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Is that Muppetman and myself? He's great, and I'm good :angel:

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Thank god you didn't say good and the bad..that would have left me with the cliched ugly :D

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I would never allow that to happen :D

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Im tempted to ring them a ring and see if they will offer me free BB as my BB contract is more than 12 months so can leave (well i wont actaully leave thou)

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Good thinking

This deal (if it had been available) would have made me think about it

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I cant get VM BB where i live now and BT speed checker shows ill get abit less than im on with Sky now so i have to stay with Sky although Sky dont need to know this

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Strange, one would have thought you should get same, if you mean adsl2 etc...they must use same or similar equipment. Not as if your house is further away using BT

But regardless, do say you plan to leave.

i said same about my tv yesterday, to get my deal. I mentioned virgin (cough cough :D)

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Just rang Sky and been given some news. I have 6 months if BB unlimited free because ive moved address. This was applied end of April. I didnt even know that i was getting that discount so good times. Drinks are in me

PS Colin. I got a 2 TB box for £49 when i moved home. I had to pay an extra multiroom sub for one month and then cancel so it removed my old non PVR so came to £60 seemed a good deal for me :D

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Glad your with us for another 12 months

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Good for you. and I'm looking forward to the bigger box (the 500gb box was getting a bit tight)

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Ya the 500GB is getting full on mine as dont get chance to watch the content i had on there when i moved. Ive had to put the 2TB in the bedroom until i have had chance to watch everything on my 500GB and will then swap them around so mine is just sat there recording films

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Sorry for late reply, just noticed

It was £49, plus £15 delivery charge

The £49 is standard for existing customers, so he couldn't do me a deal on that

But overall, the guy was very helpful, can't praise him enough.

And i taught him that HD does start immediately, his script was wrong, as he tried to say I would need to wait until new box came, but I queried that, so I checked while chatting with him online (hey, free calls, so happy to chat, and I am getting old :D)

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Following on from this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...rts-offer.html

Just noticed this on the SKY website:

http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/?DCMP=AFC...affiliate=true

I was on the site early this morning however since then the price of SKY Sports has been removed, and the button you would usually click on for further information on how to add SKY Sports has been removed also.

Just an error on the site, or could the market changer mentioned in the Telegraph article be something to do with SKY Sports?

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Offering sky sports free to all sky customers would be good...but I now have awoken from the nice dream :D

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You see errors happen on all sites Chad and Sky are no different to Virgin on that score but alas try telling that to some other revered members of this forum.;):dig:

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And it says this too

Sky TV price will increase on 1 September 2013 by up to 10% in accordance with our standard terms.

If you are joining or upgrading to Sky TV with the Sports Pack, you will automatically be entered into a prize draw.

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i seen the add sports button, must be you

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Oh what planet are you on today my dear chap.:nono::nono:

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Mars, where real men are from :D

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Here is what I get:

[img]Download Failed (1)[/img]

What do other SKY customers see when visiting the site? Do you see the button or not? Also, out of curiosity, do you currently have broadband via SKY? Just trying to work something out.

Crystal ball at the ready Den :D

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Do you already have sky sports?

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Yes l do have this vision of you as some type of Joe 90 type figure.:D:Yes:

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I've got everything. SKY Sports, SKY Movies, SKY World, SKY HD, SKY multiroom, SKY broadband, SKY phone line and ESPN for about 2 more days.

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Hmm, I was thinking you can't add what you already have.

but you have everything except the kitchen sink
(sky kitchen sinks just £49.99, when you introduce a new customer)

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It shows on site for me and shows its £21 a month with any TV package

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:D

I'm trying to figure out if the website recognizes who your ISP is. If so are people getting different versions of the page according to whether they have SKY broadband or not.

It could just be a fault on the page, or maybe a game changer is truly on it's way.

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On that specific page? Both of us seem to have the exact same package.

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Yep. I clicked the link you provided and it showed price

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Very strange, the button and price are there for me too now.

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Sunday drinking,..tut tut :D

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http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/06/...t-sport-launch

"BSkyB is set to introduce a price cuts to its broadband packages in a bid to offset the competition from the introduction of free-to-view sports channel BT Sport into the market."

"BT Consumer’s commercial director Peter Oliver welcomed the cuts being introduced by Sky claiming that the broadcaster had ‘grossly overcharged’ sports fans."

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:D

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Lets hope so but cant see that for us existing customers. Will be for new only. They should give BB unlimited to any customer that is on triple play

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You see he must attend more of those Temperance classes as they do work a treat for those who have been taken over by the devils drink.;):D

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Just noticed the Telegraph have run a second piece about SKY's game changer:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/p...ital-deal.html

"Sources have confirmed that Sky will this week announce a "significant price cut which will change the broadband and TV package market"."

What could SKY introduce that would change the package market?

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Time will tell but im hoping its good news for us existing customers

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That's what I thought at first too however if this is SKY reacting to BT trying to poach SKY broadband customers, with the offer of free BT Sports, I think any shake up will cover new and existing customers. SKY want to keep their existing broadband customers.

The term game changer suggests SKY might be planning something bigger than just free broadband.

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l get a feeling in these next few weeks there are going to be considerable changes on all major platforms to different packages as the battle for our buck hots up.

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I agree, it's exciting :D It can only lead to good things for the consumer. Plenty of choice, plenty of value and plenty of great offers.

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Me too. As posted last night SKY, who recently bought O2, are offering some crazy deals to O2 customers to re-contract rather than leave.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/free...tomers-1556592

"Sky are offering free TV and Broadband for a year for O2 Broadband customers in advance of the switchover of their service to Sky. It's the Entertainment Extra+ service with 48 HD channels etc, plus their Broadband unlimited package. You have to pay for Sky line rental instead of O2 line rental, which may work out worse for some, but it does include free caller display which O2 doesn't. It has a worse off-peak period. They claim the package you get for free is worth £468."

That is an incredible deal. All O2 customers who take the deal have to pay is their phone line rental and nothing else!

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Well time will tell. Roll on some point this week when we find out

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Very true.

If you are out of contract with SKY, Virgin, BT or Talk Talk now is not a good time to re-contract with your current provider. I think the pay TV market in the next 6 to 8 weeks could change significantly. You don't want to be tied down to a new 12 month contract whilst things are hotting up.

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Im out of contract with BB and phone but not TV as on another 12 month contract when i got my 2TB box. When things do happen can always call and see what they say anyway. Im already on a TV discount till Sep and BB discount till Oct so see what happens

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Game changer lets wait and see , the press have a tendency to over exaggerate things , its also worth mentioning the Sky TV prices to increase in September by upto 10% so if Sky TV customers were to be offered free unlimited BB a saving of £7.50 per month could result in only a few pounds after the TV price increases kick in. I guess any saving is a good thing though , certainly beats paying more.

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Under such an offer I'd only save £3.75 due to being on a 50% off deal. But £3.75 plus the £10.00 I'll save not having ESPN will cover the cost of BT Sports and part of any pending price increase. For others a potential saving of £7.50 per month on their broadband, plus £10.00 if they had ESPN, will cover the cost of adding BT Sports and possibly all of their September price increase.

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More rumours

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...66&postcount=2

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Must admit I'll be very happy indeed if my broadband becomes free.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/06/55.png

I get this speed 24/7, totally unlimited, no traffic management and all peer to peer software unaffected. Admittedly not the fastest connection on the market, but if it becomes free with SKY Sports I'll be delighted.

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Same here. I only get 6MB connection and if it becomes free it will make up for the lack of speed i have here

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I imagine it will be just broadband for free rather than TV deals.

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That would work for me.

A broadband price war is what the UK needs.

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You pay for what you get with broadband Chad and Sky's broadband is what it is and that's third rate generally in my experiences of it.

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I disagree. I couldn't game with virgin connection, but could with the slower sky connection

So i was paying lots more with virgin for an inferior product

In my view, third rate = virgin.

And I have now experienced all the packages from the three main providers

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Well each to their own opinion but we have rarely had a problem with our broadband as it runs very smoothly and it does what it says on the tin wherever my experiences of the other two have been simply no better then woeful and the speeds at times no faster then dial up.

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lol...doesn't that depend on what it says on the tin?

eg
"Do not use unless an emergency, line speeds fluctuate"
:D

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BBC Red button news on Sky

Channels will be listed in EPG and recordable

BBC RB HD Sky channel 977 *
BBC RB 1 Sky channel 978 *
BBC RB 2 Sky channel 979 *
BBC RB 3 Sky channel 980 *

* Says subject to commercial agreement.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/abouttheb...-Button-summer

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Thanks MM. That will great i think

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Sky Sports dedicates channel to the Ashes

http://corporate.sky.com/investors/p...y_sports_ashes

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Gimmicky to say the least.:td:

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agree. They're doing it a lot and it's pointless.

The F1 channel could be ditched and just put on the sports channels as most of the time it has nothing on.

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Don't shoot the messenger , I don't even like cricket :D

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I'm not. Ridiculing Sky

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Better to ridicule cricket...waste of energy game :)

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l would never have a go at the most revered CF member who is master to us all.:D

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Whilst I'm not a fan of cricket, fans of specific sports have been asking for this type of thing.

Vrigin customers will be able to subscribe to SKY Sports Ashes for £15.50 per month, whilst SKY customers can get the channel for £13.00. What it means is cricket fans who don't currently have SKY Sports, or can't afford the full SKY Sports package, can enjoy a dedicated cricket channel from just £13.00.

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Good point, there must be people who just want cricket

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ahh didn't realise they were doing that.

£15.50 is just a £5.50 saving from full sports tho

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It all depends who you get your service from.

The full SKY Sports package with SKY is £21.00. SKY Sports 2 (SKY Ashes) costs £13.00 if taken on it's own.

The full SKY Sports package with Virgin is £25.75. SKY Sports 2 (SKY Ashes) costs £15.50 if taken on it's own.

The full SKY Sports package with Smallworld is £16.00. SKY Sports 2 (SKY Ashes) can't be taken on it's own but SKY Sports 1 & 2 taken together only cost £12.00.

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Yes, i had seen that. Not sure what to make of it.

A pre-season where the top sides play, might be ok...but it wouldn't mean much (except money to the clubs, and viewing figures for sky)

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Premier Sports now seems to be having a Free view weekend , mostly NRL and Old state of origin games however there are a few other sports on.

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Thanks MM

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A rumour posted on DS suggesting Sky Go Extra is to be made free for multiroom customers.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...2&postcount=34

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I hope that is true

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Confirmed here now

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1220...s-and-features

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Thats great news. Sky Go Extra free at no Extra Cost :D

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Great stuff :)

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Don't forget catchup content from Fox , Syfy , Universal and Disney to join Sky On Demand.
Yes multiroom is becoming better and better all the time :)

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Any timescale on when it becomes even better? ;)

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July 3rd when Sky Go extra is included for free.

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Looking good for Sky with Sky go Extra being free, more TVCU and BT Sports coming :D

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Free to multi-room

Noting that us with singular boxes will not get it

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It`s good to see that Sky are once again keeping ahead of the competition. Mind you what I`d really like to see is free multi-room and free HD for all or perhaps those who have sky sports or sky movies. Can`t see it happening though but who knows.

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In regards to Sky Go Extra being free to multiroom room customers, anyone know if they will change it on my account from £5 a month to free when the date comes to us? It shows i pay £5 a month which is correct but will Sky change that on My Sky page when it goes live?

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Wouldn't know but also will it be automaticly added to those that qualify but don't currently subscribe to it?

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Ill ring them up when it does go live, maybe worth while you doing same thing.

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Will do

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If you have SkyGo Extra already then it will become free on 3rd July.

If you add it after 3rd July and you have multiroom then you will automatically get an offer added to give it free.

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Any news on if Sky Go Extra is free to multitoom customers yet at all?

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Yes it is.

http://www.sky.com/shop/offers/sky-go-extra

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Thanks MM. Great news

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Sky to buy less US Shows

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/...nal-shows.html

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Drama has now confirmed it will be available on Sky

https://twitter.com/drama_channel/st...19284043640832

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What`s the channel number anyone?

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215 I'd imagine.

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ok cheers

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Well my guess was wrong, its 291 despite the fact its not a lifestyle channel.

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Strange place to put it,no wonder I couldn`t find it this morning!

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Got my price increase letter today , in the booklet which accompanies it there's mention that football first is to be made available on the Sky Sports iPad app which will be very welcome for when I'm away.

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Thats good that it will be on iPad app. Not had my letter yet but it shows on website when i look at my package that multiroom has gone but as now shows £11.25 so i guess site is already showing new prices

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Sky are to begin rolling out a new software update to its customers this week (DRX 890/895) boxes , as usual the rollout will be staggered.

The software will include

Software Upgrade - New and improved software notification system, when your box now updates an on screen message will let you know it has done so and pressing select will take you to a help page so you can read what's new.

Broadband Callback - Single box customers can now use their Broadband connection instead of their phoneline to order box office and Sky Store purchases. Multiroom customers are still required to have both boxes connected to a working landline currently.

The software seems pretty stable and has been for some time.

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Also improved clashed management via the Sky+ iPad and Network screen modifications

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That's good. :)

It's already very capable but now and again it slips up and I lose the odd recording. :(

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So far i havnt had any issues

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Disney has been added to the catchup section of On Demand as of 11am this morning , it consists of three folders Disney XD , Disney Junior and Disney Channel each folder contains SD and HD with some content available in DD 5.1.

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New channel launch:

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/tvc...ches-on-bskyb/

"TVC News, the 24-hour pan-African TV news channel from the stables of the Continental Broadcasting Service (CBS) Limited, Lagos, has launched on the UK’s BskyB platform (EPG 572)."

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That must be the cause for celebration Chad because we really are starting to feel a bit sorry for lovers of the dark side as they have not had much to shout about this year compared to Virgin's treasure trove of new channels that have launched with the promise of more to come.:D