Cancelling Sky but keeping Setanta

I am moving house and plan to have NTL installed. However I have subscribed
to Setanta SPL, which I have paid up front for the season. When I phoned sky
to give my 30 days notice they informed that I would no longer be able to
recieve the Setanta broadcast. The plan was to keep the box and card and
plug it into my brothers dish when there was games on. Surely as this is not
part of any sky package, then they can't turn it off just because I don't
subscribe to their service.

I remember a few years ago my father in law cancelled sky but kept the box
and was able to recieve all terrestial channels for around 2 years.

Thanks
John

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 15:56:50 +0100, "fitzy_bhoy" wrote:

I am moving house and plan to have NTL installed. However I have subscribed
to Setanta SPL, which I have paid up front for the season. When I phoned sky
to give my 30 days notice they informed that I would no longer be able to
recieve the Setanta broadcast. The plan was to keep the box and card and
plug it into my brothers dish when there was games on. Surely as this is not
part of any sky package, then they can't turn it off just because I don't
subscribe to their service.

I remember a few years ago my father in law cancelled sky but kept the box
and was able to recieve all terrestial channels for around 2 years.

Thanks
John


A quick browse of http://www.setanta.com/ indicates that information that you
have been given may be correct. In the FAQs it says that the 'season ticket' is
only available to Sky subscribers. If you are switching to NTL (can't imagine
why you would prefer cable to satellite though) then you can still subscribe to
Setanta SPL but only on a monthly basis. I suggest that you contact Setanta to
see if they can come up with some creative solution (like a refund for your
unused season ticket).

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

fitzy_bhoy wrote:

I am moving house and plan to have NTL installed. However I have subscribed
to Setanta SPL, which I have paid up front for the season. When I phoned sky
to give my 30 days notice they informed that I would no longer be able to
recieve the Setanta broadcast. The plan was to keep the box and card and
plug it into my brothers dish when there was games on. Surely as this is not
part of any sky package, then they can't turn it off just because I don't
subscribe to their service.

You would think so, wouldn't you? You should complain to Ofcom about
it.


I remember a few years ago my father in law cancelled sky but kept the box
and was able to recieve all terrestial channels for around 2 years.

The box will continue to work indefinitely. The card will continue to
provide the FTV channels (ITV, C4, C5) until the next card change. FTA
channels (BBC etc.) require no card at all.

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"Jomtien" wrote in message
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fitzy_bhoy wrote:

I am moving house and plan to have NTL installed. However I have
subscribed
to Setanta SPL, which I have paid up front for the season. When I phoned
sky
to give my 30 days notice they informed that I would no longer be able to
recieve the Setanta broadcast. The plan was to keep the box and card and
plug it into my brothers dish when there was games on. Surely as this is
not
part of any sky package, then they can't turn it off just because I don't
subscribe to their service.

You would think so, wouldn't you? You should complain to Ofcom about
it.


I was thinking of doing this, but decided to phone Setanta instead. They
told me that Sky can switch the broadcast off, but they would be breaking
the law. The guy on the phone said that they have customers who have no sky
sub only setanta. So I suppose I will have to wait my 30 days notice before
I find out.

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 15:56:50 +0100, "fitzy_bhoy"
wrote:

I am moving house and plan to have NTL installed.

Have Sky installed. It's cheaper.

fitzy_bhoy wrote:

You would think so, wouldn't you? You should complain to Ofcom about
it.

I was thinking of doing this,

Please do it anyway. Only if enough people complain will Ofcom ever be
spurred into doing their job.


but decided to phone Setanta instead. They
told me that Sky can switch the broadcast off, but they would be breaking
the law.

Indeed. Sadly that won't bother Sky one jot.


The guy on the phone said that they have customers who have no sky
sub only setanta.

Now that is interesting. I wonder if these people got cards from
Setanta under the Pout method or whether they were previous
Sky/Setanta subscribers who had cancelled Sky and retained their card.

I see no reason at all why anyone shouldn't subscribe to any
non-package channel (Pout, Setanta, Film4 etc.) without taking a Sky
package. In fact the whole concept of forced sale that this invokes
would probably be illegal under EU law and possibly even under the new
broadcasting rules.

--
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. ;-)