They are pretty good at ripping customers off.

Your comment is also number 404

not as bad as ee broadband

Sky are rubbish for everything

Terms and Conditions 

Up to 17Mb download speeds (vary significantly by location). Sky Talk Weekends: £0pm. Compatible line required, otherwise connection charge from £20 may apply. 12 months half price Sky Broadband Unlimited: New Sky Broadband, Talk & Line Rental customers only in Sky Network areas. £6.95 router delivery charge. Set-up costs may apply. Sky Broadband Shield activation required. No usage caps or traffic management policy. See further terms below. 12 month minimum subscriptions for Sky Broadband Unlimited + Sky Talk & Line Rental.

12 months free Sky Broadband Unlimited offer: New Sky Broadband, Talk & line rental customers joining Sky Broadband Unlimited without TV online. Only in Sky Network areas. £6.95 router delivery charge. Up to 17Mb download speeds (vary significantly by location). After 12 months standard Broadband Unlimited price applies, currently £7.50 per month (pm) plus Sky Talk. No traffic management policy. Further terms below.

12 months half price line rental for 12 months. After 12 months standard Line Rental price applies, currently £16.40 a month. This offer is for new customers to Sky only incl. past customers who have not had Sky in the last 12 months. Customers can not be existing Sky TV customers. This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Customers who require a new line will need to pay £20 fee to cover the OpenReach engineer’s visit.

I've no land line (Well I have a VM land line), I wonder would the £20 cover the cost of reinstating the BT line....

this is so. hot.

Great deal I'm with plusnet currently would I have to pay them anything if I leave? I'm not sure if I am still contracted with them as I've been using them for several years.

could you add tv calls etc on to this?

hot ..warm in here this morning

Thank you!

Hot, thanks OP

sounds too good to be true..

I just keep getting
this form is invalid

£20 will cover cost for reinstating existing line

Have a read through later with this, thanks op :smiley:

might get a second adsl line at this price!

Hot!! thanks OP. Moving house on Friday and was going to take the previous deal of free broadband for 12 months with the 100 pound m & s card. This is miles better!

Omg a new customer is getting deal for existing! Do you reckon i should phone up to complain about this to see if i can wave my way to see if i could get this? I am existing customer paying £16.40 line rental and free 12months bb with sky

Sky are rubbish for everything

If you have just signed up to sky tv would you count as a new customer for the broadband?

Just found the answer and it appears to be no.

Sky use llu rather than wlr
The negative side is that If you ever want to move back to WLR, eg BT, there will be a fee. Maybe £75-100

Wish I hadn't signed up for Sky TV now. Even though I'm being paid £44.50 profit to take out 12 months of free Sky TV I would've liked to have taken this up! :disappointed:

I think I'm being a bit blonde here folks...
can this work for new customers, I have nothing at the minute..no landline, no broadband.
but I do have an existing line it just needs reactivating..

Great deal.
I wounder if you can use any of the cash back companies?

Awesome deal if you have Sky and LLU in your exchange we only have BT equipment. Gutted. 35 miles from central London and get zero mobile signals and **** broadband at the most expensive rates.

service depleted?

sorry if im being thick but ive had Sky Tv for years, but we're leaving at end of June as too expensive but we are looking for a new broadband supplier as fed up of Talk Talk(current provider). we havent had Sky broadband fir many years. Are we eligible for this offer?

The page to redeem the offer is http://m.shop.sky.com/offercode/. I've just tried and it goes through now.

ring em and tell them your leaving say talktalk my fibre has dropped to £10 for unlimited fibre and they dropped my family pack to £10 for £12 contract ,,theres alway retention deals on sky which they repeat every year you threaten to leave and unlike BT they never say BYE

17mb in 2015 is shamefull down a copper wire haha

virgin all the way skys broadband is garbage thats why there trying to give it away for free

There's no more left...

I doubt they can match this deal.

As an existing customer I tried the live chat feature on the contact us page. They seem eager to please for good feedback at the end with the form. They offered me £10 of line rental, free broadband unlimited both for 12month and 40% off sky variety for 6 months and 60% off sky tv package. My mam tried and got the same and with different advisor.
I only asked to downgrade broadband unlimited then he asked my ideal budget then said offers on account. Worth giving it a go. Much better and easier than over the phone. They help you out more!

where is the link

Ta Martin and OP.

I have the impression that there is/are very few people on this type of contract. We have been with Sky for 20 months ( currently out of contract ) with this type of setup. And very satisfied too!
Reason for thinking is that a couple of months ago Sky rang and spoke to my wife and offered fibre, but because we don't D/L movies it would be a no gain situation, we currently get between 14 to 15 MBps. When the saleman realised we had BB only he expressed amazement as we where the first of this type he had spoken to. We are in N.Ireland and are very impressed with the service.

do u get telephone line rental discount too ?

Moving house this week so this will do nicely. With plus net at the minute if the try to match it might be tempted to have 2 at this price! Can't say no to a deal even if not needed!!!!

There's nothing wrong with Sky Broadband and their customer service & tech support is better than most. Very good deal from Martin.

Leaving Sky very soon. When I rang to cancel, they weren't bothered. The cheapest they could offer me was £48 per month compared to the £24 p/m I was paying. Managed to get a 12 months Virgin Media deal for Phone + broadband -50mb for £16pm

Great deal if you can cope with their speeds!

It's sky people f in joke

Great deal.

Will there be any difference in speeds compared to BT

Ive had Sky for 2 years but im leaving. Could i redeem this offer in my partners name as we live together? Sky was in my name

I cannot bring myself to subscribe to the Sky Empire for Global Domination. Rupert Murdoch. The far-right Sun newspaper. Phone hacking. Sometimes it's not just about money.

It doesn't show the correct price when you enter your code. Mine says £16.40 a month

Great now that BT and $ky are slogging it out, the deals just get better and better.

you have to wait till friday to get half line rental discount

Broadband is terrible ..

Not a bad deal cost wise but Sky BB is terrible. 2-3Mb download speeds majority of the time and forever losing service. Not voted either way.

You never "blagged" anything. This £100 credit has been arriving with other junk mail at my house over the past few weeks, twice in fact.

The supplied router is the worse bit of kit i've had the shame to have in my home mind.

Took the cashback offer with EE last year so basically been paying £2.50 a month for internet - considering doing this or upgrading to fibre.

what number did you call?

I recommend all considering leaving sky to visit 'misc' and see how many wonderful deals customers are offering after refusing initial offers by sky.

Have been with them for about 2/3 years now, always managed to get free broadband when renewing the contract,(just have to pay line rental), consistently getting 15-20mbps, great customer service, no complaints, I've still got about 5 months before my contract is up, is it possible to use this deal at all?

good deal

Great if you are a new customer. I only left 9 Months ago sadly.

cessation charge of £30 apparently if I leave plusnet on a current contract plus other fees. Lol I knew this wouldn't be my lucky day.

£6 per month!! Woohoo......until I read how bad Sky BB really is, no wonder its so cheap.

Comment this might help, ring sky and tell them you want to leave plusnet and join sky, they either offer to pay the cancellation fee or will send you high street vouchers for the amount you have to pay for the cancellation, talk to someone in the broadband sales, not to customer services as they will just tell a bunch of crap

This is what you COULD end up with!!! Its slower than dialup lol!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOz71wdKtdU

"Up to 17mb download speeds" :smile:

I just left Sky (was getting 5.5mb max) and with Virgin I usually get at least 70mb through wifi and around 140mb on a wired connection, for a similar price.

i don't have a bt line. last time i enquired they wanted £150 to install a new line. has things changed?

I'm expecting lots of Sky deals in the near future, especially ones to tie in tv sports fan customers before they realise sky sports won't have the Champions league.

Also, Sky fibre broadband is not fibre optic

Anyone have any idea if i would be able to add fiber to this at a later date and just pay the 20 extra a month fiber normally is? Seems to good a deal to pass up but i dont think i can deal with the slow speeds

Been away from Sky >12mths as took a year's contract with PlusNet. Just tried to exploit a new customer deal and their site directed me to ring to complete the deal as I previously had an account with them, meaning I was unable to complete it online. Great deal if you can get it though.
I ended up going with DirectSaveTelecom.

Channels are too much though.

shame they don't do anything for existing customers, maybe we should all leave sky

Good deal but I have always had issues with sky services - they Customer support isn't great but the £ of this deal is!! Voted Hot anyways!


MSE FTW

Lol! Sounds like you work for them and have been severely brainwashed! :laughing:

This is rather amusing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0sdJyoCY2U

Sounds a great deal, I just got my Code, just wonderin' if it might work for existin' Sky Customers!

£6 is still overpriced. The worst broadband provider I have ever used.

That's all it's worth. Internet connection is rubbish!

I have had two issues with the BB in the last 3 years and both times I have been put through to knowledgeable techies to resolve the issue. Turns out when the house was built 3 years ago a cowboy fitted the sockets and nicked/broke one of the wires and made an intermittent fault. luckily I wasn't charged and service is fine. I would have virgin if they were available as the ~10Mb is a bit poor in these days, but that is not their fault.

Could someone help - i'm not too technical.

I don't have a landline installed - would I need to get one in order to get this deal, and if so, how much would I be paying for line rental?

Great price but it says a lot when they are giving broadband away for a year I've just switched to VM from sky and I'm currently getting download speeds between 70-95mb where as with sky the best I ever had was 6mb so consider that before taking the plunge

Nope, work for EE actually

Is this new broadband customer or tv as we have Sky TV but not broadband.

It does make me laugh how everyone says provider X is better than provider Y for ADSL. It's the same service - BT Wholesale.

Oh yes, duh me lol. Either way if its rubbish then 50p pm is too much.

Sorry to hear that.

1GB mmmmmmmmmmm :smile:

https://www.hyperoptic.com/offers-broadband/?callwinid=79629&awc=5737_1434533120_c897dc02d605d2c3bb4c1ae49eb0ae2a

17mb next seasons FIFA 16 could be (more) infuriating. Could be useful bargaining tool with Virgin.

I'm seriously considering but purely as a back up connection.

I currently have Virgin Media, but for the sake of £6 I will be comfortable knowing I will have a second connection regardless how slow the speeds are on Sky.

Looking to move in next few weeks - can you claim offer provisionally for future?

I find it funny that people are recommending PlusNet instead of Sky. It definitely depends on area, I moved from Sky who offered great service and support with good speeds to PlusNet as they offered a cheaper faster fibre package. No end of problems with my phone line since. The broadband has been fine but the phone line dodgy as hell. My brother did the same move and he is 25 miles away from me, exact same issues. PlusNet ported both our numbers over from Sky incorrectly and as a result we have been stuck with problem after problem. Mine are mostly resolved now, but I do have a slight crackle on my line still even with new handsets that has only appeared since the switch.

Worth noting that broadband speeds and reliability may be questionable, I have this package of broadband in my house and after switching from basic VM it is nothing in comparison. Can't even stay connected when more than 10ft away from the router, and even when in range, speed is so slow.

Thank you so much. Just to confirm, £26 per month or the whole year?

Is this really - free broadband for 1 year, and 50p line rental a month?

i'm a bit apprehensive in going for this, seems too good to be true. what's the catch?

How much of a pain is it to take sky to another address? I probably won't be at this address for a year.

Which recommended for the 18th consecutive time.

https://www.zen.co.uk/home-office/broadband/home-office-broadband.aspx?page=38

HI, anyone know what the minimum contract term is here?

Thanks.

just had sky broadband for a year and it was pants, every day it went down.

so when shall i call them? i have the code.

Just for anyone who cares to know. I get 24mbps download speed on sky, I'm close to the exchange and therefore translates to 2.5MBps download. No traffic shaping too.

My mother has been with SKY having broadband and telephone only for a few years now but does anyone know if she qualifies for this? (Shes not had TV with them for a few years now just broadband and telephone so it would mean shes out of contract with them but still a sky customer) Anyone in this situation that can confirm this is a valid offer for them?

I understand that this is a 12 month contract, but do Sky have anything in their T&C's that allows them to increase the price over the 12 months?

You're confusing bits and bytes. 17Mbps = 2.125MBps. They only advertise 'up to' these speeds. WiFi can also affect speeds.

Thanks! I'll look into this. I was just thinking of having it there until I needed it as purely a back up, but I will take a look at that

Can you replace the sky router? I've had it since last week and it is useless if you move 7+ metres away!!!

Yes, they can increase it.

Anyone know if this Sky phone package includes free weekend calls?

Another offer Sky are doing for new customers is
TV bundles from £20 a month
+ free 32" LG TV or £100 reward
Sky Broadband Unlimited for £3.75 a month for 12 months
(then £7.50 a month)
Sky Talk & Line Rental (at £16.40 a month)

can you do this type of deal for SKY HD please. :stuck_out_tongue:

Thanks op.

Am I correct in saying you only pay £6 for a year or is it each month?

not really a saving though, you'll pay the savings back in phone bills ringing up with service troubles? :laughing:

This is amazing , got a question if anyone knows, I am renting a flat that I'm only likely to be in for the next 6 months. Would it be possible to move mid way through and take this deal with me ? Any idea of the costs ?

Anyone know if you can take this offer then take out another offer online for just sky tv??

Im moving house and currently cancelling virgin media.

I have just signed to sky with tcb and waiting for the cashback, anyone know if I can do this as well ? I am paying £16 a month DD

What does that mean & why is that important?

I was stuck in a broadband contract with them for a year. The connection was so poor I was unable to stream YouTube videos at 480p. Their branded router constantly crashed/failed and was replaced twice throughout the year. Every time I called them for support I got the same long-winded robo-script that always concluded with the operator suggesting I was the party at fault and that any issues with the connection were at my end, not theirs.

I suspect it was never installed correctly as the connection speeds were poor from day one - the problem is you're not able to complain about this until 2 weeks after installation, by which time Sky's engineers will have apparently finalised the connection.

Never again.

Im with EE with 3 months left off my contract. Will I be charged if I wanted to cancel and change to sky? Will I be charged to move phone line to sky?

i shall treat that question with the contempt it deserves......

Smacking hot deal - I just took Sky last week with the 100 M&S voucher and possible 90 cashback - which if paid would work out to 14 quid or so for a year - this one is better as no hassle of waiting for the cashback or being saddled with a M&S voucher which you may not want to use.

this looked good until I checked cancellation charges on talk talk - scary!

It says you can fill in the form now to receive your special code for the offer RTFS

To all the haters, Sky isn't that bad, use them, move after a year...then comment.

http://www.sky.com/shop/offers/broadbandswitchers/v1/
Pay up to £100 to switch over, for those asking about EE and TalkTalk cancellation.

i cant see the EE switching information. Is it on the page?

See tp link tl-r470 on amazon (30 quid only) but see reviews as v2 is much better or see the more expensive versions. But you can return and get another if not good.

I am with Sky I took this deal out a few months ago and honestly think they are brilliant, I am very happy with them! I would recommend them, touch wood nothing has happened so far. I also think not sure if Topcashback are giving £100 M&S vouchers and £93 cashback, if that deal works out better?

Credit to Martin Lewis and MSE........my fear would be once Sky have your details you will get endlessly pestered with them trying to sell you Sky TV etc.

I am an existing sky TV customer, can I get this deal if I get my brother to sign up in his name? At the moment we have virgin for our phone and internet however that contract has just ended.

Sky are a nightmare. They have no incentives for people to stay with them. They changed my package so much in the first year, it went from £70-£80 (middle tier with movies and film, broadband and line rental). They took away some of the things we could access, stripped access for all HD channels - even ones you can get on Freeview, and they starting charging ridiculous amounts from our perks. Then you hear about all these people who are joining and getting loads of money off.

I'm still going to stay with them though. I just like to moan.

Over live chat, EE is provided via BT, so no MAC code is needed, you just switch when you purchase the deal and sky take care of the rest. EE will charge you x amount, you then send that off to sky and they reimburse via account credit

I've got sky tv so cant get this... that's a bit rubbish

Unless I sign up in my wife's name?... But im currently with talktalk in my name (no contract), how would the switching process go through?

Thanks OP

Is it a 12 month contract.

can you get a TV package with this ?

We always ring and complain when we see new customers getting these deals and we always get a new deal.

Sky is possibly one of the worst ISP's. On my PC, I get just 3 mbps download speed.


We're offered 40 mbps

I have sky tv but that's it. there is a phone line to the house but not active has I do not have a house phone. it was up dated in the last 2 years so should be ready to reuse. will I be able to get this deal at that £6.00 deal for a year plus the £20.00 connect fee only.

Good deal if not interested in European football. Sky are trying to get as many customers as possible into new contracts before the start of the new Champions League and Europa League season to stop them migrating to BT. Remember, BT have exclusive rights for the next 3 years, and will be showing all 351 games live, currently these will not be available to Sky only customers.

god dammit, new contact with sky started 2 days ago:(

I'm amazed at the incredible hate spouted about Sky on here. I have Sky Broadband unlimited and I get solid consistent speeds and have done for the last 2 years. I'm on the Sam Knows broadband monitoring and I have never had any problems, certainly no worse than with the other companies I've used. I find the customer service excellent and [u][any/u] problem however minor has been solved easily. No I don't work for Sky, I do however detest BT if that helps. Speak as you find I say and I like them and their TV service is the best.

Does anyone know if sky add their charge onto this for not taking a sky tv package (think it's currently £5 month) ?

Was thinking that but how would the switchover go as im currently with talktalk in my name

Does anyone know if it's possible to place order but delay in some way? Would like to reserve for future use.. perhaps in a month or so when I move house.. thanks

I dont think it make a difference as they are going on the number, I am doing the same and putting it in the wife's name.

It has worked for me as i have the code ready to go on Friday. I will call EE tonight and put my notice in

sky= worst customer service possible

I have only heard bad things about Sky phone and broadband. It's a sad state of affairs when your mobile phone gets faster speeds than your broadband. I got 40mb download, 6mb upload on my phone, at the same time my BT line was 12mb and 0.5mb. Rubbish. So I'm going back to virgin as I now upload lots to YouTube etc.

If I have just moved flat but haven't transferred my old Sky Broadband account (was going to close it as it's out of contract now), could I sign up under my name for this offer? i.e. Will they look my payment details up on their system and see that they are already registered on another address?
Thanks.

After thinking about this deal (and it is a fantastic price) however I would only be getting 2-3mp on my line I have decided to ring virgin to renew my contract. I got offered £20 a month for Unlimited anytime phone and 100mb broadband which I think is well worth it for the speed and price. If anyone else wants this price pm me and ill tell you the person I got it from.

Great deal. With sky at the moment after getting a 12month 17mb contract last year for £21 a month with £100 cashback and a £25 m&s voucher... worked out to £127 for the year. I had only have two issues with the internet going down for about 5mins each time, other than that consistent speeds and 1.5mb download. Now at 50p a month (£6 for the year) I'll defo take this back up again!

Thanks ukmonkey, will give it a go.

Anyone know if this can be turned off? It's part of the T&C's:
"Sky Broadband Shield activation required."

Also, did anyone else get a glitch on the registration form-initially it wouldn't let me use it more than once at the same household, then I just tried it again and it gave me 2 codes on the same page.

This is a crazy hot deal btw. I'm currently paying £36 a month for 40mpbs and line rental.

14 actually. :wink:

12 months half price line rental for 12 months. After 12 months standard Line Rental price applies, currently £16.40 a month. This offer is for new customers to Sky only incl. past customers who have not had Sky in the last 12 months. Customers can not be existing Sky TV customers. This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Customers who require a new line will need to pay £20 fee to cover the OpenReach engineer's visit.

Bu**er

Just when i renewed my broadband and line rental a couple of days ago too.

I love the way MSE uses the word "blagged". Makes them sound so with it and cool.

Which details do you need? Are sky unlikely to give them out if asked? And any particular router? I'm used to using my dads Virgin media super hub 2, this is absolutely terrible.

mixand match give them a ring and whinge I got line rental for £9.99

Sucks I still have 7 months left on 18 month contract with BT. Why can companies hold you down to long term contracts!

Got my code, thanks OP. Any idea what the story is if the line to your house is damaged?

My contract ends on the 29th of this month, am I still able to switch? Think talktalk will give me heavy penalties as I have youview box, maybe sky would let me start after this date?

So there's no requirement to sign up for Sky TV is there ???

If you take this deal, which is fantastic by the way, and are thinking about taking Sky tv as well, hang on.
There is a good chance Sky will contact you in the coming months to offer you Tv at massively discounted prices.
Earlier on this year I was offered any Tv package, basic right up to sports and movies, at a 67% discount.
No guarantees but might be worth waiting a while.

can i buy the contract but start it later after my contract with other provider ends?? how long can i delay before activation?

voted hot.

I'm currently with Sky (broadband plus anytime phone) so could not get this offer. However as my contract is ending tomorrow they offered free broadband for 12 months and credited me £50. Altgo not as good as this deal it beats most quidco offers so was quite pleased. well done sky!

I rather pay more in return for a consistent broadband speed. This gimmick of attracting more customers will only result in congestion and reduced speeds. Good job I'm not with sky.

Hi, I am a sky tv customer but not a phone or broadband customer. Does this exclude me from this deal ?

On the order form at the bottom it says line provider. I'm with plusnet but pay line rental to BT what do I pick BT or other?

Had good speed around 16Mbps till I moved the mouse and started getting 3Mbps. I had to upgrade to fibre but this deal is still very good for the people who either live in a city or not far from the exchange.

Hot deal for those with low to average BB usage! Remember its sold as 'upto' as its ADSL so check the estimates expected in small print based on your distance to the local telephone exchange (just like any other Openreach product from BT, EE and TT)! I found their ADSL offering to be quite good previously but I lived near the exchange so that helped. If you upload (videos etc) a lot then i'd consider fibre over this as the uploads are much better on that product.

They need more deals for existing customers

COLD as it's SKY. I'm with SKY and they're the W O R S T
Can't wait for my contract to finish...

sky broadband is poor.Always disconnected and speeds are no where near what they advertise 3-4mb ! AVOID

And even if you do have it, it might not be as good as Sky. Faster than Sky for sure but when I had Sky it was rock solid at 10Mbps, my Virgin is 50Mbps but frequently loses internet connection. I would have stayed with Sky but I moved house and was only getting about 3Mbps

Hey everyone

this might be covered but 12 pages on, thought I'd ask instead reading back. I don't have a normal telephone line. would they install one as part of this deal?

Hot.

The ~7 days (in total) where VM have a fibre cut or something else in my area which happens at least twice a year, this can be good back up connection. Especially when you work from home.

Can anyone tell me, will there be any issues moving over from Talk Talk to Sky?

im already on virgin but for £6, this will serve as a good second option in the house.

Don’t get over excited, after chatting with SKY online only offered SKY Connect in my area for £17 pm .

thanks for this. ended up reading the thread just for comments..lol

so its £6 for the whole year?? and to install a new line will cost me only £20?? no brainer then if only as a secondary internet connection. have Virgin BB but probably will sign up.

My sky service is going live today. Wish I'd known about this 2 weeks ago :disappointed:

Is this a 12 month contract. Don't want to stung after 12 months!

Anybody know how long is the contract binding? Thanks.

Never trust Murdoch!

Very hot deal.
Just got BT infinity activated 10 days ago, so still can exit the contract without penalty fees. Despite that, I think I'll stick to BT, not sure if I'll regret this...

yep 1.3mbps, get around 150kbps upload.

Customers who require a new line will need to pay £20 fee to cover the OpenReach engineer’s visit.

I've just bought a new place. I need TV/Phone/Broadband the whole lot. I was thinking Sky for TV and Virgin for BB as that's what I had before. If I go for this deal will that mean I shoot myself in the foot when it comes to getting a New customer Sky TV package deal?
Bit confused what to do? :neutral_face:

I wish Sky would come to Hull. Or any other broadband provider for that matter. We're crying out for alternatives over here.

Thanks for the response. worth it then. £26 for the whole year. im sold.

What's the code?

Wouldn't touch Sky broadband with yours. Awful customer service because BT run the backbone. Great price but you get what you pay for. 156Mbps Virgin customer here though so I am slightly spoilt and use a lot of bandwidth.

Getting error when registering 'Service balance is depleted'

I've just tried to sign up and I'm being told that the line rental is NOT half price. Sky have confirmed this. Is anyone else having this problem?

Lol

Nice one!

I keep getting

" Service balance is depleted. " when trying to use the postcode checker.

I live in a flat, so depending on how they've listed my address is can look different, hope manually typing it doesn't change anything.

Looks to me as if you currently can not get the half-price line rental, probably not until Friday as pointed out above. Anyone know any different?

Have unlimited broadband from Plus Net, I use abt 250GB a month, no slow down. I pay £2.49 a month after paying 12 months line rental and got £80 cashback + £75 amazon voucher :wink:

The SKY offer is using ADSL broadband, I am currently with Virgin receiving FIBRE broadband.

Can anyone please tell me how much of a difference there will be please?

Thank oyu

Hi thanks for your response..

Samknows quotes:
2 mbps for ADSL
8 mbps for ADSL-Max

SKY over the phone said it is garunteed to be over 9.7mbps or you can leave within 3 months?

Is samknows a trustworthy website or should I believe SKY?

Thank you

Sky would have the better information. It's just a rough guide so you can work out how far your house is from the exchange 9.7mbit is what you would expect from an ADSL line 500-1000meters from the exchange

Hi I would just like to mention PLEASE check that SKY have there own equipment in your area before diving into this deal. Because I have had to stay with them for a year get around 1meg speed because there equipment was not in the area. And must of rang them over 50 times moaning about speed , watching videos is impossible. Basically if there equipment is not in your area they rent Bt 's stuff and BT will prioritise there own customers . Also they will choke your connection , loads of my friends were on this deal and had same problems.

But if it's in your area like a big city then it's a bargain...

Cheers just wanted to let you know...

Wouldn't touch SKY with a barge pole

"Service balance is depleted" when I do a postcode check...what does that mean?

ehh i already claimed the cashback and the m&s voucher soo i dunno... plus not too sure on the process, i think ill just let this one slide since its not like id be saving THAT much more

NO good to me I am a Sky Customer who lives in Kingston Upon Hull and the local phone company has a monopoly.

Hi, think I've talked myself into this as so tempting but open to views .........
Will be second line in addition to work currently only 8Mb (6.5Mb actual approx 5-600M from exchange). Pay 20-odd per month to BT for line & anytime calls - so If I can get anywhere near 17Mb then would be well happy.

Or TalkTalk 18mth (12mth free, rest £5/mth + unlimited calls £7.50/mth plus £100 high street card (put towards new tablet). So 2.50/mth more expensive per month, plus the extra 6mths basically negates the 'free £100 voucher'

Seems a no-brainer for SKY, unless missing something or be really bad service. Any views ??

What about loyal customers Sky, what do we get? Oh yes price increases to subsidise promotions and let's face it giving up to £300 bonus for recruiting is stupid......enough said!

I wasn't renewing, I was a new customer (12 month contract, not 24), the amazon voucher may well only have been for new customers, can't tell for sure. The cashback only for new customers I believe. I got this contract abt 3 months ago.
I'm happy I've got a 12 months contract so I can get some more cashback in just 1 year when changing provider and yes whether I liked the service or not :wink:

Does anyone know if I can get this deal but not have it start untill end of July, Im moving into a new flat then . Thanks

I left sky about 6 weeks ago, before I left I was getting 14mb/s constantly. I rang them to cancel and for the next month I got 0.05mb/s.

We went to sign back with sky via CPW under the wifes name but heard nowt after a month.

So might get the wife to sign up for this as then add tv later via quidco.

"Customers who require a new line will need to pay £20 fee to cover the OpenReach engineer’s visit."

So why have BT been charging £120 for so many years ?

Unlimited

I would like fibre optic but Virgin did the opposite side of the road 15 years ago but have never done my side. Lol

is it 12 month contract or 18 month?

Sounds a bit too good to be true.

I don't suppose they have got some clause that says the £100 credit can only be used against calls not line rental

Ok, I need some advice here:

Been with SKY for many many years (TV and Broadband only), but it was under my sister's name. She just got married recently and has moved out so she cancelled SKy TV and was told that Sky Broadband will be cancelled once I, myself, find an alternative ISP (So right now I am writiing this via Sky Broadband).

Personally I've been meaning to get away from Sky and try something else/cheaper but this deal is so good I cannot pass on it. What I wanted to ask is will I be able to get this deal even with this current situation. Also the fact that my line rental is with BT and has been for many years (another company I'm trying to get away from as they have been charging me too much over the years)

What would be my best options to do?
Thanks

The codes are all gone.

I'm very confused.

Can I use the code NOW or on the 19th? I'm thinking of having this as a secondary failover line just for the £6 hell of it ya know.

I can get the £100 credit added but it won't trigger 50% line rental, guessing that won't trigger till 19th so I should wait?

I'm an existing Sky Customer, called them to ask if existing customers were given any offers as an incentive to stay. They basically bluntly put it that they're a business and they need to attract new customers, and no point for them giving existing customers anything. I said for existing customers it'd then be best to switch elsewhere to keep taking advantage of new customer offers. They said no because of some spiel of how Sky has better quality than all the others.

I hate this business of constantly annually switching everything just to ensure you aren't paying hefty prices, so companies can subsidise costs for newbies. If there was a company that offered new and existing customers the same competitive rate, I would defo sign up with them!

For a while this afternoon there was an addition to the original post saying that the offer was now unofficially live via the introduce a friend link provided. I wasted a lot of time trying to activate my code and complete my order via that link. I see that that addition to the original post has now been removed. And the page on the Sky website that confirmed the details of the offer is now also redirecting to the current offers page. It was a huge waste of time for me, but I did save a live chat I had with the online support staff which confirmed all the details of the offer with one addition: he said there will be a £5 fee for checking new customers card details, payable up front but then credited to your account in the first month.

This is like when that comedian (Sean Lock perhaps?) describes the energy companies salesmen that come to your door. They ask are you happying paying more for your gas & electricity, we can save you money. He replies yes I am happy paying more thanks.

Me too, I am happy paying more for my BT internet.

For a while this afternoon there was an addition to the original post saying that the offer was now unofficially live via the introduce a friend link provided. I wasted a lot of time trying to activate my code and complete my order via that link. I see that that addition to the original post has now been removed. And the page on the Sky website that confirmed the details of the offer is now also redirecting to the current offers page. It was a huge waste of time for me, but I did save a live chat I had with the online support staff which confirmed all the details of the offer with one addition: he said there will be a £5 fee for checking new customers card details, payable up front but then credited to your account in the first month.

Yeh, I was thinking the same thing too. How does the BT line rental work though, do I need to call up BT to cancel it first for Sky to then take over all proceedings or does it happening automatically? Do I need to pay £20 for the engineer to come round cause of this changeover?

Too Bad i'm an existing customer for 8+ years lol.

Unlimited fibre is the best...but deal and contract ran out in april..I get 37mbps which is great as its advertised upto 38mbps. I'm going to ring them up tomorrow to "cancel" and get my usual deal of £10 a month for fibre :smiley:

Comment order and then ring sky to cancel the order , when they ask why say i dont see why i should have to pay for delivery, they will waive it, ive reconnected to sky 3 times and always moan about delivery and they always waive the charge

Why has the title of this thread stated not to ask for or post referrals?

BT Wholesale belongs to BT but has to be a seperate part of the market so to provide their services to other providers.

The landline rental from companies is approx £11 a year to bt wholesale.

EE worstvand rudest so far.. rubbish network in terms of everything..

I didn't think anything can go wrong with paying line rental upfront before this deal until now.

Haven't read the 300+ comments so forgive me if it's been answered but where does it say it's a 12 month contract? I see that the broadbands free for 12 months and that the line rental is half price for 12 months but where does it say the term of the contract is 12 months?

I had read T&Cs and I don't think it does but others have directed me to where it does so happy days :smile:

Hate these new customer deals. With sky right now but out of contract, gonna have to go with a new provider.

I stand corrected, had blinkers on just looking for "contract" lol.. Cheers!

Got my code. I've been in my new flat for a month now, it has phone sockets everywhere lol no idea if they are active though.

following

'Service balance is depleted.'

:-(

Regarding most of these comments;
Sky broadband is not necessarily terrible, in the same way EVERYONE is not necessarily terrible, it all depends on the line going into your house.
Believe me, I've only recently changed job from selling TalkTalk and I heard people say just about everything about every provider.
Also you can legally leave a broadband contract after 12 months, they reserve the right to ask for their equipment back back they cannot charge a cancellation fee unless you've modified the contract in the past 12 months.
If I wasn't in a contract paying £20/pm for fibre BB and £12/pm for unlimited everything on mobile with TalkTalk (note these are regular consumer deals) I'd strongly consider this, although in my house all copper internet connections are atrocious, about 3mb.

Hot news Guys & Dolls

Just rang up about this deal and queried the costs of installing a new line (as a spare, like many have hinted here), instead of taking over current TT line. The guy insisted there will be a one off £ 100 charge.

So the £20 myth needs revisiting. Maybe that's the cost of a takeover OR activation of an existing socket only !

Can anyone else recheck this ?

Thanks

Anyone on talk talk know if cancellation is still free ??

I wonder what kind of cost it would be to upgrade to fibre unlimited once this is installed?

Anyone know how much the monthly early-termination fee is within the first 12 months? Thanks.
Sorry if the q was asked and answered earlier - I haven't read all 330+ posts!

Lets get this right. You pay just £6 for an entire years broadband AND get the line rental too? Surely there is a catch?

I dont current have a landline, just a virgin connection. How much would installing the landline cost?

so all you'd have to pay is £17.36 to get the line installed and then the £6 fee for the year?

£23 for a years internet? seems far fetched to me.

is it easy cancelling the account after the 12 months is up?

Comment its phone AND broadband, click on go to deal and the details are there

Gutted! any chance to get a similar deal for an existing customer out of contract?

from money saving expert website just to make it clear;

Blagged. For Sky newbies or those who left it 12+ months ago signing up to a 12-mth contract and paying by direct debit, via this Sky line rent & b'band* link. You need a code (14,500 avail) - they're likely to go fast and you can get one now via the link, but can only redeem it from Fri 10am-Thu 25 Jun 11.59pm. Here's the deal:

- Compulsory line rental. Blagged for half-price for 12mths at £8.20/mth - so £98.40 over the year. It rises to the normal £16.40/mth after the year but you can leave then.
- Unlimited broadband (avail to 90% of UK). Up to 17Mb speed, this comes 'free' with the line rent for 12mths. After that you can leave or pay £7.50/mth.
- Compulsory Sky router. It's marketed as 'free' by Sky, but the p&p costs £6.95.
- Call costs. Weekend calls (up to 60 mins per call) to landlines included; other calls to UK phones are incredibly similar to BT (see full call charges). If you rack up £100/mth in call charges (even if your account is in credit), you'll be cut off until it's paid off in full.
- You pay £5 upfront to 'verify your card' but you get it back. It's credited on the first bill.
- A further £100 credit we've blagged is also applied automatically on your first bill. You'll therefore have a £105 credit on your account, incl the £5 above. Assuming you don't incur any call or other charges, the credit then covers all payments for most of the first year - so you won't owe anything till a 35p balancing payment in the final month.

Analysis: The £5, a year's line rent plus the £6.95 router p&p is £110.35 over the contract (excl calls). You also get the £105 credit ( £5, plus the £100). Factor that in and you effectively pay £5.35 for a YEAR'S broadband and line rental - absurdly cheap.

A £20 installation fee may apply. Don't have a line, or switching from cable? You'll pay £20. A few on certain standard lines may need to as well. The only way to know is via the application process (it'll tell you before you commit, you'll need your exact postcode and landline number). See Installation info.

So did I but I signed up to the deal but it showed the full line rental. I naively thought that the discount would be on the bill. Thought I had better check. I then spent 2 hours trying to sort it out. I have been promised that when my account goes live the nice lady I spoke to will personally make sure I pay the reduced price.

I admitted to being partly at fault by signing up too soon but I also had a moan about Sky website accepting a code that was nothing to do with the offer.

Is that per month then for a fibre upgrade?

Re activating an existing socket. The line for my house has been inactive for 18 months. I only supplied the post code to Sky. I do not have to pay the £20.

Hmmm as I live in a flat would it be possible to just put my flat under a slightly different address i.e if I lived in flat F number 100 X street could I put 100F just as I have tv with them(that I never used just wanted the free multiroom install and the contract was paid for by the cashback I got included)

UNSUBSCRIBE
ZZZZzzzz

I think all the codes have been used up now

I was going to join Sky and told Talk Talk about it, I now pay £12.50 a month for the next 12 months for unlimited Broadband, line rental and all my calls (not bad to say line rental alone is £16.95 alone)
ether way voted Hot

Yes please tell us all. Many thanks.

Great price but I'd sooner go back to dial-up than go near BT broadband ever again, even if it was free.

Its actually £5.35

Is it possible to use this deal with Fibre? I don't mind paying the extra but I'd like to retain the half price line rental and £100 credit.

Or can I take this out and then upgrade within the 12-months? :neutral_face:

I have a small query - tried reading till 8th page and kind of gave up - thought I ask here

I am only into the 10th month of a 12 month contract with BT, so would I be able to order this deal, this friday to start sometime next - end of July of start of August, of will the change over from BT - SKY needs to happen as soon as I give them the code and my details.

Also do I need to ring BT and get a PAC/PUC code for this swapover or sky does that as well....

thanks in advance

They only offer deals like this hoping you run up a phone bill! And buy add ons, caller display etc. Best not even plug in a phone line at this price!- Unless it's in the terms and conditions that chargeable calls must be made each month to avoid charges obviously! (never checked ).

Shame I just joined PlusNet for year free bb and £75 cash this is way better! :disappointed:

thanks for that jackthabiskit

the last time I tried doing that with BT - they asked for a early termination fees, but this time I have pre-paid for 12 months line rental, so hopefully won't have any nasty surprises.

When I ordered sky in the past - looong time back, on the online order page, there was an option - when would you like the SKY services to start/ engineer to visit to put up everything - and u could like choose any dates available for a few weeks in advance, hope that same option be available for this was well, could push the start date for a few weeks then

I'm moving into a flat in late July, would I be able to get this deal then?

We are due out of contract July 27th. We have had free line rental for the last 12 months which will end middle of July. We currently pay £42.50 for the basic channels, multi room (half price), Unlimited broadband, phone line (free) and a £5 call package. Rang up yesterday to say we will be leaving as our bill will go up to £62 and they offered to knock £20 a month off for the next 10 months. Unsure weither to accept it or wait until nearer the date, restart as a new customer or leave completely. We want movies added back also so the price will go up..... not sure if I want the hassle of having to leave and rejoin, having no net or housephone..... Wish Sky would offer "as good" deals to odd customers :smiley:

Worth noting they will also charge 6.95 to post your router. (sorry if already mentioned).

When was the last time Sky increased their prices? I'm guessing this could well (most likely will) happen within next 12 months.

Are there any sky unlimited broadband customers here?

Quick question: Do I need to call BT first to cancel my line rental for this deal to become active (i.e. Phone & Broadband)? Or once I complete this order process it will happen automatically?

I've been with BT for soo long now, which means I'm not binded within a 12/18 month contract.

Edit: Right now, my phone line rental is paid to BT and my internet connection is paid to Sky. Both are outside contracts. No Skys TV subscriptions though, that was cancelled a couple of months ago.

Normal customer services. I asked them if they would match their new users deal and they put me through to retentions.

I did read the offer but stupidly believed what the original poster added at the end of his first post. I.e. that the deal had started. As I am off on holiday on Friday it suited me to sign up before then. I now see that he has deleted that snippet of incorrect information!

As I posted I would have thought the Sky website would have rejected the code I was putting in as it was obviously wrong. Apparently they have corrected their web page now. If Sky don't honour the deal I will still be within my 30 day cancellation period although I hope it doesn't come to that.

Y download speed with sky is 3.7 c.. P

We got Sky broadband for free when we signed up to Sky tv last year. The experience of moving from Virgin to Sky was like falling from the sky. It took them 3 months to get the line sorted, kept on blaming me for the problems and threatened that they would charge me £70 call out charges if problem was mine, Got it working after numerous texts and emails and a month of checking and rechecking the setup the engineer finally came and there was an error at the street cabinet. It worked for a day and stopped and I had to endure another 2 months of countless texts (as phone also stopped working on both occasions) and emails from my mobile, their insistance that I had messed up the setup and the line was OK and they would charge me £72 for call out if it was my fault. Just checked my texts: reported by text on 23rd August, engineer came and fixed it 2nd time on 26th November. Worst service ever, Dozens of emails and texts and they kept on insisting that I phone on their 0845 number but my old mobile contract does not cover that number and it costs me a fortune. Still I tried but they put me in the queue for 10 minutes and I gave up. Absolute disgrace and, as I said, too expensive even when it is free.

Don't join- its a CON- they will increase there prices massively once they have you locked.
they did that to me. got the 50% off for 12 months= they did 2 prices increases within the year Added £5-10 month on my bills

I agree they increase their prices a lot, I have been with sky for 8 years, the problem with sky is unless at the end of your contract you threaten to leave only then do you get a good price.
I have TV phone and fibre pro, they did the usual and put it all up and wanted £95 per month for it all, I gave them a months notice and this was dropped to £36 per month for it all, and fibre pro
They take the mick but I have no issues with the fibre, but remember to tweak your router as the basic settings aren't great,

I'm moving into my new apartment on the 1st July. Am I able to order this deal on the 25th June? I don't really understand how it would work if I haven't moved into the property yet. Thanks for any help

After the call, I also went on live chat and the guys clearly mentioned that "if you already have a line coming in, then sky would take that over . A new line will cost £100" The engineer visit is to activate an idle/inactive junction box/rewire it to make sure you are connected ! I suggest someone double check this thoroughly tomorrow, so there are no hidden surprises.

Sky assume you are all on ADSL and would be an easy switch. Hence the offer. With Fibre, it is more difficult to switch at the exchange and BT needs to be involved. Hence running a new line costing £100.

Good deal

Not anymore.

If you put in your details it now says Service balance is depleted.
It looks as this has now expired

Thank you :smile:

General question off topic: if i'm on sky and can't make any use of this deal i will leave and go to talk talk, however will it be a problem switching back to sky later?

Could you please tell me is the speed you are getting the one advertised on the website when you go through the speed checker depending on your address?

Or an quicker check through this website, type in your postcode and then choose the "BT ADSL" option: https://www.samknows.com/broadband/broadband_checker

Thank you

Does anyone know if it is still possible to leave Talktalk without cancellation fees because of the contract changes (broadband price increase £3.50 to £5) in the last 12months? I read it was allowed cancel charge free for 30 days after receiving the notification letter regarding the price hike. Just wondering if it might still be free, and if so worth switching to Sky.

I joined sky yesterday. Can I still get this offer? Or do I need to cancel and restart my skybroadband. Thank

sky licks Gooch. existing customers get **** all and pay a stupid amount per mth yet they offer deals for new customers. just cancelled mine, they can swivel!

I'd be interested to get a similar deal with fibre. Anyone seen mention of it ?

I got the free sky via voucher and cashback not long ago but this is even better even if its £6 as you have the money instantly n dont have to wait to receive it through a cashback site !

£5.35* :wink:

Yes they do. I'm with Virgin now because they said BYE when I threatened to leave.

ill try dragging installation date for upto 3 months, still got few months left with EE.

Haven't switched broadband for a while, do you still need to get my be Mac code thingamy?

For all those looking to arrange the deal for an impending address change / house move: note the requirement for a refundable £5 fee to be charged to a card during signup, this may fail if the registered cardholder address is different to the service / installation address.
From MSE: "You pay £5 upfront to 'verify your card' but you get it back. It's credited on the first bill."
Edit: seems the card verification procedure is via MasterCard SecureCode or Verified by Visa, and does not involve any address crosscheck.

Link appears to 404 now

Pity I'm locked in to EE till November ...

On the BB Checker my results are:-
Standard ADSL RAG results

You cannot receive 2Mbps ADSL
You may be able to receive 1Mbps ADSL
You can receive 512kbps ADSL
You can receive 256kbps ADSL

I already get 3Mbps with my current provider. Will my speed be reduced if I switch?

I was hoping to combine this with the 50% off sky tv for leaving virgin media but doesn’t look like that's gunna be possible

Perfect Thank you :smiley:

Called EE last night and put notice in. You do not need a MAC code anymore as it has changed according to EE. Your new provider will deal with it all and contact your current provider and advise them of the move on your behalf. Your current provider should contact you and confirm this is going to happen and your happy to accept the move.

I tried this morning and it says Page Not Found (404). So not working for me

Absolutely awful company for broadband. I was with them a couple of years ago and still list them as one of the worst companies I've ever had to deal with (after my estate agent)

The offer has now ended as there are no more promotional codes available.

Ive already got virgin connection in the front room of the house. anyone know if sky would install their kit in the back room of the house? anybody have the sky install in the back room(s) of their house?

You are mistaking mobile contract for phone contract. Month ago I left Sky (due to awful speeds and constant line fails) without incurring exit charges because they increased prices. I had a chance to do it 2 months after I signed with them as they increased the prices but then I decided to give them a chance (first week and first line fail - was not impressed). Then luckily price changes to 0800 numbers came along recently and I was able to leave early :smiley: - didn't take a risk this time....so I am now with PlusNet together with 35 cashback and 75 cheque from them and speeds are back to how they should be - their cooperation with BT is just excellent - took Sky week to fix my line....when I switched to PlusNet I had a fault on the line - notified them Friday evening on Bank Holiday weekend. On Sunday had a visit from BT to my home and guy sorted it out - something I would never expect to happen as you would think that on Bank Holiday weekend they would not work so I thought that it will be sorted no sooner than Tuesday but hey hey :smiley: now it's working flawlessly.

Got my voucher and very tempted for this. Can anyone confirm :
Have BT Line but no BB on it currently - will this incur additional setup charge ?
Want to have Anytime calls @ £5 per month - will this still come out of £100 credit ?
Is caller-ID included as standard on SKY lines ?
Thanks

Anyone know if a static IP address is possible on this deal (albeit with an additional charge maybe)?

Has anyone not got their redemption link yet?

I got the code but not the link

Can anyone provide the link to me?

Thanks

anyone got the email to take them through to the deal? I got a email when I signed up to say I'd get a follow up email which would have a link to take me through to getting the deal. nothing so far. just wondering if its same for others.

last question(probably not :stuck_out_tongue: )

anyone know what the connection set up looks like on the wall? any kind soul care to take a pic of how the service comes into the house via sky/bt?

with virgin you get a box in the wall for the connections and obviously the telephone line is then fitted where I wanted.

Similar to this but only the BT box with microfilter attached (not the wire or connection below or the other box

Read the "Headline" of this post.

oh **** i was thinking its friday ughhh!!

Amazing - I so don't need a second line but 50p a month?
I got my code yesterday, Thanks :-)

thanks. just checked the heading..in my excitement I thought it was today :laughing:

really appreciated for the pic. im assuming the router connects to the box in the wall and you can then have the router where you want so long as you've got sufficient cabling?

The router cable isn't very long (2ft I reckon), so I now have mine behind the sofa as it doesn't reach my TV cabinet on the other side of the wall. But it depends where they come in to the hous