New to Sky - advice please

I am about to have Sky installed after many years of using cable, so am
pretty ignorant as far as they are concerned.

Before I go ahead and sign up with them, I would appreciate it if someone
could please answer a few questions I haven't managed to find the answers
for:

1. Is it true that I can sign up for the £40 in order to qualify for the
free (£1) installation and ask them immediately to transfer to the Family
Pack which is what I am really after (ending up paying £40 only for the 1st
month)?

2. We are in the advanced stages of planning an extension to our house that
will result in our main TV point being moved from the back of one end of the
house to the front and the other end of the house. The total distance will
be around 20m. Assuming that we ask for the digibox to be fitted where the
TV is at present, what would be involved in moving it to the new location?
Can it be DIYed buy running a cable around the house (externally or
internally)? Alternatively, can the dish itself be moved easily? What about
calibration then?

Many thanks in advance,

J.

Joe Cocker wrote:

1. Is it true that I can sign up for the £40 in order to qualify for the
free (£1) installation and ask them immediately to transfer to the Family
Pack which is what I am really after (ending up paying £40 only for the 1st
month)?

Yes. See the FAQ.


2. We are in the advanced stages of planning an extension to our house that
will result in our main TV point being moved from the back of one end of the
house to the front and the other end of the house. The total distance will
be around 20m. Assuming that we ask for the digibox to be fitted where the
TV is at present, what would be involved in moving it to the new location?
Can it be DIYed buy running a cable around the house (externally or
internally)? Alternatively, can the dish itself be moved easily? What about
calibration then?

If you are doing building work anyway then why not just run a conduit
and suitable sat cable (preferably two for future Sky+ use) from the
future TV site to the location of the dish. Cover the ends with
insulating tape until such time as one or both can be fitted to the
dish.
Moving a dish correctly requires both knowledge and a meter and the
above solution will avoid this. Be sure to waterproof all outdoor
connections.

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