Does Sky+ HD box need to be connected to phone line ?

As the title says, is this necessary if only having Sky Tv and NOT the Broadband and Phone options .

Cheers

 

You can have sky hd without a phoneline, but you would have to pay around 25quid i think, for a "no phone line install". You could not have multi-room without a landline.

 

If you don't want to pay the premium, and assuming you have a landline, simply run a phone extension cable to the sky box and unplug it when the installer has left. You'll have to plug it in again to order PPV movies etc.

 

I am in similar situation. I do not have a BT line. When I've ordered Sky+HD from Sky.com site I had to tick one of the tick box that says I will have to pay £25.

I am with virgin media.

Sky website wont let me select Sky talk or Sky broadband.

How do I get around this?

 

you cant, virgin media own there own lines, while BT signed some agreement or something allowing there lines to be used by other companies. Im sure someone will explain in more detail

 

BT are the dominant operator and OFCOM force them to allow others access to their lines and exchanges - Virgin are not!

 

£25!

Mine hasn't been connected to a phone line for over a year (I just unplugged it) and never even mentioned a "no phone line install". Had no problems whatsoever, all channels/Anytime/recordings/planner etc work perfectly well.

If you dont want to do any interactive stuff then unplug it.

 

excellent explanation

 

its possible for £200 box only no contract, see the tesco offer thread

 

It is possible for the 49quid offer as well

The OP is Not having broadband or phone lines through sky.

All that is required is that a phone line is available during installation. Assuming he has a landline somewhere in the house, a 5 quid phone extension cable will satisfy this requirement.

Should he decide to order box office movies in the future, he'll have to get the extension cable out again.

 

The Sky engineer that performs the install should run the extension cable to the phone point. If you arn't going to leave it connected just ask him to run it direct and you'll put it around the skirting boards etc.. later. When he's gone just disconnect it. As mentioned above you can always shove it back in if you want to order something or do a call back to sky.

Duncan

 

If you don't want the phone and/or broadband then your Virgin media line will be just fine. As long as it's a landline that allows incoming and outgoing calls it doesn't matter that it's not a BT line.