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Our house has just had the sky £10 installation offer. Now we have the month
to decide which package we want. Am I correct in saying that if we choose
the £38 pack we have to subscribe for a year? Wouldnt it make sense then for
us to subscribe to the £15.50 basic pack for the year and then upgrade later
as and when we wish?
Also if I were to get an extra viewing box in the bedroom - any idea how
much this costs? Both for installation and for rent? Do you need another
phone line for thus box?
Thanks all,
Lee

Lee Davison said this:

Our house has just had the sky £10 installation offer. Now we have
the month to decide which package we want. Am I correct in saying
that if we choose the £38 pack we have to subscribe for a year?

No. You will have to keep that package for a month, after which you may
choose to downgrade.

Also if I were to get an extra viewing box in the bedroom - any idea
how much this costs? Both for installation and for rent? Do you need
another phone line for thus box?

The extra box costs £99. The installation will be £50. The extra
subscription required will be £15 per month (this is the same regardless of
what package you're on). However, if you have Sky+, the extra sub monthly
fee will be dropped to £10/month.

Both boxes will need to be permanently connected to the same phone line.
This is so they can check that both boxes are being used in the same house,
and that you haven't given the extra box/card to a mate.

Dale Richards wrote:

Also if I were to get an extra viewing box in the bedroom - any idea
how much this costs? Both for installation and for rent? Do you need
another phone line for thus box?

The extra box costs £99.

This may be a nasty Pace minibox. I would not want to get one of
those.


The extra
subscription required will be £15 per month (this is the same regardless of
what package you're on). However, if you have Sky+, the extra sub monthly
fee will be dropped to £10/month.

Isn't the mirror sub £10 for all now?

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Jomtien said this:

The extra
subscription required will be £15 per month (this is the same
regardless of what package you're on). However, if you have Sky+,
the extra sub monthly fee will be dropped to £10/month.

Isn't the mirror sub £10 for all now?

I had thought so, but it still says £15 on buy.sky.com.

Thanks for the replies, a couple more questions if you will.

1) Say I do go for the extra box in the bedroom, is there a connection from
the main box to this one? we're talking 4 bed deeached, TV in front room to
TV in upstairs back bedroom, thats a lot of cable, even coming off the dish
direct would have to span the whole house.
2) Ive been reading a bit about this Sky+, will sky upgrade us automatically
or is it an optional thing? What is the extra over cost for the upgrade
bearing in mind we've only had sky installed for 2 weeks.

Thanks again,

Lee

Lee Davison wrote:

1) Say I do go for the extra box in the bedroom, is there a connection from
the main box to this one? we're talking 4 bed deeached, TV in front room to
TV in upstairs back bedroom, thats a lot of cable, even coming off the dish
direct would have to span the whole house.

The second box needs a dedicated feed from the dish. This could go via
the main box but normally it would be direct.
Please be careful not to let Sky fob you off with a cheap Pace
minibox. They aren't nice. See below.


2) Ive been reading a bit about this Sky+, will sky upgrade us automatically
or is it an optional thing? What is the extra over cost for the upgrade
bearing in mind we've only had sky installed for 2 weeks.

You can get Sky+ if you request it. Cost is £199 plus somewhere
between £1 and £75 for installation depending on your subscription
level and whether you want a second box installed. If you are thinking
of having Sky+ installed then your existing box becomes your second
box, of course. The monthly fee of £10 is waived if you have a package
over £30. There is another fee of £10 - £15 for a mirror sub if you
want one. Otherwise your second box can be used just for the FTV
channels for free and a TVlink can allow you to view the Sky+ in the
bedroom (or wherever).

See the FAQ.

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How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/
BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/
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No monies return'd. ;-)

"Lee Davison" writes:

Am I correct in saying that if we choose the £38 pack we have to
subscribe for a year?

No, you can change packages whenever you want. Your minimum
commitment is to have the £38 package for one month, and then to have
any package (cheapest is £12.50) for the next 11 months.

Wouldnt it make sense then for us to subscribe to the £15.50 basic
pack for the year and then upgrade later as and when we wish?

Possibly, but I think there's some rule saying that Sky cannot
increase your package price in the first 12 months (or is it that they
cannot increase it more than 10%?). Anyway, as soon as you change
your package (e.g. from £38 Sky World to £18.50 Family Pack), then
this rule no longer applies, and so any increases would then apply to
you in full (e.g. Family Pack may be £21 in January 2004).

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