Downgrade time-what are my options?

[New Start Neil]

Hi all,

We've got Sky + HD & have decided we don't watch enough TV anymore to justify the £60 or so we're splashing out each month.

Here's how it breaks down:

• Sky phone line=£11 (approx).
• Sky HD Sub=£10.
• Sky Sports=£20 (approx).
• Sky Channel Package=£19 (approx).

So there's the £60 or so we pay to Sky every month.

Obviously I'm in for roughly £11 per month for a phone line (for our ADSL as we can't get cable) whatever happens but I'm thinking of either ditching Sky altogether and getting a FreeSat+ FOXSAT HDR box or maybe keeping the Sky HD box and going what I believe is "FTA", but I'm not sure what this FTA malarkey entails, what I will get and what it will cost!

All suggestions/advice welcome.

Thanks.

 

[logiciel]

Hi.
The only free HD channels are BBC a few hours a night, ITV a few programmes a week, Luxe 24/7; and C4 24/7 but mostly upscaled HD can be had on a £20 one-off card.

 

[New Start Neil]

Hi.
The only free HD channels are BBC a few hours a night, ITV a few programmes a week, Luxe 24/7; and C4 24/7 but mostly upscaled HD can be had on a £20 one-off card.

So I could just cancel my Sky sub, get a £20 card (where from?) and that's it?

Would I not need to pay Sky the £10 per month to be able to get BBC HD/ITV HD & C4 HD?

Plus what would be my options to be able to record (if there are any)?

Cheers.

 

[DJMS]

You wont be able to record. Best bet is to go for one "mix" at a cost of £18 per month as this will give you the ability to use all the sky plus functionality still.

Try calling to cancel just sports plus some mixes first. I did this a few month back and got 25% off for 6 months.

 

[Fatwaz]

if you were going for a freesat box dont forget you will have to fork out £150 roughly for the pvr.if you did you wouldnt have sky sports so by just canceling that you save £20 a month and of course you would also only be able to watch a couple of hd channels so getting rid of the hd sub is another £10.keep the mixes you have or reduce to the minimum if you really dont watch a lot and you will still be able to use the sky boxes recording facilities.

 

[New Start Neil]

Here's what we have....

• Sky+ Subscription £0.00
• Sky+HD Pack £10.00
• 4 Pack with Sports Pack £39.00
• Subtotal £49.00
• Sky Talk Phone Line £11.00
• Total=£60.00

 

[DJMS]

Here's what we have....

• Sky+ Subscription £0.00
• Sky+HD Pack £10.00
• 4 Pack with Sports Pack £39.00
• Subtotal £49.00
• Sky Talk Phone Line £11.00
• Total=£60.00

So you could reduce to:

Sky+ Subscription £0.00
Sky Talk Phone Line £11.00
1 pack £18:00

Total £29.00

If you phone up to do this they might just do it or might make you an offer....

I wanted to drop ESPN, movies and 3 packs (cant remember) and they offered me 25% off for 6 months which allowed me to keep everything (bar ESPN) I was planning to drop for 50p per month

 

[New Start Neil]

So you could reduce to:

Sky+ Subscription £0.00
Sky Talk Phone Line £11.00
1 pack £18:00

Total £29.00

If you phone up to do this they might just do it or might make you an offer....

I wanted to drop ESPN, movies and 3 packs (cant remember) and they offered me 25% off for 6 months which allowed me to keep everything (bar ESPN) I was planning to drop for 50p per month

Just noticed that Sky are also offering 6 months free BB at the mo, so I wondered if I could get that and save the £7 I'm currently paying O2?

I think there's a £30 "connection fee" with the BB offer, so that may wipe out any potential cost saving there.

Current O2 BB: 12 x £7.34=£88.08 per year.
Sky offer=6 months free, then 6 x £10 per month=£60, plus £30 "connection fee"=£90 per year.

 

[scarey]

azzin, you need to be in a qualifying area to receive the sky special broadband offer...your telephone exchange must have the sky 'llu' equipment installed. you can find out by putting your postcode in on sky's webpage...

 

[New Start Neil]

azzin, you need to be in a qualifying area to receive the sky special broadband offer...your telephone exchange must have the sky 'llu' equipment installed. you can find out by putting your postcode in on sky's webpage...

I can get Sky BB LLU in my exchange.