Freesat from Sky -- couple of questions

I'm considering switching to Pay Once Watch Forever (POWF)

http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk/pay-once.aspx

(sorry Bill).

Some questions:
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1. POWF will give me one satellite feed into the living room. Will it
then be possible, using additional hardware, to connect other TVs to the
Standard Sky Box, and allow those other TVs to be set to different
channels from the TV in the living room?

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2. POWF requires the provision of a landline.

http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk/faqs-pay-once.aspx#q9

Is this just for interactive viewing (which I'm not interested in), or
does Sky also need it for managing the system?

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3. Does the landline have to be a POTS "hard" landline (e.g. BT)? I use
VoIP phones here, and it will be very inconvenient to extend a VoIP
connection to the living room.
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Ian

"Ian" wrote in message
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I'm considering switching to Pay Once Watch Forever (POWF)

http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk/pay-once.aspx

(sorry Bill).

Some questions:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. POWF will give me one satellite feed into the living room. Will it then
be possible, using additional hardware, to connect other TVs to the
Standard Sky Box, and allow those other TVs to be set to different
channels from the TV in the living room?

No you need another sky box and quad LNB

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2. POWF requires the provision of a landline.

http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk/faqs-pay-once.aspx#q9

Is this just for interactive viewing (which I'm not interested in), or
does Sky also need it for managing the system?

Yes, No

3. Does the landline have to be a POTS "hard" landline (e.g. BT)? I use
VoIP phones here, and it will be very inconvenient to extend a VoIP
connection to the living room.

No

Ian

Janice wrote:
"Ian" wrote in message
...
I'm considering switching to Pay Once Watch Forever (POWF)

http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk/pay-once.aspx

(sorry Bill).

Some questions:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. POWF will give me one satellite feed into the living room. Will it then
be possible, using additional hardware, to connect other TVs to the
Standard Sky Box, and allow those other TVs to be set to different
channels from the TV in the living room?

No you need another sky box and quad LNB

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2. POWF requires the provision of a landline.

http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk/faqs-pay-once.aspx#q9

Is this just for interactive viewing (which I'm not interested in), or
does Sky also need it for managing the system?

Yes, No

I think you're mistaken

Actually, No, and Yes is the correct answer. The Freesat from Sky (and
in fact, any Sky service when you receive a subsidised/low price Sky
box) requires in the T&Cs connection a landline for the first year.
They don't say what it's for, whether they use it for monitoring viewing
patterns or anything else - but they explicitly require connection to a
landline for the first year (if you get a subsidised/low price box).


3. Does the landline have to be a POTS "hard" landline (e.g. BT)? I use
VoIP phones here, and it will be very inconvenient to extend a VoIP
connection to the living room.

No

It has to work with a dial-up modem, so it'll have to be a standard land
line - BT or otherwise.


D