Not as good as last years deal at £5 for the year, but not too shabby
Broadband & line rent £64 for a year after £50 credit*
£5.36/MTH EQUIV. SKY NEWBIES ONLY – 29,000 CODES
Available to: 90% of UK
Speed: Up to 17Mb
Download limit: Unlimited
Traffic shaping? No
Contract length: 12 months
Deal requires line rental? Yes
Inclusive calls? No
New line installation: £20
Until Thu 29 Sep, we've blagged Sky newbies (those who haven't been with Sky broadband, TV or talk in the last 12 months) a cracking deal via this specific Sky line rent & broadband* link. It's year's contract and the key is half-price line rental and 'free' unlimited up-to-17Mb speed broadband. Plus, we've blagged £50 bill credit, which covers up to five months' line rental.
Get a code NOW: There are 29,000 codes, You can sign up once you've applied via this Sky link*. you'll also be sent an email with your code and unique link for sign up (one per home, not transferable). You have until 11.59pm Thu 29 Sep 2016.
How it works...
Half-price line rental. It's £17.40 a month, so you pay half that, £8.70/mth (so £104.40/yr). If Sky increases line rental during the contract (as most firms do regularly), you'll then pay half the new amount.
Unlimited broadband 'free' for 12 months. It's unlimited up-to-17Mb speed. After the 12-month contract ends, broadband's £10/mth if you stay.
We've blagged you £50 bill credit. It's added to your account once your bill's active. The first £9.95 pays for the 'free' compulsory router delivery, the rest will be used up on line rental and calls until it's gone, so you won't shell out for up to five months.
Card verification & refund. You pay £5 to verify your card when ordering but it's added to your bill credit.
- How cheap is this all-in? If you add up the line rental, broadband and router p&p, the total over the 12-month contract is £114.35 (at current prices, before calls). But, after the £50 bill credit, it's £64.35 for the year, so it's equiv £5.36/mth before calls.
- What about calls? Calls costs are a bit more than BT to landlines but a bit less to mobiles (11.5p/min to landlines and mobiles, 16.9p connection-fee). Sky also has an unbilled calls credit limit – see below for info.
- Need a new line? If you don't have a line, or you're switching from cable, you'll need to pay £20 for a new line. However, if you have a BT line but pay another provider to use it, or you pay BT for your phone line, you may still have to pay the fee (see below).
- Direct debit is the only way to pay. You won't be able to get this deal otherwise.
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ACTUALLY £84.35 A YEAR
- pcangeldust
Latest comments (283)
johnnycbit
2 Oct 17#283
best i've been offered for renewal is
free bb for a year 3.99 discount on line rental making it 15 a month
making it a grand total of £180 for the year. anyone else had any retention deals offered?
johnnycbit
1 Oct 17#282
guess i'll wait for a deal before i jump ship.
thanks for the info :smile:
Chasloyal
1 Oct 17#281
Think it works out about 13 n half quid per month on the first one including activation fee, whilst the second one works out at about 18 n half quid a month(both unlimited fibre)
johnnycbit
1 Oct 17#280
so what you paying per month for broadband and line rental after cashback and prepaid card?
Chasloyal
1 Oct 17#279
Go with BT, moved from Sky standard broadband to their unlimited Infinity for our new house in March getting £100 Quidco and a £200 pre-paid MasterCard and even did it again in July for one of our flats we rent out getting £70 Quidco and a £125 pre-paid MasterCard.
Obviously you need to make sure you jump on the right offer and there is bully activation fee I think but I think the one we got for our home worked out around 13 quid a month over the 12 month contract with the cash back and pre-paid card
johnnycbit
1 Oct 17#278
Anyone renewed their contract?
What retention deal did sky offer?
kyy1
17 Oct 16#277
they're planning to charge me £22.35 monthly. I told them it's wrong, as I had an offer with half price line rental and cash back etc, and have been told that they can't find anywhere saying that from my account. I sent them an order summary's pdf and hopefully they will sort this out for me. does anyone have this issue?
greycounciller
14 Oct 16#276
Got mine setup yesterday. All good and well, Getting 39.99 download and 8 Up, more or less the same as when I had EE. They (EE) told me my signal booster (for mobile) wouldn't work on Sky,or any other provider, but it's come up all good and dandy. Happy days....!
ms_night_ryder
14 Oct 16#275
Brilliant, got mine connected this morning, I'm getting 24mbps, although it said I would get 6, the BT exchange is at the end of my road 280 metres according to the engineer, he said it will be super fast, I have set a reminder to cancel in September.
the.porter
10 Oct 16#274
Where does the £50 credit show up ?
ms_night_ryder
9 Oct 16#273
My installation is Friday, can't wait! I do need to order a wifi dongle for my PC, but I'll still be able to use my phone, laptop and tablet until the dongle arrives.
greycounciller
9 Oct 16#272
My activation date is sometime next week, but though my router(paid the £20 for the Q hub) has arrived, I have no details of my order available to me on my online account. Also, I'll be moving from EE, and have a signal booster box. My only worry is if that doesn't work.
daveconroy3532
9 Oct 16#271
Have now switched and all complete and running. Was really easy. I remember the first time I switched many years ago and it was a nightmare of constant calls and connection hassles. This time Sky did it all, router arrived in good time, very clear instructions, switch on happened seamlessly, simply unplugged EE router and plugged in Sky router and within a minute was live. Thanks OP!
n1ttygr1tty
3 Oct 16#270
strange, just give sky a call , they should update on your "live date"
greycounciller
3 Oct 16#269
Made up a SKY ID for my email used, had a look there, but nothing. Just has all my details. Should I be worried?
n1ttygr1tty
3 Oct 16#268
you will know the installation date when you click on track order?
greycounciller
3 Oct 16#267
How soon do you get your Sky ID and installation date? I signed up last week and am still waiting.
n1ttygr1tty
3 Oct 16#266
topcashback don't do prepaid cards
that's with sky, you need to claim that within 90 days of going live
just log in and click "claim reward" on your sky account
planet2sky
2 Oct 16#265
Any idea when topcashback sending prepaid Mastercard? they tracked my cashback but not mention about prepaid card.
dealtime
30 Sep 16#264
Hi, I tried my luck by calling and seeing if they could offer the above package, but no chance. Well done on getting the extra freebie!
ms_night_ryder
29 Sep 16#263
Just signed up with less than 2 hours to spare! Bargain! Installation not for 2 weeks but I'll live.
greycounciller
29 Sep 16#262
What problem do you have. Mine went through first time, about 5 mins in total?
glennbondharper
29 Sep 16#261
Multiple tries to sign up without success and the deal runs out shortly,VERY POOR!!
kyy1
29 Sep 16#260
my contract with Plusnet is ending at mid Oct, do you think sky can delay the installation?
greycounciller
29 Sep 16#259
Got a number for them?
ripimp73
29 Sep 16#258
Can you bring your current number over from VM?
ripimp73
29 Sep 16#257
Can you bring your current number over from VM?
kodivius
29 Sep 16#256
Came from VM and if you call Sky while providing a code they will waive the £20 line connection charge.. Happy days!
greycounciller
29 Sep 16#255
Thought so. Sounded like EE retentions dodgy dealings to me. Will be ordering today.
ShopCom123
29 Sep 16#254
I can't see any reason why not. My EE signal box is downstairs in my lounge running of a network switch which is fed via a powerline extender. My BT router and before that the Talk Talk Router are/were upstairs and the signal box works fine. As long as it's being fed internet I think it should be fine. When I ordered mine they knew I wasn't with EE broadband wise.
Sid.Harper
28 Sep 16#253
anyone know how much you can delay the install? Just got the virgin annual price rise letter but happy to stick until the end of my term (Jan)( as I've paid line rental upfront
greycounciller
28 Sep 16#252
I want to move over to this deal from EE Home BB, but I use an EE signal booster box for my EE Mobile at home. Will it still work with a Sky Router/Broadband? I've phoned EE and they've been unhelpful saying 'no', but looking in there forums some say it does.
eset12345
28 Sep 16#251
codes are unique to each person
dimon72
28 Sep 16#250
Do Sky actually buys them back or sell it on open market?
jobbers
28 Sep 16#249
a week for me ,signed up early last week and it's being installed and activated tomorrow
Wizadora87
28 Sep 16#248
Cancelled my Virgin media fibre (£33.25/month) and signed up with this offer today as I don't need fast internet. £64.35 for the year plus an installation fee of £20 as I have no phone line currently (no fee if you're with BT).
Gave them a call this morning to check activation dates and was told it would be the same date as installation but as it was a long wait (I didn't mind as I chose it myself) I was also offered Sky TV Box Sets (everything excluding movies and sports) free for 12 months with free installation and equipment. Also a 12 month contract so just a freebie. Obviously I took it but didn't ask for it... Bonus!
horatiog
27 Sep 16#247
About 3-4 weeks for me. Go live is 13th Oct.
dimon72
27 Sep 16#246
For those who already on this deal. How long for Sky to take over and activate your broadband from signup date?
kodivius
27 Sep 16#245
For those who don't want to share their details with MSE/Sky/Third party here is the code: BBCU4IEPM5FD63
Just submit it on sky homepage and off you go - same offer as above.
n1ttygr1tty
26 Sep 16#244
personally I cant fault TCB, never failed to pay me , tho same cant be said for quidco, but I guess as always its a bit hit n miss at times,
never take a deal thinking your going to get cashback,
cashback is a bonus should it get paid
crgritchie
26 Sep 16#243
I very much doubt it. In fact, I would not trust Sky to pay TCB full stop, still waiting on £70 TCB from them for a contract I took out in January. The MSE is better as you pay less up front and works out better overall, so definitely go down that route!
n1ttygr1tty
26 Sep 16#242
if you already ordered it, no I very much doubt it
horatiog
25 Sep 16#241
Ahh - I thought you had to follow the link from the MSE site to get their deal - signed up this way & not going via TCB - Nuts! Do you think there's a good chance Sky would give the MSE deal AND pay out on TCB/Quidco?
heman
25 Sep 16#239
Link not working, any update on how to get a code?
n1ttygr1tty
25 Sep 16#240
you just copy the link, and paste it in the search bar when you open quidco or topcashback
planet2sky
25 Sep 16#238
I guess my bad for not explaining the question properly. Which was, is the offer available on Quidco or TopCashback. Anyway thanks for feeding my unborn kids. Lucky for me I haven't been breeding them in every town. Since you're so kind hearted I'd suggest you start from your own family and friends because charity does begin at home. The way you replied sounds a bit chav or maybe just lack of moral values oO
Tekkul
25 Sep 16#237
Heat for the deal! Just got sky Q 1TB box with boxsets bundle and fibre max for £34.20 a month £10 installation fee!
horatiog
24 Sep 16#236
What I don't understand is how folks are getting the MSE AND the TCB/Quidco deals together. Surely you have to go through one or the other sites to link through to Sky - or am I missing something?
Chasloyal
24 Sep 16#235
Do you want me to send you a fiver by Paypal?
If you are that poor and that desperate to get an extra two bob from the 'superior' cashback website I am more than happy to contribute a couple of quid to make sure your malnourished kids don't have to share a small portion of Starburger fries between then to avoid starving to death.
DM me your Paypal linked email account and I will help feed your poor desperate children......yes I am all heart but no need to thank me (_;)
planet2sky
23 Sep 16#234
Help me please.... Quidco or TopCashback?
the.porter
23 Sep 16#233
To answer my own question I have ordered bb and phone on this deal and skyQ on the installer deal slight spelling mistakes in name now hopefully quidco will track n payout
oobaid1996
23 Sep 16#232
hey guys I dont have any phone line if I sign up for this would I get a phone line aswell or I have to pay extra thanks
affal
23 Sep 16#231
Rang and spoke to Sky £50 credit will be applied to your account but will not show online until your first bill.
kateskabin
22 Sep 16#230
Can you get this if you already have a virginmedia package?
Could do with another internet connection for my matched betting :wink:
8ell
22 Sep 16#229
Thanks for that and also to the others who have confirmed it is only 12 mth contract. That's my order placed for fibre!
mrman007
22 Sep 16#228
Just got my confirmation through the post today for fibre, 12 month contract. Thanks again OP :grin: Saved my a lot of money.
rumble
22 Sep 16#227
Just texted the Mrs at work to tell here she's no longer living here.....but she can move back in on the 15th of October.
She took it well.
horatiog
22 Sep 16#226
Hi, I've just been having a read of the T&C from a link within my newly formed Sky account page. I think the 18/12 month confusion might be coming from the fact that it looks like they have recently changed their T&C for Fibre Broadband. Here is a quote from their T&C:
Sky Broadband general: £9.95 router delivery charge applies. Speeds vary significantly by location. 12 month minimum subscriptions. New 12 month minimum subscriptions for Sky Fibre, Sky Fibre Max + Sky Talk & Line Rental. Separate contracts apply to Sky TV, Sky Broadband/Fibre and Sky Talk. No traffic management policy for Sky Broadband Unlimited, Sky Fibre and Sky Fibre Unlimited in the home. External factors such as internet congestion can affect speed.See sky.com/sho…and for more details and our Usage Policies. MAC users receive 12 months free McAfee VirusScan worth £19.99. McAfee Free Trial: Sky Broadband 12GB -3 months; Unlimited, Sky Fibre and Sky Fibre Unlimited & Sky Fibre Max -12 months, then £3 pm unless you contact us to unsubscribe.
Note the bit in bold and the use of the word "New".
daveconroy3532
21 Sep 16#225
Thanks ... I deleted cookies and started again and just as I started by coincidence an email with the code finally came through! But even then I had a problem with the £50 not showing as a discount on my offer, so I clicked on the proceed button just to see if it would show up and it did on the next page, but down at the bottom hard to notice. I took screen shots just in case! Anyway, have signed up and check out added up correctly with the discount so here's hoping for a hassle free transfer. EE have been great but am now paying full cost so needed to change. I had SKY a three or four years back too and the BB was fine ...
the.porter
21 Sep 16#224
Can this be ordered separately with the sky installers tv codes so as in order this deal for bb and the tv offer £35 for the rest ?
horatiog
21 Sep 16#223
Yep. I made that point several posts ago. However, the first page of the deal definately says the contract only lasts for 12 months for both the Talk & Broadband products. Luckily, I've got a screendump of it. Also, I'm sure that the length of the contract cannot exceed the length of the co-offered deal.
kiddy
21 Sep 16#222
Change the last letter or number of your postcode. It will get through
daveconroy3532
21 Sep 16#221
Similar here! Tried changing email and no joy. Also tried making an error on my name and accepting the Postcode address suggestion rather than correcting it. I assumed an email would come through with the code, so seems I've lost the deal!
8ell
21 Sep 16#220
Was in the process of ordering fibre but noticed the wording below on the final page. Can anyone confirm if there is a tie in beyond the 12mth half price line and b/b period?
Separate 12 month minimum terms apply to each of your TV, Talk and Broadband products, except Sky Fibre which has an 18 month minimum term
aerodeck
21 Sep 16#219
was in my spam folder..... went for the fiber deal and signed up to TCB which tracked at near enough £73!
Asya86
21 Sep 16#218
I mentioned before I got my husband to join to get around the new user issue - only thing is, for some reason the 'installation' date is 2 weeks after my contract runs out, even though he wrote that he is moving in the day after! I tried asking why (it appears it was a month after he applied for the deal) but the Sky rep insisted it was not to do with me but the 'available date' and that my husband should call. I don't see why they can't just switch the internet on any day, since I already have sky and don't require an engineer? So odd! And they say I am going to be billed 24.95 for the two weeks!
jobbers
21 Sep 16#217
thanks for this ,heat from me , just rang Virgin(my current supplier ) to see if they could match this ,they could only offer their broadband and phone line for £34 a month on a 12 month contract ,so I have cancelled Virgin and sky is being installed next week ,unlimited fibre and phone line for £18.70 a month ,very pleased.
oobaid1996
21 Sep 16#216
I have no phone line are rhen gonna charge me extra for a phone line?
EN1GMA
21 Sep 16#215
this is a very good deal but I opted for the currys/ CPW deal posted last week.
fara8181
21 Sep 16#214
Anyone knows, how to sign up to household which is already supplied by SKY however out of contract term and eligible to cancel anytime with 1month notice. Been trying to sign up on my wife's name, she is eligible however SKY website keeps saying at Postcode and telephone line check stage "It appears we already provide service at this household".
gordondr1980
20 Sep 16#213
carphone Warehouse deal was better
BM12
20 Sep 16#212
I currently have Sky TV, Broadband and Phone Line. I understand this is for new customers but can I end my broadband and phone line and open it again but in another family members name to get this newbie deal, or would that not work?
ShopCom123
20 Sep 16#211
Thanks for this, unfortunately in the T & C's it states "From 1 July Sky Broadband and Talk orders placed via our contact centres only will be eligible for this offer.". Think I might order the sky on like the 28th or 29th so it's as late as possible.
ms_night_ryder
20 Sep 16#210
Thanks. I grabbed a code and will be going for this.
BlueHorizonUK
20 Sep 16#209
I was told I could utilise this if BT charge anything sky.com/sho…v1/
ShopCom123
20 Sep 16#208
Yes I accidentally popped a mistake in there and it accepted it. Only issue I have is early termination costs to leave BT about 8 weeks early is £80.10 so that's just putting me off even though this is going to be as cheap as I can get it. Least I've got till the 28th to decide.
kiddy
20 Sep 16#207
Did you manage to get around it?
BlueHorizonUK
20 Sep 16#206
If your wife surname is Smith are you sure it isn't Smithh :-)
ShopCom123
20 Sep 16#205
Just tried to order this under my wife's name as I already have TV with them but as soon as it completes the customer check I get the following message...
Customer status check
We need to make sure we process your order correctly
From the information provided, it appears you may already be a Sky customer, or have previously had Sky at this address. Please select one of the options below to continue:
Any ideas on how/if I can get around this?
SuperMariosDad
20 Sep 16#204
Remember the cash back isn't guaranteed
SuperMariosDad
20 Sep 16#203
Call them and see what they'll do for you. If your contract is coming to an end they'll renegotiate and even if you're mid contract they can still do a deal for you. Depends on who you get on the end of the phone and how pleasant you are to talk to.
larrylightweight
19 Sep 16#202
One year £33 all in each month everything including top tv package. The next year 75% off plus £100 voucher another year they paid me after topcashback and various deals by manipulating the webpage, last year it was £5 for a whole year but no tv included. This weeks MSE deal is broadband and line rental (no TV included) £64 for the whole year after £50 credit so just over £5 a month. Moral of the story if you are prepared to search and do your homework sky can be real cheap great find OP as you said not as good as last year but good enough for a new customer
bargains4us
19 Sep 16#201
That is an amazing deal! Ditching virgin for the BT deal!
Prabhs
19 Sep 16#200
Prices will go up during the contract, before the 12 months is up, as implied in the T&Cs. Or am I mistaken?
bargains4us
19 Sep 16#199
Thanks for the info! I have had experience with sky in the past hence why I'm double minded going for sky at the moment. Could you please send me a link of the BT deals please? Thanks
bargains4us
19 Sep 16#198
Speaking to someone on live chat with virgin I have been offered £22 a month inc line rental for 70 meg and weekend calls on a 12 months contract.
bargains4us
19 Sep 16#197
So the fibre deal works out £18 a month
bargains4us
19 Sep 16#196
Hi Seems like a very good deal. I am currently on Virgin and my renewal is due soon. Planning to go for the fibre deal: Line Rental: £8.70/mth Fibre Broadband: £10/mth Total/mth = £18.70 / £224 year
£224 - £50 credit = 174 / £14.5 per month
So the fibre deal work out £14.5 per month. Am i missing something?
Gogetit009
19 Sep 16#195
Ok ..if we cannot escape £20 for connection and £9.95 for delivery of router (even though we don't need another router), then the total cost is = 104.40 (8.70 x 12) + 29.95 - 50 (credit) = 84.35 that comes out to be around £7 per month
chrisbert
19 Sep 16#194
If my wife signs up at the end of my contract, will we still have the same number?
Mark3270
19 Sep 16#193
Damn Sky .. just spoke to Emma on 03300 412 548 (Broadband Cancellations) and and she was the most unhelpful person I could have spoken to ...
The only offer she was willing to throw my way was 12 months free broadband, normal £17 odd per month line rental, and begrudgingly a 1 month free via bill credit.
I pushed for more, and told her I had a MSE code which worked out at £64.00 per year all in ... and if necessary my wife would sign up as a new customer at the same address ... Emma then replied that all calls are recorded, and Sky would reject the new application ...
She then hung up on me !!
Ggrrr .....
cts_casemod
19 Sep 16#192
They always add up that.
I signed up earlier (Goes live on the 27th) before this deal and they were offering a £100 mastercard and hopefully £50 quidco Cashback so, neglecting the fees for line connection and equipment delivery that works out £17.40*12 = £208.8 - 150 = £58.8 or £5 a month.
This deal is a downgrade from that :stuck_out_tongue:
theworkingdead
19 Sep 16#191
Gone for the fibre option, with the 50 quid credit its essentially 3 months free and then £19 for the next 9 months. I pay £42 for that atm (but thats with TV, I dont use and weekend calls I also dont use) so this is great, just got pay EE off a month early.
kiddy
19 Sep 16#190
Try using a different email address or change the name around.
aerodeck
19 Sep 16#189
anyone know is this is still on? started going through it yesterday and it showed a code on screen but got side tracked. code never came through in email and if I try and fill in my details again via get deal button, nothing happens...
Gogetit009
18 Sep 16#188
I tried to get this offer Broadband = Free Line rental (50%) off: 8.70 per month New Phone Line Installation £20 Broadband Hardware Delivery Charge £9.95
So there is £29.95 extra over and above 8.70 per month. Am i missing something ?
PS: btw, i am already a sky customer, so getting this connection in my hubby's name (I don't actually need a new router) Is there a way to get rid of £29.95 extra
eset12345
18 Sep 16#187
no, you can sign up and take over the line, your flatmate will just have to pay any remaining months left on his contract.
CEngineer
18 Sep 16#186
I currently live in a flat where my flatmate has sky, but he wants to cancel because price has gone up after one year. I'd like to take this offer, but the guy from the live chat says that I'd have to wait until my flatmate has completely cancelled (one month after giving notice) before I can buy Sky broadband for the flat. Is this correct?
This deal will have expired by then so I'm a bit confused on how people are cancelling and another person signing up to take the deal? Any help appreciated, thanks!
horatiog
18 Sep 16#185
Hi PDALEY1. Have just signed up to the fibre deal. I also noticed this (after the event!) However, as I usually do, I took screen dumps all the way through the sign-up process. I was convinced I had seen that the minimum contract lengths were 12 months in the case of both Talk & Fibre. Sure enough, when I went back and checked the screen dumps, it did say this. So we have them stating a 12 month contract at the beginning of the sign-up and, then at the end, hidden away in the small print, it says 18 months for Fibre. However, with the screen dump, I think I stand a very good chance to say I signed up to a 12 month deal, not an 18 month one. (I think there is also legislation now, that states that a contract cannot exceed the period over which the co-offered deal is in place for?)
EN1GMA
18 Sep 16#184
Thanks for the response. Sounds painless enough. Just need to decide where I want the box. Hate trailing wires. Will see if I can lift up the carpet and tuck it underneath.
preecey
18 Sep 16#183
Sky don't install white wall points like Virgin or BT do. With Sky it's quite literally a cable fed directly from the satellite dish into your Sky box. They drill a hole through a wall of your choosing and feed the cable through it, then screw in F connectors to the end of the cable and screw those into your Sky box.
kiddy
18 Sep 16#182
I've got just the skytv package started 2 months ago, is there anyway I can get this deal as I want to leave virgin because of the price rise in November?
EN1GMA
18 Sep 16#181
got a favour to ask if anyone would oblige. the sky tv service that comes in the house, can anyone show me a pic of what it looks like please. Virgin has a whitish box that you connect the superhub and tuvo box too. I want to see the equivalent of sky so I can tell the engineer where to place the box. I know the the sky modem/router plugs into the phone line so i know where thats going to go. Just want to know about the tv service connection. if anyone can take a pic of theirs it would be appreciated. thanks.
Chasloyal
18 Sep 16#180
HUKD should allow people to say whatever they wish in these threads before they start giving deal posters 0.6 pence in bitcoins for whatever deal they posted if you ask me.
I'd much rather call a dinlow a dinlow without fear of suspension than get two bob for sharing a deal #justsaying
supermann
18 Sep 16#179
I care because the the merchants have to pay the affiliate networks a reasonable amount of money. That cost sadly eventually gets passed onto us consumers which means higher prices. You could argue that the increased volumes result in lower prices, maybe that might be true but the whole situation stinks in my opinion.
Where's the transparency? In my opinion, everyone here who posts deals should get a cut of the affiliate income. That seems pretty fair to me. How much though, well, it should be a reasonable proportion of how much hotukdeals are making.
Chasloyal
18 Sep 16#178
"I have a lot to say about hotukdeals too and quidco might I add. Quidco was good once upon a time, it shook up the industry but now they're just as bad as what they tried to replace."
So you're suggesting money talks and that people in positions of influence like to make money, is that right?
Well if I was in a position of influence I would take every penny everyone wanted to throw at me....legit or corrupt it matters not, I'd take it!
I'm not going to be some hypocrite red preaching about the rich getting richer bla bla bla. I don't care about them so why should they care about me because I got less than them?
Life ain't fair, it never has been and never will be so deal with it
supermann
18 Sep 16#177
It's not unfounded when you have about 15 years of forum posts to go by. And yes I agree, he owned the information because sadly those people either chose to put it there, or didn't realise they were enriching him by doingso.
I have a lot to say about hotukdeals too and quidco might I add. Quidco was good once upon a time, it shook up the industry but now they're just as bad as what they tried to replace.
I'm sure if the money people were making from this information, was properly laid out to bare, there would be a lot of anger. How much money does hotukdeals make? How much do the people posting these deals, out of the goodness of their heart, actually make from them? How much do hotukdeals make? How much do Maple Syrup Media make? How much have they made over the last 15 years or so? How much does an ad for quidco cost on the underground, whilst they're offering 100% cashback to people? How much are these middle men costing us consumers in the long term?
I am interested in people saving money and quite frankly, businesses like hotukdeals and MSE take from the merchants. That money has to come from somewhere.
eset12345
18 Sep 16#176
maybe you'd like to be more careful before making slanderous and unfounded comments.
There was no 'ripping off', the content is his, all content on the site belonged to him when he owned the site.
Just as all your posts and deals on here belong to the owners of this site, which I may add rake in a big wedge of cash when you go to buy something.
How come you have bad things to say about MSE who make money from their users, and not this very site you're posting on?
Asya86
18 Sep 16#175
As other people mentioned - I simply got my husband to sign up with his details, and chose the 'move in date' as the date my contract runs out, so essentially it's a new contract for the property, as if it's a new tenant.
bensbargains
18 Sep 16#174
Can't believe I still got a code this late, thanks OP! These MSE deals are the best. Only £50 credit this year but still... £65 for another year at 21mb is ok for me.
Tpbarratt
18 Sep 16#173
It's a shame sky broadband is utter garbage.
chrisbert
18 Sep 16#172
How do you do that? Got the deal last year too, about to run out at the end of month.
Asya86
18 Sep 16#171
I was one of the lucky ones with the MSE deal from last year, about to run out. Just ordered this in husband's name!
That's often the criticism levelled at people who highlight other peoples greed. Make no mistake, Martin Lewis made an obscene amount of money out of his 'money saving website'., and if his forum is anything to go by, to some extent he ripped off other peoples ideas, under the guise of 'that's my information because you posted it here'. He makes out he is the expert at saving money, when in fact there are people on the forum who know more about it than him.
What Martin is really good at is making money, not saving it. I'll give him that. He's definitely better at making money than me. He is the Money Making Expert.
Put it this way; Martin and his website are part of the problem not the solution. In some ways, he's no better than the profit hungry companies he moans about and that we have been led to believe that he's 'fighting'.. What's that again? Did I hear the words, Money Super Market?
Thanks
18 Sep 16#168
I used my own router with the sky deal last year. Still works fine, you can find the sky details on their forums or Google it.
ShopCom123
18 Sep 16#166
My Sky TV is solely in my name and the direct debit is from my personal account not our joint account. If I join in my wife's name (who doesn't have technically have TV) and set the Direct Debit from another account could I get away with that?
neinneinnein
18 Sep 16#167
I still can't understand how people are still surviving on such speeds in the UK!!! We have 300mbps speed which usually fluctuates around +- 50mbps throughout the time of the day. We pay no attention to that at all. And then I read some people are happy over a 2mb speed increase from their 12mpbs.
tazg101
18 Sep 16#164
Will be taking the fibre offer as Bt are offering me nothing in retention. Seems every October there is an offer so will take sky this year and probably back to bt next year.
sul
18 Sep 16#165
who cares! if he can swindle a deal for the masses then he deserves a cut in my opinion. don't be bitter if someone is better than you
opaninkofi
18 Sep 16#162
Sell the new router when it arrives to get your £10 back and continue to use the old sky router
littel.helper
18 Sep 16#163
thanks, i am thinking in my case is it realy worth the hassel for sack of few quids?. (i am offered £10 allin to stay put)
ShopCom123
18 Sep 16#160
Just tried this, got the code fine but then made me sign in and then it doesn't accept the code, any ideas? Might try calling them and having a rant as I'm a new broadband customer but have TV with them.
spruceyb
18 Sep 16#161
You can have broadband only, no phone line needed which is great for me as the only people who ever called ours were telemarketers.
Personally for me, I even gave up on Now TV as I have Amazon Prime and use that combined with iPlayer/4OD on a FireTV to get what I want.
vwblack
18 Sep 16#158
Hi, I will get a quote from them today for Broadband, but I do need phone line too. Maybe the Now TV may sort our viewing out.
manicmidlander
18 Sep 16#159
That's exactly what we've done
neinneinnein
18 Sep 16#156
THANK YOU ! I will try this in the morning. I don't have a middle name but I'll try switching first and last. Atleast if worst comes to it I can say I just made a mistake. It's a shame we have to pay for the router again, my previous one is still in its exact same place.
sparkzilla
18 Sep 16#157
Its been a couple of years since i played this game but you could try calling Sky to say your moving out into a property and you wish to pay off the remaining contract as you dont want to take it with you. You then resign under the name of a partner or tweak your name (eg enter your middle and surname as your surname). It will probably mean you get a new phone number.
X50pence777
18 Sep 16#154
sign up under someone else's name(family member etc)
littel.helper
18 Sep 16#155
few of us here had the MSE offer last year around October time with £100 credit + half price line rental and free BB. i am on that offer untill end of October i was wondering while line is active can someone other than current account holder can get this offer on same phoneline? is there anyone in same situation here? may be becaouse of last years deal was on October, this year they have put deadline as 29 sept!
X50pence777
18 Sep 16#153
we....meaning there is more than one of you in the house right?...if you sign up under someone else's name then you can still get the new customer deals...
rich146
18 Sep 16#152
Joining plusnet is easy . Internet seemed to be quite slow after a while for me. They also get you if you leave . You still have to pay a "disconnection" fee ( I paid £35) even after your minimum term on contract. Was with them for years and disgusted they charged me. Proper kick in the teeth that one. Won't ever go back because of that.
PDALEY1
17 Sep 16#150
Hope you all seen the terms for fibre? 18 month contract minimum, i went for the cheap one as it makes more sense, 12 month deal. I have no doubt that the price for BB next year will be silly, price increase from last years deal (£7 overall) to this one is due to the football rights going through the roof. Overall am content thanks OP! :grin:
bing007
17 Sep 16#151
how did you get this? called a couple of times and got nowhere!
damadgeruk
17 Sep 16#147
Yes though not necessarily straightforward. Login details used to be hidden in the Sky supplied router, is this no longer the case?
Binary_Sudoku
17 Sep 16#148
I just signed up last week using a student deal and am so annoyed I didnt wait. Will give them a call...
Edit: I just rang and theres 'nothing they can do', bloody Sky
pcangeldust
17 Sep 16#149
It's actually £84.32, still good deal. You should change the title cause it's misleading.
EN1GMA
17 Sep 16#144
When people have inputted their details and claimed the offer, do you get the code showing on the screen with a message stating that it will also be emailed? im inputting info but no confirmation that my details have been accepted or anything.
AlfMac
17 Sep 16#146
I think, if you want fibre, the other deal with TV is still marginally better for me. YMMV. This one with fibre works out at £8.70 + £10 per month. The other one work out at £21.31 p.m. but I'm expecting £50 back from cpw, resulting in £17.14 p.m. (but I'm a little uncertain what additional up front charges I might get... I've got fibre already, but might need to pay for a fresh connection?) And of course, the other one comes with TV "for free".
nublets2k
17 Sep 16#145
Welcome to Saturday, the day everyone phones up the service desk because they were too busy in the week
vithya
17 Sep 16#141
are sure you can? they don't even supply a broadband username and password to use in a different router?
manicmidlander
17 Sep 16#142
should be able to just do a line switch from sky to sky on the same day that the contract ends so long as you give them 14 days notice
ngs
17 Sep 16#143
I have sky fibre 42mb from last year, at the most have only ever got 19 -21mbs tops, only allowed to connect 3 devices then Amaz-prime says not enough bandwidth, my 2nd year getting crooked by sky.
berisford
17 Sep 16#138
"Speed Up To 17MB", hmmmm......for me the reality is 2mb.......I'll stick with Virgin though they do take the p**s with their pricing.
piranha86
17 Sep 16#139
Excellent offer compared to all offers out there in the market, even beats all retention offers. Just signed up for the Fibre and Phone deal
FriesWithThat
17 Sep 16#140
My Sky broadband deal finishes in 2 weeks. It was the £100 credit and free line rental one from this time last year. It goes up to £27.40 in October for line rental & broadband. Have just called Sky rententions and was offered free broadband but still to pay the £17.40 line rental for 12 months. Saves a tenner a month essentially. Said I wanted to pay no more than £10 per month but got no joy. Left it for now and will shop about but can anyone suggest a good deal or what I should be able to get if try and hassle Sky for a better deal. Thought someone said they were only paying £10 per month for broadband incl. line rental?
yeni1210
17 Sep 16#135
Thanks OP. Hot deal
eset12345
17 Sep 16#137
you're a new customer if you're in a new address
manicmidlander
17 Sep 16#136
you may find you actually got it cheaper than this deal when you add it all up
sully01
17 Sep 16#131
Interesting .......................
Sophiasky
17 Sep 16#132
I have been told that the switch squad does not work with Virgin Media - I have to do it myself (which I did yesterday). I used to be a BT customer around 15 years ago, so do have an old phone socket near the front door, but have been told that I need a new BT Open Reach socket (the NTE5 one as you mentioned) - I have already paid Sky £20 to install this so the engineer should know about that. I just wanted to know if the internet cable with the Sky router plugs in to this socket along with the telephone, as if it does I have to think about where in the room I will need it to be installed. Thank you.
thebuzzer
17 Sep 16#133
Don't swet the politics, just grab a bargain for 12 months then change again.Work it don't worry it
supermann
17 Sep 16#134
It's a sad world when we have to rely on Rupert Murdoch and Martin Lewis to provide us with an internet connection. lol They may as well throw in a D list celebrity in there to complete the package.
Yeah I know Martin's company was bought out by moneysupermarket but that kind of makes it worse.
MrHappy37
17 Sep 16#127
I switched from talktalk to sky on last years offer. Talktalk were an absolute nightmare to contact/ deal with. My maximum speed was 16mb. Sky have been great to deal with and my maximum speed is now 19mb, so clearly not limited to 17mb.
GeordieAffy2014
17 Sep 16#128
I would but the problem is I don't understand how DVD players work too complicated for my little brain ... (Very little brain might I add) lol.
Joking aside if you do read my comment properly I did clearly say I never even tried to understand it properly ... I'm already in contract with sky.
But anyways you enjoy the deal I've got Postman Pat to watch :sunglasses:
royemi
17 Sep 16#130
Order details appear online sky account : 17 days to go for activation!
poo222
17 Sep 16#129
Left sky broadband 3 months ago, but I now live in a new property. Any chance I could qualify for this? Any way round it?
If this is confusing to you then I don't think you need a broadband at all. Just buy a DVD with Postman Pat or other cartoon that is suitable for 3 yo instead of paying every month for watching it on YouTube;)
bylromarha
17 Sep 16#125
Gutted. I left Sky 9/10/2015 - just outside the 1 year requirement.
faddy54
17 Sep 16#126
Thank goodness you still found time for this valuable contribution.
ws007
17 Sep 16#119
This is for new sky customers only, you have to be away from sky TV and phone for 6 months to qualify as a new customer.
Sophiasky
17 Sep 16#120
I am in the process of changing over to Sky (30 day's notice period with Virgin Media). I currently have a phone line, Tivo Box and up to 200 Mbps fibre with VMedia and have signed up for phone, family tv and unlimited fibre with Sky. Can somebody tell me if the fibre with the Sky box goes through the telephone line, or does it connect to the thick, white cables that are currently running around my room to my current VMedia internet box on my desk? I am getting a new phone line installed as I currently don't have a suitable one to run Sky's phone. I was planning on moving furniture around and having my computer in the opposite corner of the room, so need to know if a phone line will need to be installed near the computer or not (if the internet connects to a phone line) - I did the order on line through Quidco, so don't actually know. Thank you.
speculatrix
17 Sep 16#121
According to Wikipedia, Murdoch's 21st Century Fox owns nearly 40% of Sky PLC. en.wikipedia.org/wik…plc
spruceyb
17 Sep 16#122
Stick with Virgin for Broadband and use Now TV for TV? I currently pay £28.25 for 70/5MB, was paying £5 less for being locked into a 12 month contract but had to stick to rolling month while house hunting.
ashmac
17 Sep 16#115
cold
2016 not 2004 we want 200mb
AStonedRaichu
17 Sep 16#116
Yep set up a sniffer and it records the packets when the router connects to the host, when I had sky I used a BT home hub 4 for the dual band wifi
kimbostokes
17 Sep 16#118
Go to any carphone warehouse store and you'll get an AWESOME sky deal
speculatrix
17 Sep 16#117
Indeed, they should go back to being an off-grid spoon whittler.
Nujol
17 Sep 16#112
We had it for many years and service and speed were excellent throughout.
ws007
17 Sep 16#111
I take it you live a simple life in a wooden hut in the middle of a forest, catching your own food, and making your own clothes from the hares you eat, did you find a phone perhaps dropped by a passing hiker? And miracles of miracles you managed to figure out how to use it and post your comment, if you do read this reply before the battery runs out, just throw the phone in the nearest river and forget about all this complicated stuff and stick to the simple life :stuck_out_tongue:
Jonnyblock
17 Sep 16#113
I have just paid up front to VM for the line rental saver, anyone know if I can claim it back?
Firemountain
17 Sep 16#114
Tempting.. but in fairness had so many drop outs with Sky ... ditched them for plusnet and I've not had one drop out this past year ... hard call on the money front though.. HOT!
melted
17 Sep 16#108
Sky ADSL yes - you can capture the user/pass from the router (I think the old sagem sky router password site is supposed to work for it too) or just use the o2 ones:- username '[email protected]' password 'password'
You would need to retain and plug in the sky router if you require support with a connection problem.
Sky "Fibre" - It is against their terms and condition to use another router on their VDSL service, but apparently some customer's do.
neinneinnein
17 Sep 16#107
Can I get this if I already had the Sky Deal last time for £5? if yes how?
The.Bandit
17 Sep 16#109
Because it's not available in some areas?
Dear me...
fxytimi
17 Sep 16#110
so this cannot be combined with sky tv deal. oh well
GB99
17 Sep 16#103
I wouldn't bank on it. I'm on the 'up to 17 meg' but only get 3.8 with sky. I'm giving fibre a go this time.
lasuil
17 Sep 16#104
Damn I just ordered new sky Internet a few weeks ago but with the cashback and Mastercard it only works out around £100 for the year. That's before I call up when the Internet starts to pay off the line rental to save a few bob.
ws007
17 Sep 16#106
Who are you moving from?
thebuzzer
17 Sep 16#105
Great deal, but call sky direct for an even better deal . They will beat this offer over the phone if your a new customer. Just signed up with £100 credit incl and free calls, TV Box set package, line rental etc etc. works out at @ £7.98PM
acbalfour
17 Sep 16#99
murdoch has nothing to do with them anymore
crazylegs
17 Sep 16#100
Yep that would be fraud alright, see you in the showers...Where was that soap again! Oh there it is....................Ooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
jjnet123
17 Sep 16#101
cold for the pure reason its not fibre and if you dont use fibre its 2016 what are you doing?
Bufferz1
17 Sep 16#102
Up to 17mb my **** - I am only on 19.2, mwhahaha!!!
Stevie.Badman
17 Sep 16#95
cold - new customers only
phil001
17 Sep 16#96
If you are an existing customer, and near the end if your contact, see here hotukdeals.com/mis…671
You will get a good deal once you have given your notice of cancellation
julieallen
17 Sep 16#97
thanks, heat added :smile:
nekoangel
17 Sep 16#98
I did the same thing. Although I opted for the sky q hub as well. Was the best thing I could find at the time.
Hope you all don't have to wait to long for installation. I've still got to wait one more week after signing up 2 weeks ago.
royemi
17 Sep 16#92
I just did as a wife name.Land line will be take over by her. order complete!
Sogaaddict
17 Sep 16#91
Wouldn't touch SKY anyway - a Murdoch outfit, stuff that.
FrooGal
17 Sep 16#93
Can you upgrade to fibre on this deal? ... and how much extra would it be?
MrScotchBonnet
17 Sep 16#94
He's on about that's what he will get with sky.
acbalfour
17 Sep 16#87
do not get sky broadband. they are the worst broadband provider in the uk. i used to work for them. i wouldnt waste my money on their broadband service
neinneinnein
17 Sep 16#88
is there any way around it? if I use someone elses name?
damoderby
17 Sep 16#89
well said that man.
Chasloyal
17 Sep 16#90
So you go for Tory to Labour, back to Tory and maybe Labour again were Owen to oust Jezza that is (_;) Sir ginger crotch Branson instead #priceless
Chippypaul49
17 Sep 16#84
£15.36 a month,unltd fibre and line rent after £50 credit for 12 months.thanks Mse:
Harry052016
17 Sep 16#83
Cannot be existing sky TV customers....
BeerGoggles
17 Sep 16#85
The fibre deal is half the price I am paying now through PlusNet, although I am getting 72mb line I doubt the 42mb line offered by sky will be that much different. Can someone tell me:
a) how many Ethernet ports does the home hub allow to be connected? b) how long did it take to get it set up (I'm off on an extended trip in two weeks and so need it set up reasonably quickly)?
Cheers.
ws007
17 Sep 16#86
If that's virgin ADSL just run away, do yourself a favour and get this deal, use the money you save with this deal to pay off virgin.
thebuzzer
17 Sep 16#80
Best deal in the market. Many Thanks
escortboy
17 Sep 16#79
It says there is a 10GB limit on the MSE page?
pbayanon1
17 Sep 16#81
I am one of the customers who got the £5.00 for a full year offer from last year. Contract ends in 20 days and I need to move elsewhere. Are there any other offers around?
CarlP26
17 Sep 16#82
Hahaha best comment of the day!
supermann
17 Sep 16#76
It depends how transparent they are. I think a lot of people on MSE didn't realise how much money Martin Lewis was making. It was quite interesting when he mentioned how much he spent on flights per year whilst simultaneously telling people something a long the lines of wearing three jumpers on a flight to save on baggage fees. He should practice what he preaches and stop flying in the elite class.
vwblack
17 Sep 16#75
There are a handful of deals on here at present. Anyone able to sift out the best deal from them all as I am looking to move from Virgin as the price is going silly. TV/ BB/ Line Rental req No comments please from those who have nothing better to do
littel.helper
17 Sep 16#77
thanks anonimousse. will give it a go nothing to loose.8)
CarlP26
17 Sep 16#78
Currys currently have Sky Q, plus family pack, calls and broadband inc. line rental for £16.31 a month. 12 month contract. That blows most out of the water IMO.
tissot22
17 Sep 16#72
Well, HUKD also makes some profit while helping us saving money as well as cahsback sites. I am getting free adcvice, tips and opportunities to save money and time, so i can't complain that the people behind MSE, HUKD, Quidco get millions while I can save thouthands of pounds.
1lluminati
17 Sep 16#71
They reduced the speeds to 17mbit from 20mbit?
n1ttygr1tty
17 Sep 16#73
you can yes
ryan90
17 Sep 16#74
I just signed up for sky broadband 1 week ago full line rental for me :(, I know that i'm still within cancellation period but is there anything i can do to get this offer or will i just have to accept ive been beaten?
jools19
17 Sep 16#67
I've just switched from EE, was getting below 4mb, hoping sky will be a bit faster
supermann
17 Sep 16#68
Yes and the cost of showering affiliates like HotUKdeals and MSE with money, also have to be passed onto the consumer.
Anon32
17 Sep 16#70
not a bad deal as is half price line rental but left sky as came to the end of my deal went with BT infinity much faster than standard broadband! Wouldn't go back now to standard! So if a decent sky fibre deal comes round next time i'll take it! never had any problems with sky and only paid £12 for the whole year lol thats £1 a month think some calls were made too now got BT works out at £10 a month and BT sport too
supermann
17 Sep 16#69
You can cancel after 12 months without being penalised, therefore it's a 12 month contract. On fibre. I signed up over the phone and nowhere did they say it was an 18 month contract.
mcormack
17 Sep 16#63
Go back to school.
supermann
17 Sep 16#64
I'm also getting a £20 installation fee even though I have a landline installed here.
littel.helper
17 Sep 16#65
l=just to make it clear its all in for £10 pm incl. line rental. i will be morethan happy to look at any better deal as i am still in cooling off period. any pointers? thanks.
m1chaels
17 Sep 16#66
I reckon for fibre the BT 125 mc plus 207 tch if you add on a 60 quid sim and free tv works out cheaper for 12m
205 line rental 50 connection 12.50 x 12 fibre 12 x 5 sim 8 modem 10 tv box less 207 tcb and 125 mastercard and 20 amazon card = 133
Adsl is 85 less ie 48 as you save 50 connection and 5 x 12 bb rental but lose 50 of mastercard (only 75)
Is my maths right?
I don't suppose you can used the sky 50 quid account credit code with the 40 quidco and/or the alternative free bb 100 mc no half price line rental offer
blinko
17 Sep 16#59
We like to see the breakdown of the deal with all the cashbacks and vouchers etc, thanks to original poster
phil001
17 Sep 16#60
There's got to be a place in the market for a provider that just gives you the best price they can, all the time.
No bartering/retentions / cash back /new customers only / existing customers only etc etc.
Gets a bit tiring!
Canary0500
17 Sep 16#61
Does anyone know if you can change the "pay as you talk' to talk anytime on this deal?
MrScotchBonnet
17 Sep 16#62
Think you lose being a new customer if you canel though?
supermann
17 Sep 16#56
Can you please amend the price of this deal because as mentioned there is a £9.95 charge for the router.
m1chaels
17 Sep 16#55
Really? We always get the same speed whichever up to 17mbsnsupplier we go for because of the distance to the exchange.
We got the sky mse deal last year for about 4 quid total to pay over 12 months so this looks like an increase...plus of course this year we need to go elsewhere to be a new customer unless anyone knows otherwise?
PDALEY1
17 Sep 16#57
it was at the bottom of the page mate, 18 months on fibre = 12 months on this offer then the price will go up. However the price will increase in 12 months no doubt so you will be able to cancel at no cost anyway :grin:
thebuzzer
17 Sep 16#58
Sky is the best offer currently on MSE
squizzawizza
17 Sep 16#51
Just switched to this deal from EE. Fab price and now get 17mb instead of 6mb. Fab deal!
supermann
17 Sep 16#52
He's a multimillionare and arguably he's made a lot of his money off the free advice offered by the kind people on his forum, who I doubt have received much if anything in return. Where do you think he gets a lot of his money saving tips from?
littel.helper
17 Sep 16#53
sounds like neinneinnein already have sky phone line conected to property. so i guess only way to do it is to go away from sky first in order to use under different name. withaout that i dont think there is a way round. this is my understanding. of course i may be wrong.
thebuzzer
17 Sep 16#54
Cancel the deal and then do the MSE deal
supermann
17 Sep 16#48
There's also a 9.95 router delivery charge by the way.
Danegerous
17 Sep 16#47
How do you get TCB when going through MSE link?
littel.helper
17 Sep 16#49
mine is up for renewal from last years similar deal. best they offer me is £7.40 discount on line rental. £10 PM all in. mentioned this deal, but as it says for new customers only and because i had good offer for past year it is not 'sustainable' ! i am happy with that. not had any issues in past year with sky.
ryan90
17 Sep 16#50
I just signed up for sky broadband 1 week ago full line rental for me :(, I know that i'm still within cancellation period but is there anything i can do to get this offer or will i just have to accept ive been beaten?
tissot22
17 Sep 16#44
well, MArtin is helping people to save money. and it is good that he is being rewarded for that:)
flipper118
17 Sep 16#43
I bought this in June, I'll probably upgrade to fibre soon as even though I get 12mbs I have 5 devices running on it including now TV
Reebok.Ron
17 Sep 16#45
Has anyone gone through Topcashback or Quidco? Which deal did you use?
sully01
17 Sep 16#46
Interesting ...................
tissot22
17 Sep 16#40
my SKY bb contract expires in 1 month, so my housemate can take a new contract as a new customer however, you can't place a new order when the sky account is active on the address. You can do it only after the existing line/bb is off and then you have to wait for 2 weeks for SKY to activate new account, which means - staying without broadband for two weeks!
manicmidlander
17 Sep 16#39
I signed up a couple of weeks ago and hit £65 from TCB and £100 pre paid master card from sky which worked out about £10 cheapercheaper than this.
greycounciller
17 Sep 16#41
I used to be with Sky a few years back. If I take this deal, do I HAVE to take another router from them as I have both the White and the Black Fibre one already lying around at home gathering dust from when I was last with them?
vwblack
17 Sep 16#42
I knew there would be one
manicmidlander
17 Sep 16#35
unlikely you'll get Topcashback too but you can try and manipulate the url and see if it works.
supermann
17 Sep 16#36
Question is, how much are MSE making on these 29,000 subscriptions? Should we assume they're getting £50 too? Even £25x 29,000 sounds pretty nice. I guess Martin Lewis's flights need paying for.
Reebok.Ron
17 Sep 16#37
I'm with Sky now and I managed to join up on the last deal they had even though I'd been with them less than 12 months prviously. The way to do it, assuming you have a middle name, is to put your middle name and surname in as your surname and it accepts you as a new customer (I also used different email and credit card to be sure). So for example if your name is John Allen Smith put Allen Smith in the surname box.
j41sal
17 Sep 16#38
Can this be used foe unlimited fiber?
Dont mind paying a little more☺
Hocky
17 Sep 16#31
shame they can't do it for fibre broadband tho.
mobeus1
17 Sep 16#32
good luck with sky had to go through the ombudsman to get it out .we had their engineers out 6 times receiving 4 mbs they said although the broadband was poor their other services were good so they would not let us out of contract ombudsman agreed with us happily were now with virgin 68 mbs and we have free sky for the year
mickey_brock
17 Sep 16#34
i got the old deal but when that ran out , i was given the £10 a month for BBand and line rental , not as good as the 1st offer for £5 for the year but to me its the best around , i just wish they put in the tv package for another £5 so making it £15 for tv-BBand and line rental , now that would be a great deal
faddy54
17 Sep 16#33
Though ours ( an MJ Quinn subcontractor) was happy to move the master socket.
cornishdir
17 Sep 16#27
Great deal... I did last year's deal...it is really simple and can't complain at the price :wink:
ktbffh
17 Sep 16#28
You my friend should get admission in a school ASAP, might learn basic manners too along with the basic maths.
CAL23
17 Sep 16#30
17Mb my ****! I was lucky to get even 11.
bixbarton
17 Sep 16#29
I've had Sky broadband for over 5 years plain ADSL first and Fibre now. Never had a problem with them.
MR1123
17 Sep 16#23
OfCourse you are, but when you have a fault you need to use theirs so they can guide you on what to do.
Darzen
17 Sep 16#24
Been with Sky for years, was paying full price and had decent enough broadband. Took the offer last year and had the worst internet ever. Constant dropping out, speeds as low as 0.04mbs, a total waste of time.
Edit: And 5 mins after posting this it goes off again :disappointed:
OldDuffer
17 Sep 16#26
It depends who you speak to in retentions and how the conversation goes. I'm also on the '£5 for a year deal' from last year and called up to see what they could do for this year. The original offer was the same as yours – another year of free broadband but I had to pay the line rental in full – which I rejected and pointed out that both Plusnet and Talktalk were doing deals involving cash back that brought the cost down to between £8-£9.25pcm. Bingo, that's all it took (I guess that are all fully aware of each others offers), as the next suggestion was free broadband and a £7.40 discount on line rental (effectively £10pcm all in). I'm just kicking myself that I accepted this right away – in retrospect, given how quickly they caved in, I'm sure I should have held out for a bit more, such a free calls pack or whatever, but hey ho… From past experience, if your conversation with retentions doesn't go they way you want, just finish it off for then and try again a bit later, next time you may get a more sympathetic or helpful agent.
opaninkofi
17 Sep 16#25
Yes
vithya
17 Sep 16#19
allowed to use own router?
gunner786
17 Sep 16#20
Took this last year expires next week
azual
17 Sep 16#21
damn signed up to sky bb last month only pay line rental but get £75 mastercard
Cr0m
17 Sep 16#22
Sorry, I've got better things to do than compare the deals for you.
opaninkofi
17 Sep 16#15
Hot, add topcashback and it be free. Last year they paid me to use the line rental for free as I received extra £57 cashback from topcashback. I am going to sign up again, Happy I waited. Thanks for paa this Op.
Jonnyblock
17 Sep 16#16
Getting fed up with Virgins price rises. Tempted to move to this but will I regret it?
ilikedeals21
17 Sep 16#18
my deal that I posted a week ago is far better but got voted down cold! I don't understand hukd
aka101
17 Sep 16#17
is this deal better than the mastercard £100/ topcashback deal posted a few days ago?
eset12345
17 Sep 16#11
indeed, I hate the way they explain things over there, but I guess it legally covers them.
EN1GMA
17 Sep 16#12
This has come at the perfect time as ive cancelled with VIRGIN and its going to go off on the 25th Sept. theyve not rung so far and was going to ring them. might just have to go through with the cancellation and go with this deal. only issue is fibre is not active in my area which is a PITA so not sure how im going to cope with 17meg download speed when ive been used to 70 :heart_eyes:
we do alot of streaming and this offer is unlimited so so worries about how much we download. just worried wether the speed is going to be enough for us....
whats the bare minimum speed for streaming 720 videos?
djrobmac
17 Sep 16#13
Not sure where you are seeing this. 12 months in all my terms
royemi
17 Sep 16#14
Same here! My solution; get new deal on wife name :wink: and landline will be take over by her! I confirm on the live chat as well. No action need by me.
mif
17 Sep 16#9
It does get emailed. Mine went straight to my spam folder so it didn't show in my inbox
MBeeching
17 Sep 16#8
Admittedly that's easier to digest than the shambolic cut and paste from MSE.
melted
17 Sep 16#10
The Sky router plugs into the telephone socket. It is fibre to the street cabinet and VDSL over the phone line from there to your home. It is usually recommended to have the router near the phone socket and run Ethernet cable from the router to the pc.
I have a four port ethernet socket near my phone socket, they can be re-tasked as phone line extensions just as well as ethernet connections by plugging in the right cables in each end (4 pin rj11 sockets fit them). Although these days I just use dect phones and have the router plugged in next to the phone socket.
The open reach engineer won't install telephone extensions when he fits your socket. The sky installer might do when he comes to install the shotgun coax cable for the sky dish though.
eset12345
17 Sep 16#5
whats nonsense?
its as clear as day.
sign up at half price line rental, add router delivery charge, subtract £50 bill credit, and you're at £64 for the year
tomwatts
17 Sep 16#6
I just use their router for the actual connection and then feed off that to my own router. Yes I have to port forward twice but not a real problem.
batemansxxxb
17 Sep 16#7
MSE is owned by Moneysupermarket,i guess they aren't doing it without making something out of it,after all they are a business not a charity,it's a bit like the cheap energy club,they get £60 for each switch & they pass on half of that back to the consumer,decent deal imo
GeordieAffy2014
17 Sep 16#2
Haha
I'm happy with my £10 a month retention deal I got however if I was a new customer I would try and understand the deal but does seem a tad confusing but tbh cba reading it properly as I don't need it.
seaniboy
17 Sep 16#4
Currently on half price line rental with free broadband, 10 months to go, great deal though HEAT added
EN1GMA
17 Sep 16#3
so if I go for the sky fibre unlimited option, it will cost me £120 more for the year? hows sky fibre service? not sure which option to go for really? we do a lot of streaming at my house so the fact that its unlimited is a bonus but not sure what kind of speed I can realistically get in my area/road?
any place I can check actual download speeds on a particular road/area?
MBeeching
17 Sep 16#1
What a myriad of nonsense and figures. Do this, do that, the line rental is this but then you get that. Then cashback makes it cheaper, but add that and minus something else.
Presumably this all adds up though and might be a good deal?
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Opening post
Broadband & line rent £64 for a year after £50 credit*
£5.36/MTH EQUIV. SKY NEWBIES ONLY – 29,000 CODES
Available to: 90% of UK
Speed: Up to 17Mb
Download limit: Unlimited
Traffic shaping? No
Contract length: 12 months
Deal requires line rental? Yes
Inclusive calls? No
New line installation: £20
Until Thu 29 Sep, we've blagged Sky newbies (those who haven't been with Sky broadband, TV or talk in the last 12 months) a cracking deal via this specific Sky line rent & broadband* link. It's year's contract and the key is half-price line rental and 'free' unlimited up-to-17Mb speed broadband. Plus, we've blagged £50 bill credit, which covers up to five months' line rental.
Get a code NOW: There are 29,000 codes, You can sign up once you've applied via this Sky link*. you'll also be sent an email with your code and unique link for sign up (one per home, not transferable). You have until 11.59pm Thu 29 Sep 2016.
How it works...
Half-price line rental. It's £17.40 a month, so you pay half that, £8.70/mth (so £104.40/yr). If Sky increases line rental during the contract (as most firms do regularly), you'll then pay half the new amount.
Unlimited broadband 'free' for 12 months. It's unlimited up-to-17Mb speed. After the 12-month contract ends, broadband's £10/mth if you stay.
We've blagged you £50 bill credit. It's added to your account once your bill's active. The first £9.95 pays for the 'free' compulsory router delivery, the rest will be used up on line rental and calls until it's gone, so you won't shell out for up to five months.
Card verification & refund. You pay £5 to verify your card when ordering but it's added to your bill credit.
- How cheap is this all-in? If you add up the line rental, broadband and router p&p, the total over the 12-month contract is £114.35 (at current prices, before calls). But, after the £50 bill credit, it's £64.35 for the year, so it's equiv £5.36/mth before calls.
- What about calls? Calls costs are a bit more than BT to landlines but a bit less to mobiles (11.5p/min to landlines and mobiles, 16.9p connection-fee). Sky also has an unbilled calls credit limit – see below for info.
- Need a new line? If you don't have a line, or you're switching from cable, you'll need to pay £20 for a new line. However, if you have a BT line but pay another provider to use it, or you pay BT for your phone line, you may still have to pay the fee (see below).
- Direct debit is the only way to pay. You won't be able to get this deal otherwise.
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ACTUALLY £84.35 A YEAR
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free bb for a year
3.99 discount on line rental making it 15 a month
making it a grand total of £180 for the year. anyone else had any retention deals offered?
thanks for the info :smile:
Obviously you need to make sure you jump on the right offer and there is bully activation fee I think but I think the one we got for our home worked out around 13 quid a month over the 12 month contract with the cash back and pre-paid card
What retention deal did sky offer?
They (EE) told me my signal booster (for mobile) wouldn't work on Sky,or any other provider, but it's come up all good and dandy. Happy days....!
Just has all my details. Should I be worried?
that's with sky, you need to claim that within 90 days of going live
just log in and click "claim reward" on your sky account
Happy days!
Gave them a call this morning to check activation dates and was told it would be the same date as installation but as it was a long wait (I didn't mind as I chose it myself) I was also offered Sky TV Box Sets (everything excluding movies and sports) free for 12 months with free installation and equipment. Also a 12 month contract so just a freebie. Obviously I took it but didn't ask for it... Bonus!
Just submit it on sky homepage and off you go - same offer as above.
never take a deal thinking your going to get cashback,
cashback is a bonus should it get paid
oO
If you are that poor and that desperate to get an extra two bob from the 'superior' cashback website I am more than happy to contribute a couple of quid to make sure your malnourished kids don't have to share a small portion of Starburger fries between then to avoid starving to death.
DM me your Paypal linked email account and I will help feed your poor desperate children......yes I am all heart but no need to thank me (_;)
To answer my own question I have ordered bb and phone on this deal and skyQ on the installer deal slight spelling mistakes in name now hopefully quidco will track n payout
Could do with another internet connection for my matched betting :wink:
Saved my a lot of money.
She took it well.
Sky Broadband general: £9.95 router delivery charge applies. Speeds vary significantly by location. 12 month minimum subscriptions. New 12 month minimum subscriptions for Sky Fibre, Sky Fibre Max + Sky Talk & Line Rental. Separate contracts apply to Sky TV, Sky Broadband/Fibre and Sky Talk. No traffic management policy for Sky Broadband Unlimited, Sky Fibre and Sky Fibre Unlimited in the home. External factors such as internet congestion can affect speed.See sky.com/sho…and for more details and our Usage Policies. MAC users receive 12 months free McAfee VirusScan worth £19.99. McAfee Free Trial: Sky Broadband 12GB -3 months; Unlimited, Sky Fibre and Sky Fibre Unlimited & Sky Fibre Max -12 months, then £3 pm unless you contact us to unsubscribe.
Note the bit in bold and the use of the word "New".
Separate 12 month minimum terms apply to each of your TV, Talk and Broadband products, except Sky Fibre which has an 18 month minimum term
went for the fiber deal and signed up to TCB which tracked at near enough £73!
I tried asking why (it appears it was a month after he applied for the deal) but the Sky rep insisted it was not to do with me but the 'available date' and that my husband should call. I don't see why they can't just switch the internet on any day, since I already have sky and don't require an engineer? So odd! And they say I am going to be billed 24.95 for the two weeks!
Been trying to sign up on my wife's name, she is eligible however SKY website keeps saying at Postcode and telephone line check stage "It appears we already provide service at this household".
Customer status check
We need to make sure we process your order correctly
From the information provided, it appears you may already be a Sky customer, or have previously had Sky at this address. Please select one of the options below to continue:
Any ideas on how/if I can get around this?
Seems like a very good deal. I am currently on Virgin and my renewal is due soon.
Planning to go for the fibre deal:
Line Rental: £8.70/mth
Fibre Broadband: £10/mth
Total/mth = £18.70 / £224 year
£224 - £50 credit = 174 / £14.5 per month
So the fibre deal work out £14.5 per month. Am i missing something?
= 104.40 (8.70 x 12) + 29.95 - 50 (credit) = 84.35
that comes out to be around £7 per month
The only offer she was willing to throw my way was 12 months free broadband, normal £17 odd per month line rental, and begrudgingly a 1 month free via bill credit.
I pushed for more, and told her I had a MSE code which worked out at £64.00 per year all in ... and if necessary my wife would sign up as a new customer at the same address ... Emma then replied that all calls are recorded, and Sky would reject the new application ...
She then hung up on me !!
Ggrrr .....
I signed up earlier (Goes live on the 27th) before this deal and they were offering a £100 mastercard and hopefully £50 quidco Cashback so, neglecting the fees for line connection and equipment delivery that works out £17.40*12 = £208.8 - 150 = £58.8 or £5 a month.
This deal is a downgrade from that :stuck_out_tongue:
I pay £42 for that atm (but thats with TV, I dont use and weekend calls I also dont use) so this is great, just got pay EE off a month early.
Broadband = Free
Line rental (50%) off: 8.70 per month
New Phone Line Installation £20
Broadband Hardware Delivery Charge £9.95
So there is £29.95 extra over and above 8.70 per month. Am i missing something ?
PS: btw, i am already a sky customer, so getting this connection in my hubby's name (I don't actually need a new router)
Is there a way to get rid of £29.95 extra
This deal will have expired by then so I'm a bit confused on how people are cancelling and another person signing up to take the deal? Any help appreciated, thanks!
I'd much rather call a dinlow a dinlow without fear of suspension than get two bob for sharing a deal #justsaying
Where's the transparency? In my opinion, everyone here who posts deals should get a cut of the affiliate income. That seems pretty fair to me. How much though, well, it should be a reasonable proportion of how much hotukdeals are making.
So you're suggesting money talks and that people in positions of influence like to make money, is that right?
Well if I was in a position of influence I would take every penny everyone wanted to throw at me....legit or corrupt it matters not, I'd take it!
I'm not going to be some hypocrite red preaching about the rich getting richer bla bla bla. I don't care about them so why should they care about me because I got less than them?
Life ain't fair, it never has been and never will be so deal with it
I have a lot to say about hotukdeals too and quidco might I add. Quidco was good once upon a time, it shook up the industry but now they're just as bad as what they tried to replace.
I'm sure if the money people were making from this information, was properly laid out to bare, there would be a lot of anger. How much money does hotukdeals make? How much do the people posting these deals, out of the goodness of their heart, actually make from them? How much do hotukdeals make? How much do Maple Syrup Media make? How much have they made over the last 15 years or so?
How much does an ad for quidco cost on the underground, whilst they're offering 100% cashback to people? How much are these middle men costing us consumers in the long term?
I am interested in people saving money and quite frankly, businesses like hotukdeals and MSE take from the merchants. That money has to come from somewhere.
There was no 'ripping off', the content is his, all content on the site belonged to him when he owned the site.
Just as all your posts and deals on here belong to the owners of this site, which I may add rake in a big wedge of cash when you go to buy something.
How come you have bad things to say about MSE who make money from their users, and not this very site you're posting on?
What Martin is really good at is making money, not saving it. I'll give him that. He's definitely better at making money than me. He is the Money Making Expert.
Put it this way; Martin and his website are part of the problem not the solution. In some ways, he's no better than the profit hungry companies he moans about and that we have been led to believe that he's 'fighting'.. What's that again? Did I hear the words, Money Super Market?
i am thinking in my case is it realy worth the hassel for sack of few quids?. (i am offered £10 allin to stay put)
Personally for me, I even gave up on Now TV as I have Amazon Prime and use that combined with iPlayer/4OD on a FireTV to get what I want.
i am on that offer untill end of October i was wondering while line is active can someone other than current account holder can get this offer on same phoneline? is there anyone in same situation here?
may be becaouse of last years deal was on October, this year they have put deadline as 29 sept!
Edit: I just rang and theres 'nothing they can do', bloody Sky
You should change the title cause it's misleading.
This one with fibre works out at £8.70 + £10 per month.
The other one work out at £21.31 p.m. but I'm expecting £50 back from cpw, resulting in £17.14 p.m. (but I'm a little uncertain what additional up front charges I might get... I've got fibre already, but might need to pay for a fresh connection?)
And of course, the other one comes with TV "for free".
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Yeah I know Martin's company was bought out by moneysupermarket but that kind of makes it worse.
Joking aside if you do read my comment properly I did clearly say I never even tried to understand it properly ... I'm already in contract with sky.
But anyways you enjoy the deal I've got Postman Pat to watch :sunglasses:
hotukdeals.com/dea…913
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2016 not 2004 we want 200mb
username '[email protected]'
password 'password'
You would need to retain and plug in the sky router if you require support with a connection problem.
Sky "Fibre" - It is against their terms and condition to use another router on their VDSL service, but apparently some customer's do.
Dear me...
Just signed up with £100 credit incl and free calls, TV Box set package, line rental etc etc. works out at @ £7.98PM
Oh there it is....................Ooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
hotukdeals.com/mis…671
You will get a good deal once you have given your notice of cancellation
Hope you all don't have to wait to long for installation. I've still got to wait one more week after signing up 2 weeks ago.
a) how many Ethernet ports does the home hub allow to be connected?
b) how long did it take to get it set up (I'm off on an extended trip in two weeks and so need it set up reasonably quickly)?
Cheers.
No comments please from those who have nothing better to do
i will be morethan happy to look at any better deal as i am still in cooling off period. any pointers?
thanks.
205 line rental 50 connection 12.50 x 12 fibre 12 x 5 sim 8 modem 10 tv box less 207 tcb and 125 mastercard and 20 amazon card = 133
Adsl is 85 less ie 48 as you save 50 connection and 5 x 12 bb rental but lose 50 of mastercard (only 75)
Is my maths right?
I don't suppose you can used the sky 50 quid account credit code with the 40 quidco and/or the alternative free bb 100 mc no half price line rental offer
No bartering/retentions / cash back /new customers only / existing customers only etc etc.
Gets a bit tiring!
We got the sky mse deal last year for about 4 quid total to pay over 12 months so this looks like an increase...plus of course this year we need to go elsewhere to be a new customer unless anyone knows otherwise?
mentioned this deal, but as it says for new customers only and because i had good offer for past year it is not 'sustainable' !
i am happy with that. not had any issues in past year with sky.
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Dont mind paying a little more☺
Edit: And 5 mins after posting this it goes off again :disappointed:
we do alot of streaming and this offer is unlimited so so worries about how much we download. just worried wether the speed is going to be enough for us....
whats the bare minimum speed for streaming 720 videos?
I have a four port ethernet socket near my phone socket, they can be re-tasked as phone line extensions just as well as ethernet connections by plugging in the right cables in each end (4 pin rj11 sockets fit them). Although these days I just use dect phones and have the router plugged in next to the phone socket.
The open reach engineer won't install telephone extensions when he fits your socket. The sky installer might do when he comes to install the shotgun coax cable for the sky dish though.
its as clear as day.
sign up at half price line rental, add router delivery charge, subtract £50 bill credit, and you're at £64 for the year
I'm happy with my £10 a month retention deal I got however if I was a new customer I would try and understand the deal but does seem a tad confusing but tbh cba reading it properly as I don't need it.
any place I can check actual download speeds on a particular road/area?
Presumably this all adds up though and might be a good deal?