Was speaking with sky retentions last night and was offered this to join Sky broadband....
Line rental for £9.99 for 18months Sky fibre max for £16.01 80mbps or Fibre unlimited for £11.01 40mbps Upload speeds 19.5 or 10mbps Free Activation/Free postage 18months contract Pay as you talk calls Sky q hub 18m contract (does not contract the Tv)
Or
Evening & Weekends free for 12 months then £4 or half price anytime extra for £4.
I took the deal there and then as I have already done my checks to see which company has the best price for fibre and right now has to be sky.
Deal available for existing TV customers that don't have There Broadband or telephone service
Deal available only over the phone maybe live chat
Top comments
captainbeaky to niko
8 Jul 175#9
Pay less than this for Virgin 200mbps, TV & calls. Virgin retentions dept must use a lot of laxatives
niko
8 Jul 174#8
Unfortunately I'm moving away from sky after 10 years. No luck with retentions. Some real constipated people in there team.
brendanhickey to pedd
8 Jul 173#19
Don't bother looking at national reviews. Broadband speed is very local. Ask your neighbours and people in your local area what they have and what speed they get. I'm on sky fiber max and get 55 download and 16 upload. I think it's brilliant.
All comments (42)
pedd
8 Jul 17#1
Im thinking of switching from BT to Sky for broadband. Need to do some research on what their service is like.
westy90 to pedd
8 Jul 17#3
Im on fibre max they state I get 60mb download speed. Though the maximum iv had is 32mb and can sometimes drop to 5mb
The best broadband I had was with virgin constant 70mb
donslibi to pedd
8 Jul 17#4
Out of interest, why are you switching from BT? Having used most ISPs, BT (and Plusnet) have served me well. Sky was ok too I guess but no better than BT unless I'm missing something?
brendanhickey to pedd
8 Jul 173#19
Don't bother looking at national reviews. Broadband speed is very local. Ask your neighbours and people in your local area what they have and what speed they get. I'm on sky fiber max and get 55 download and 16 upload. I think it's brilliant.
pedd
8 Jul 17#2
Looking on trustpilot, it's not a promising start...
poppy1sa
8 Jul 172#5
Errr mmmm deals site ...price maybe?
puddles9999
8 Jul 17#6
I get 250 mps at my house with sky
stephenskelton33 to puddles9999
8 Jul 17#22
I get 4mbps..with sky..rubbish
nomisco
8 Jul 17#7
I've been on the BT fibre product for about 3 years on the 80mb package. I was getting full (line sync) speed at first but then it slowly dropped and I now get a fairly constant 60mb.
I know BT are not the cheapest, but I am a seriously heavy user and have to say that the reliability and speed have been very good. As such, I'm reluctant to switch knowing that a rival product could not be any better.
niko
8 Jul 174#8
Unfortunately I'm moving away from sky after 10 years. No luck with retentions. Some real constipated people in there team.
captainbeaky to niko
8 Jul 175#9
Pay less than this for Virgin 200mbps, TV & calls. Virgin retentions dept must use a lot of laxatives
cfbc
8 Jul 17#10
Do you get the 200mbps? Did you see Watchdog earlier this week? Just curiou, not having a go as I am not in Virgin area for cable... BT or sky (via BT) for me. I get about 36 meg on normal unlimted fibre, but I am close to the exchange. I did wonder about their max fibre, but would I really get the max?
willyzippy89
8 Jul 17#11
So just to clear up your tv contract was up and you called the retentions team who offered you a fibre package???
The boat im in is that we have sky tv under the mrs name and internet under mine, the internet is now up so i was just looking around through cashback sites etc and best offer looking online was with BT.
Would love to get his deal though....any ideas?
TechBB to willyzippy89
9 Jul 17#26
I would just call Sky and tell them straight up the situation and say you want this deal and see where that takes you; you've nothing to lose.
Every year, when my Sky TV contract is up, I call up Sky and always manage to bag myself either a 50% or 60% discount.
Earlier this year, I was moving house but still had 2 months left on my contract and discount. I wanted Sky Q at the new place but didn't want to pay the price advertised online. Sky was offering a free TV with Sky Q, etc for new customers only.
I called Sky and told them I'm moving address and want a new package with a 50-60% discount and Sky Q. They gave me just that! 50% of Sky Q with multi room and the 2TB box with the Box Sets package. I asked for the free TV too but I know that was pushing it; I didn't get it :smile: .
When I called, I just let them know that I have Virgin Media broadband and so I was inclined to go with Virgin TV at the new place because "I liked the features of their box better". That helped persuade them. I'm sure the reverse will work if you tell them you want to bring business to them.
If you don't ask, you don't get... that's my motto in life.
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Opening post
Line rental for £9.99 for 18months
Sky fibre max for £16.01 80mbps or Fibre unlimited for £11.01 40mbps
Upload speeds 19.5 or 10mbps
Free Activation/Free postage
18months contract
Pay as you talk calls
Sky q hub
18m contract (does not contract the Tv)
Or
Evening & Weekends free for 12 months then £4 or half price anytime extra for £4.
I took the deal there and then as I have already done my checks to see which company has the best price for fibre and right now has to be sky.
Deal available for existing TV customers that don't have There Broadband or telephone service
Deal available only over the phone maybe live chat
Top comments
All comments (42)
The best broadband I had was with virgin constant 70mb
I know BT are not the cheapest, but I am a seriously heavy user and have to say that the reliability and speed have been very good. As such, I'm reluctant to switch knowing that a rival product could not be any better.
The boat im in is that we have sky tv under the mrs name and internet under mine, the internet is now up so i was just looking around through cashback sites etc and best offer looking online was with BT.
Would love to get his deal though....any ideas?
Every year, when my Sky TV contract is up, I call up Sky and always manage to bag myself either a 50% or 60% discount.
Earlier this year, I was moving house but still had 2 months left on my contract and discount. I wanted Sky Q at the new place but didn't want to pay the price advertised online. Sky was offering a free TV with Sky Q, etc for new customers only.
I called Sky and told them I'm moving address and want a new package with a 50-60% discount and Sky Q. They gave me just that! 50% of Sky Q with multi room and the 2TB box with the Box Sets package. I asked for the free TV too but I know that was pushing it; I didn't get it :smile: .
When I called, I just let them know that I have Virgin Media broadband and so I was inclined to go with Virgin TV at the new place because "I liked the features of their box better". That helped persuade them. I'm sure the reverse will work if you tell them you want to bring business to them.
If you don't ask, you don't get... that's my motto in life.