Sky+ to be free on any package from 1 July

"Carl Waring" wrote in message
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Ed wrote:
On May 15, 9:12 am, "Mark Hewitt" wrote:
"steeler" wrote in message

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It is based on unconfirmed reports - nothing official - although
seems more likely than previous rumours.

July is certainly not confirmed.

Do you think they are looking to scrap the basic digibox and
gradually move everyone over to Sky+?

I am sure that is the plan, especially as they have the 'VOD' service
up and running now.

That's the Sky "we'll download it to your Sky+ box over-night" Anytime
then? :-/

Exactly how is that *on demand*?


True, but the best you can get with a one way system.

"Mark Hewitt" wrote in message
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"steeler" wrote in message
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It is based on unconfirmed reports - nothing official - although seems
more likely than previous rumours.

July is certainly not confirmed.

Do you think they are looking to scrap the basic digibox and gradually
move everyone over to Sky+?



that has been the plan for a while - only hampered by the general
unreliability of the sky+ box (Siralans especially).

On May 15, 10:48 am, "steeler" wrote:
"Ed" wrote in message

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On May 14, 8:48 pm, "steeler" wrote:





"Flying Tortoise" wrote in message

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On May 14, 7:52 pm, Ed wrote:

On 14 May, 19:48, Ed wrote:

Header says it all really. No charge for Sky+ sub with even the two
mix basic pack - currently £15 a month - from 1 July.

Sorry. Neglected to say if you sign up now they'll put a £20 credit on
your account to cover the usual £10 charge for may and june
Where did you get that from? The website still says £10 a month.

It is based on unconfirmed reports - nothing official - although seems
more
likely than previous rumours.

July is certainly not confirmed.
It certainly is. I have this information because sky 'winback' team
called me and stated the above as fact, and i signed up.

yeah, they would never lie to get a sale.- Hide quoted text -

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I am sure the 'please come back' callers are sometimes economical with
the truth, but I have no reason to disbelieve them in this case. They
paid the £10 for the next two months until the fee is rescinded as a
credit onto my account. Why would they do that otherwise? If people
are suddenly charged £25 on their July bill the **** will hit the
fan.

"Ed" wrote in message
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On May 15, 10:48 am, "steeler" wrote:
"Ed" wrote in message

ups.com...
On May 14, 8:48 pm, "steeler" wrote:





"Flying Tortoise" wrote in message

oups.com...
On May 14, 7:52 pm, Ed wrote:

On 14 May, 19:48, Ed wrote:

Header says it all really. No charge for Sky+ sub with even the two
mix basic pack - currently £15 a month - from 1 July.

Sorry. Neglected to say if you sign up now they'll put a £20 credit on
your account to cover the usual £10 charge for may and june
Where did you get that from? The website still says £10 a month.

It is based on unconfirmed reports - nothing official - although seems
more
likely than previous rumours.

July is certainly not confirmed.
It certainly is. I have this information because sky 'winback' team
called me and stated the above as fact, and i signed up.

yeah, they would never lie to get a sale.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I am sure the 'please come back' callers are sometimes economical with
the truth, but I have no reason to disbelieve them in this case. They
paid the £10 for the next two months until the fee is rescinded as a
credit onto my account. Why would they do that otherwise? If people
are suddenly charged £25 on their July bill the **** will hit the
fan.

To clarify. I know this deal is doing the rounds and I am not suggesting
that those like you on the deal will get billed - just that the timing of
the dropping of the fee for all existing customers might not be fixed as
July.

There are a lot of details that need to be resolved in an official press
release. Not least if it will affect freesat viewers who currently only pay
£10 for the recording functions.

On May 15, 3:09 pm, "steeler" wrote:
"Ed" wrote in message

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On May 15, 10:48 am, "steeler" wrote:





"Ed" wrote in message

oups.com...
On May 14, 8:48 pm, "steeler" wrote:

"Flying Tortoise" wrote in message

oups.com...
On May 14, 7:52 pm, Ed wrote:

On 14 May, 19:48, Ed wrote:

Header says it all really. No charge for Sky+ sub with even the two
mix basic pack - currently £15 a month - from 1 July.

Sorry. Neglected to say if you sign up now they'll put a £20 credit on
your account to cover the usual £10 charge for may and june
Where did you get that from? The website still says £10 a month.

It is based on unconfirmed reports - nothing official - although seems
more
likely than previous rumours.

July is certainly not confirmed.
It certainly is. I have this information because sky 'winback' team
called me and stated the above as fact, and i signed up.

yeah, they would never lie to get a sale.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
I am sure the 'please come back' callers are sometimes economical with
the truth, but I have no reason to disbelieve them in this case. They
paid the £10 for the next two months until the fee is rescinded as a
credit onto my account. Why would they do that otherwise? If people
are suddenly charged £25 on their July bill the **** will hit the
fan.

To clarify. I know this deal is doing the rounds and I am not suggesting
that those like you on the deal will get billed - just that the timing of
the dropping of the fee for all existing customers might not be fixed as
July.

There are a lot of details that need to be resolved in an official press
release. Not least if it will affect freesat viewers who currently only pay
£10 for the recording functions.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I dont think that £10 is being dropped. I think they are just removing
it for any subscription pack. If indeed it is dropped totally I will
cancel my £15 a month sub! That would be a result!

If it is true, then I hope I can get a free upgrade to sky+ (been a
customer since the 80's), otherwise I will still with my standard sky
box

On 15 May 2007 07:14:18 -0700, Ed wrote:

On May 15, 3:09 pm, "steeler" wrote:
"Ed" wrote in message

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On May 15, 10:48 am, "steeler" wrote:





"Ed" wrote in message

oups.com...
On May 14, 8:48 pm, "steeler" wrote:

"Flying Tortoise" wrote in message

oups.com...
On May 14, 7:52 pm, Ed wrote:

On 14 May, 19:48, Ed wrote:

Header says it all really. No charge for Sky+ sub with even the two
mix basic pack - currently £15 a month - from 1 July.

Sorry. Neglected to say if you sign up now they'll put a £20 credit on
your account to cover the usual £10 charge for may and june
Where did you get that from? The website still says £10 a month.

It is based on unconfirmed reports - nothing official - although seems
more
likely than previous rumours.

July is certainly not confirmed.
It certainly is. I have this information because sky 'winback' team
called me and stated the above as fact, and i signed up.

yeah, they would never lie to get a sale.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
I am sure the 'please come back' callers are sometimes economical with
the truth, but I have no reason to disbelieve them in this case. They
paid the £10 for the next two months until the fee is rescinded as a
credit onto my account. Why would they do that otherwise? If people
are suddenly charged £25 on their July bill the **** will hit the
fan.

To clarify. I know this deal is doing the rounds and I am not suggesting
that those like you on the deal will get billed - just that the timing of
the dropping of the fee for all existing customers might not be fixed as
July.

There are a lot of details that need to be resolved in an official press
release. Not least if it will affect freesat viewers who currently only pay
£10 for the recording functions.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I dont think that £10 is being dropped. I think they are just removing
it for any subscription pack. If indeed it is dropped totally I will
cancel my £15 a month sub! That would be a result!

"Ed" wrote in message
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On May 15, 3:09 pm, "steeler" wrote:
"Ed" wrote in message

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On May 15, 10:48 am, "steeler" wrote:





"Ed" wrote in message

oups.com...
On May 14, 8:48 pm, "steeler" wrote:

"Flying Tortoise" wrote in message

oups.com...
On May 14, 7:52 pm, Ed wrote:

On 14 May, 19:48, Ed wrote:

Header says it all really. No charge for Sky+ sub with even the
two
mix basic pack - currently £15 a month - from 1 July.

Sorry. Neglected to say if you sign up now they'll put a £20 credit
on
your account to cover the usual £10 charge for may and june
Where did you get that from? The website still says £10 a month.

It is based on unconfirmed reports - nothing official - although seems
more
likely than previous rumours.

July is certainly not confirmed.
It certainly is. I have this information because sky 'winback' team
called me and stated the above as fact, and i signed up.

yeah, they would never lie to get a sale.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
I am sure the 'please come back' callers are sometimes economical with
the truth, but I have no reason to disbelieve them in this case. They
paid the £10 for the next two months until the fee is rescinded as a
credit onto my account. Why would they do that otherwise? If people
are suddenly charged £25 on their July bill the **** will hit the
fan.

To clarify. I know this deal is doing the rounds and I am not suggesting
that those like you on the deal will get billed - just that the timing of
the dropping of the fee for all existing customers might not be fixed as
July.

There are a lot of details that need to be resolved in an official press
release. Not least if it will affect freesat viewers who currently only
pay
£10 for the recording functions.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I dont think that £10 is being dropped. I think they are just removing
it for any subscription pack. If indeed it is dropped totally I will
cancel my £15 a month sub! That would be a result!

No, I too think they will keep the £10 and try and convert some of those to
£15 2 mix packages - although I have a nagging suspision they will cancel
the £10 option all together (getting CS to aknowledge it was already a
struggle).

On 15 May, 19:47, "steeler" wrote:
"Ed" wrote in message

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On May 15, 3:09 pm, "steeler" wrote:





"Ed" wrote in message

ups.com...
On May 15, 10:48 am, "steeler" wrote:

"Ed" wrote in message

oups.com...
On May 14, 8:48 pm, "steeler" wrote:

"Flying Tortoise" wrote in message

oups.com...
On May 14, 7:52 pm, Ed wrote:

On 14 May, 19:48, Ed wrote:

Header says it all really. No charge for Sky+ sub with even the
two
mix basic pack - currently £15 a month - from 1 July.

Sorry. Neglected to say if you sign up now they'll put a £20 credit
on
your account to cover the usual £10 charge for may and june
Where did you get that from? The website still says £10 a month.

It is based on unconfirmed reports - nothing official - although seems
more
likely than previous rumours.

July is certainly not confirmed.
It certainly is. I have this information because sky 'winback' team
called me and stated the above as fact, and i signed up.

yeah, they would never lie to get a sale.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
I am sure the 'please come back' callers are sometimes economical with
the truth, but I have no reason to disbelieve them in this case. They
paid the £10 for the next two months until the fee is rescinded as a
credit onto my account. Why would they do that otherwise? If people
are suddenly charged £25 on their July bill the **** will hit the
fan.

To clarify. I know this deal is doing the rounds and I am not suggesting
that those like you on the deal will get billed - just that the timing of
the dropping of the fee for all existing customers might not be fixed as
July.

There are a lot of details that need to be resolved in an official press
release. Not least if it will affect freesat viewers who currently only
pay
£10 for the recording functions.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
I dont think that £10 is being dropped. I think they are just removing
it for any subscription pack. If indeed it is dropped totally I will
cancel my £15 a month sub! That would be a result!

No, I too think they will keep the £10 and try and convert some of those to
£15 2 mix packages - although I have a nagging suspision they will cancel
the £10 option all together (getting CS to aknowledge it was already a
struggle).- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well i'm on a one month rolling contract, so if they cancel it
alltogether they'll lose their £15 a month. I cant see it, but you
never know. The plan of course is to try and flog HD boxes and the
extra £10 sub that goes with that

Ed wrote:
On May 15, 9:43 am, "Carl Waring" wrote:
Ed wrote:
On May 15, 9:12 am, "Mark Hewitt" wrote:
"steeler" wrote in message

...

It is based on unconfirmed reports - nothing official - although
seems more likely than previous rumours.

July is certainly not confirmed.

Do you think they are looking to scrap the basic digibox and
gradually move everyone over to Sky+?

I am sure that is the plan, especially as they have the 'VOD'
service up and running now.

That's the Sky "we'll download it to your Sky+ box over-night"
Anytime then? :-/

Exactly how is that *on demand*?

Hence the inverted commas!

Didn't mean that to sound like a dig at you, 'cos it wasn't. :-)

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On May 16, 11:00 am, "Carl Waring" wrote:
Ed wrote:
On May 15, 9:43 am, "Carl Waring" wrote:
Ed wrote:
On May 15, 9:12 am, "Mark Hewitt" wrote:
"steeler" wrote in message

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It is based on unconfirmed reports - nothing official - although
seems more likely than previous rumours.

July is certainly not confirmed.

Do you think they are looking to scrap the basic digibox and
gradually move everyone over to Sky+?

I am sure that is the plan, especially as they have the 'VOD'
service up and running now.

That's the Sky "we'll download it to your Sky+ box over-night"
Anytime then? :-/

Exactly how is that *on demand*?

Hence the inverted commas!

Didn't mean that to sound like a dig at you, 'cos it wasn't. :-)

--
Carl Waring
DigiGuide:http://getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=1495
DGLite:http://getdigiguide.com/?p=4&r=1495- FREE!!!http://www.snap-seo.co.uk/web-hostin...g-packages.php
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No offence taken, I too was taking a dig at Sky's pathetic 'VOD'
service by means of the inverted commas