the good shows, sack it off for a while. Can probably reduce the annual subscription by 50% minimum.

Yep and since I cancelled Sky, I've brought an Apple TV plug in thing, which has better sound and picture quality and you can download TV guide app for any live TV. I've also subscribed to NOW TV for sports at £20 a month. A massive saving on the £140 a month I was paying.

 

[Jim in the West]

Yep and since I cancelled Sky, I've brought an Apple TV plug in thing, which has better sound and picture quality and you can download TV guide app for any live TV. I've also subscribed to NOW TV for sports at £20 a month. A massive saving on the £140 a month I was paying.

I have exactly the same set up. Had to replace my firestick last year and went with Apple TV. I'm a complete technophobe, so no idea really how these things work - but the upgrade in picture quality and speed was amazing.

 

[phoenix]

Had the dubious pleasure of the dance with Sky yesterday as 'discounts' are due to come off and the new price would be £180 per month without them for (2 boxes) Sky Signature, Sky Sports, Netflix, BB and SkyTalk. They said 'best price' was £117 which I said was more than I was prepared to accept and they came back with £104.50. Unfortunately we are not cabled so VM is not an option so have settled at the £104.50. Can't say with much enthusiasm.

Yes i felt a bit like that with Virgin but then i went back and added TNT Sports at £18 a month. I think sometimes you just have to accept things. As a footnote i own my own flat in a block of 9 so all i could do was have SKY I kept nagging and they said you had to get a wayleaave agreement which took me some time. I was lucky as that meant i could move from slow internet to high speed. And then to Virgin but the Virgin box is 21 metres from my flat so very lucky.

 

[trueblue]

I have exactly the same set up. Had to replace my firestick last year and went with Apple TV. I'm a complete technophobe, so no idea really how these things work - but the upgrade in picture quality and speed was amazing.

I think with a decent internet connection and a Smart TV/stick, Sky is rapidly becoming redundant, other than for being able to record things easily - but they're even moving away from that by pushing the internet model rather than hard drive boxes these days. They're good at putting everything on one platform, which makes it convenient if the price is right. Almost everything on there though can be obtained without getting tied into long expensive contracts. After all, there's only so much telly anyone can watch at one time.

 

[Washboard Didgets]

Have finally got round to ringing Sky to try and reduce our monthly bill with them. And like others on this thread (or another thread?), they definitely seem to be less willing to drop prices compared to past experience.

Been with Sky for 13 years, we have pretty much the full package including Fibre broadband so it is never going to be 'cheap' but I watch football and F1 a lot, we watch the films regularly and have a 4K TV and I want to see the sport and movies in UHD. Our bill had crept up to £159.00 recently as we were out of contract with everything. The best offer I got at first was £135.50, after pushing a bit more this came down to £123.50.

Here is the breakdown of the package, be interesting to know if anyone has managed to get anything better as a renewing/ongoing customer...?

TV Package
Sky Signature – £36 [discounted to £24]
Ultimate Package (this is Netflix Premium 4K - 4 screens - No ads) – £11.50
Sky Sports – £39 [discounted to £23]
Sky Cinema – £19 [discounted to £10]
HD – £9 [discounted to £8] – I repeatedly asked why they are charging extra for this when everyone is on Sky Q which is HD anyway surely?
Multiscreen (Minibox in bedroom) – £15
Ultra HD – £4 [discounted to £1]

Broadband
150Mbps Ultrafast Fibre Broadband – £46 [discounted to £31]

Tried asking if they can speak to a manager / retentions department to get any better deals but they weren't budging.

Then charged a £20 admin fee for updating my package!

 

[Kurt Nogood]

Have finally got round to ringing Sky to try and reduce our monthly bill with them. And like others on this thread (or another thread?), they definitely seem to be less willing to drop prices compared to past experience.

Been with Sky for 13 years, we have pretty much the full package including Fibre broadband so it is never going to be 'cheap' but I watch football and F1 a lot, we watch the films regularly and have a 4K TV and I want to see the sport and movies in UHD. Our bill had crept up to £159.00 recently as we were out of contract with everything. The best offer I got at first was £135.50, after pushing a bit more this came down to £123.50.

Here is the breakdown of the package, be interesting to know if anyone has managed to get anything better as a renewing/ongoing customer...?

TV Package
Sky Signature – £36 [discounted to £24]
Ultimate Package (this is Netflix Premium 4K - 4 screens - No ads) – £11.50
Sky Sports – £39 [discounted to £23]
Sky Cinema – £19 [discounted to £10]
HD – £9 [discounted to £8] – I repeatedly asked why they are charging extra for this when everyone is on Sky Q which is HD anyway surely?
Multiscreen (Minibox in bedroom) – £15
Ultra HD – £4 [discounted to £1]

Broadband
150Mbps Ultrafast Fibre Broadband – £46 [discounted to £31]

Tried asking if they can speak to a manager / retentions department to get any better deals but they weren't budging.

Then charged a £20 admin fee for updating my package!

I renewed TV package today, which was going to go to up to £108.
Same selections as you but no sky cinema, £75 per month for 2 years. No admin fee.

I’m happy enough with that, used the chat feature on their website this time rather than calling.

 

[A mex eyecan]

Well i’ve now been without sky for around a month. At the moment with all the catch up options, free, netflix £10 ish we‘re not missing it much at all. I know footie isn’t on at the moment, but i really mainly watched that if Brighton were away and on sky, the rest was sort of meh. I can’t always walk round to the pub to see those.

Im obviously paying for BB at £24 per month.

so reckoning i’m saving roughly £700 a year, which will pay for a few flights to some european destinations.

 

[Wozza]

Found out recently that my elderly dad is paying:

£100+ month for Sky TV, inc Sport, HD and broadband, and
£95 for phone line rental (presumably for 3 months)

Been a while since I sorted this stuff, but he can switch the phone line to Sky too, right?

What sort of figure should he be paying for the whole caboodle?

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Thread acted as a timely reminder with our core package coming off contract in a few weeks

Current pack (Sky Q - Tv only as FTTH locked to other providers)

Signature
Sports
Cinema
HD&UHD
Netflix Premium (UHD)
Disney plus
Multi room

Currently £98, increasing to £123 next month

Removed sky cinema as we don’t watch it as anything new we want to watch is on Sky store, which we are happy to pay for as a premium when used rarely

Managed to secure for £81 for the next 24 months. Tried for less but wouldn’t reduce further without taking off more, which wasn’t prepared to do

Very surprised and a good outcome well below what we would have accepted

 

[Neil]

Lightning Fibre is the best out there at £18 a month

 

[The Fifth Column]

My advice, don't renew, sell your TV and enjoy other things in life. Haha its not for everyone but I gave up watching TV a few years ago and dont miss it a bit.

 

[HHGull]

Broadband is up for renewal - has anyone got Cuckoo full fibre?

Trustpilot reviews seem to be very positive and it’s good value for money. What’s the catch?!

Cuckoo Broadband

Switch Broadband, for good · Incredible full fibre broadband speeds · Award-winning customer services · And fair pricing.

www.cuckoo.co

 

[CHAPPERS]

Broadband is up for renewal - has anyone got Cuckoo full fibre?

Trustpilot reviews seem to be very positive and it’s good value for money. What’s the catch?!

Cuckoo Broadband

Switch Broadband, for good · Incredible full fibre broadband speeds · Award-winning customer services · And fair pricing.

www.cuckoo.co

I’ve heard the service can be a bit in and out.

 

[Is it PotG?]

My Dad just called to tell me that this is true, maybe it can work here too.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

My Dad just called to tell me that this is true, maybe it can work here too.

Did your Dad survive putting the heat of a soldering iron to a battery ? That's before we even get into the nuts and bolts of how two batteries and a coat hanger could break the encryption of most digital broadcasts.

 

[METALMICKY]

To be honest I'm dreading the usual 'dance' with Sky which is due in late December. Firstly, I'm hearing they are getting a little immune to the ' threat to cancel ' ploy which usually works pretty well.

However, the biggest issue is the broadband which is clearly over priced for speed since they currently don't do full fibre into the property in my area. Lightening Fibre are offering some brilliant deals and it looks a no brainer. The fly in the ointment is a technical issue whereby Sky mini boxes as part of a Sky Q set up don't like play nicely with non Sky broadband. Lots of reported issues and seemingly the only surefire solution is running Ethernet cable which I'm loath to do as it will look rubbish and have only just decorated.