Second Subscription
 

Quick question - I have sky+ on a full subscription in the lounge, and a
digibox with no subscription or card of any sort in the bedroom. If i take
a secondary subscription for a few months, at £10, then cancel it, will the
card in the bedroom still give me the ITV, CH4 and CH5 stations? And is
there a minimum subscription term for a second subscription?

"Nugget" wrote in message
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Quick question - I have sky+ on a full subscription in the lounge, and a
digibox with no subscription or card of any sort in the bedroom. If i
take
a secondary subscription for a few months, at £10, then cancel it, will
the
card in the bedroom still give me the ITV, CH4 and CH5 stations? And is
there a minimum subscription term for a second subscription?

Apparently its 12months, There is no guarantee you will get ITV, CH4 & CH5

Another question.
If I go for the SKY+ box and the £10 second subscription for my old digibox
in "another room", can I then take the old digibox to Spain?

Dylan wrote:

If I go for the SKY+ box and the £10 second subscription for my old digibox
in "another room", can I then take the old digibox to Spain?

Only for a week or two. The two phone connections are policed.

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Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
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. ;-)

"Jomtien" wrote in message
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Dylan wrote:

If I go for the SKY+ box and the £10 second subscription for my old
digibox
in "another room", can I then take the old digibox to Spain?

Only for a week or two. The two phone connections are policed.

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What? another "you must plug in for 12 months" rubbish if you go with SKY+?
Do both units need to be by a phone socket? That would screw up many people
from having a second box

it would also feck up some peoples phone systems - i already have 4 phones
and sky+ - isn't there a limit on the number of devices that can be
connected to a domestic phone connection (REN or something)?

"Dylan" wrote in message
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"Jomtien" wrote in message
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Dylan wrote:

If I go for the SKY+ box and the £10 second subscription for my old
digibox
in "another room", can I then take the old digibox to Spain?

Only for a week or two. The two phone connections are policed.

--

What? another "you must plug in for 12 months" rubbish if you go with
SKY+?
Do both units need to be by a phone socket? That would screw up many
people
from having a second box

Dylan wrote:

If I go for the SKY+ box and the £10 second subscription for my old
digibox
in "another room", can I then take the old digibox to Spain?

Only for a week or two. The two phone connections are policed.

What? another "you must plug in for 12 months" rubbish if you go with SKY+?
Do both units need to be by a phone socket? That would screw up many people
from having a second box

It's not for the Sky+, it's for the £10 "mirror" sub. Two permanent
connections to the same phone line are required. These can be
wireless.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
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/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

just to confirm the last posting, sky do check to telephone is connected.
when i un plugged the phone line ands left it unplugged, sky sent me after
three months a revised bill for two sky packages rather than the main
package plus £10 mirror

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"Jomtien" wrote in message
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Dylan wrote:

If I go for the SKY+ box and the £10 second subscription for my old
digibox
in "another room", can I then take the old digibox to Spain?

Only for a week or two. The two phone connections are policed.

What? another "you must plug in for 12 months" rubbish if you go with
SKY+?
Do both units need to be by a phone socket? That would screw up many
people
from having a second box

It's not for the Sky+, it's for the £10 "mirror" sub. Two permanent
connections to the same phone line are required. These can be
wireless.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
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/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

We even got charged extra when we did have both connected, am still fighting
for a £150 refund - problem been going on since last December, can't anyone to
talk to me at Sky they just want to keep putting me throught to technical(at
least twice a month) supervisor refused to take phone call

Take them to the Small Claims Court. That will focus their minds.

"Fros75729" wrote in message
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We even got charged extra when we did have both connected, am still
fighting
for a £150 refund - problem been going on since last December, can't
anyone to
talk to me at Sky they just want to keep putting me throught to
technical(at
least twice a month) supervisor refused to take phone call

Sky insist that both boxes are permanently connected to the same operational
phone line in order to prove that they are being used in the same location.

Even though both my boxes were connected to the same phone line, Sky sent me
a letter stating that they weren't and that they would start charging me for
2 subscriptions if they continued to be disconnected.

After proving that they were connected, by voting interactively on Sky News,
I wrote a snotty letter to Sky telling them they were wrong. Sky phoned me
and insisted, incorrectly, that the boxes were not connected to a phone
line.

To cut a long story short, not only do Sky want both boxes connected to a
phone line, they also expect you not to withhold your telephone number, as
this is the only way they have of ensuring that both boxes are in the same
location. A slight blunder on Sky's behalf as there is no mention of this
anywhere in the T&C's.

I'm pretty sure that if you wanted to move your second box to a different
location, all you have to do is withhold your phone number. Both boxes would
still need to be connect to an operational phone line (in order to comply
with the T&C's). Sky will contact you stating, quite incorrectly, that you
are in breach of the T&C's. When Sky start charging you for 2 subscriptions,
take them to court. All they stipulate is that your boxes are connected to
an operational phone line. In my opinion a phone line is operational if you
can make calls using it. This being the case, you would not be in breach of
the T&C's and you would win the case.

What do the rest of you think ?



"Jomtien" wrote in message
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Dylan wrote:

If I go for the SKY+ box and the £10 second subscription for my old
digibox
in "another room", can I then take the old digibox to Spain?

Only for a week or two. The two phone connections are policed.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
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/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

In article ,
"M Element" wrote:

Sky insist that both boxes are permanently connected to the same operational
phone line in order to prove that they are being used in the same location.

Even though both my boxes were connected to the same phone line, Sky sent me
a letter stating that they weren't and that they would start charging me for
2 subscriptions if they continued to be disconnected.

After proving that they were connected, by voting interactively on Sky News,
I wrote a snotty letter to Sky telling them they were wrong. Sky phoned me
and insisted, incorrectly, that the boxes were not connected to a phone
line.

To cut a long story short, not only do Sky want both boxes connected to a
phone line, they also expect you not to withhold your telephone number, as
this is the only way they have of ensuring that both boxes are in the same
location.

Well duh.

M Element wrote:

I'm pretty sure that if you wanted to move your second box to a different
location, all you have to do is withhold your phone number. Both boxes would
still need to be connect to an operational phone line (in order to comply
with the T&C's). Sky will contact you stating, quite incorrectly, that you
are in breach of the T&C's. When Sky start charging you for 2 subscriptions,
take them to court. All they stipulate is that your boxes are connected to
an operational phone line. In my opinion a phone line is operational if you
can make calls using it. This being the case, you would not be in breach of
the T&C's and you would win the case.

Sadly any acceptance of any Sky contract includes acceptance of all
future changes to the T&Cs, whether you are informed of them or not.

The legality of such clauses is another matter for debate but even so
Sky can alter the T&Cs at any time without telling you.

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
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/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 12:41:43 +0100, "M Element" wrote:

To cut a long story short, not only do Sky want both boxes connected to a
phone line, they also expect you not to withhold your telephone number, as
this is the only way they have of ensuring that both boxes are in the same
location. A slight blunder on Sky's behalf as there is no mention of this
anywhere in the T&C's.

Really Sky could solve that problem themselves - when the box dials
back, the system at the far end could inform it that it's seeing a
withheld CLI and instruct it to call back with a '1470' prefix, or
check to see if the dialling prefix contains '141' and if so redial
without it, etc.