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Noggo · 28-03-2009, 10:19

Yes you will pick up freesat from your location, as long as the dish is pointing in the right way

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and yes you could get either a new freesat box for around £50 or second hand box (£20-50 ish from ebay), then get a freesat decoder card for around £ 20 (I think) and do the install yourself with help. You might as well get Sky pay once watch forever from argos or Currys for £75 and have the install done by Sky engineer and one years warranty.

All you have to do is remember to cancel with Sky before the 4 months is up otherwise they will start to charge you, then you drop down to just freesat channels. There are a few differences between the channel available between freeview and freesat, but as you only want basic TV it will be fine.

Missing channels on freesat:-

Sky Sports News
E4
E4 +1
More 4
More 4 +1
ftn
UKTV History
abc1
The Hits
TMF

Broadband:
what speed (upto 2M, 8M etc) and usage do you need?
what telephone exchange are you connected to (goto samknows and enter your postcode). Post your exchange OLO code here so we can have a look at what ISP you have available.

28-03-2009, 10:19	#14
Noggo Inactive Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kidderminster Services: VM XL broadband, Sky+ TV and BT phone Posts: 670	Re: Help please Yes you will pick up freesat from your location, as long as the dish is pointing in the right way . and yes you could get either a new freesat box for around £50 or second hand box (£20-50 ish from ebay), then get a freesat decoder card for around £ 20 (I think) and do the install yourself with help. You might as well get Sky pay once watch forever from argos or Currys for £75 and have the install done by Sky engineer and one years warranty. All you have to do is remember to cancel with Sky before the 4 months is up otherwise they will start to charge you, then you drop down to just freesat channels. There are a few differences between the channel available between freeview and freesat, but as you only want basic TV it will be fine. Missing channels on freesat:- Sky Sports News E4 E4 +1 More 4 More 4 +1 ftn UKTV History abc1 The Hits TMF Broadband: what speed (upto 2M, 8M etc) and usage do you need? what telephone exchange are you connected to (goto samknows and enter your postcode). Post your exchange OLO code here so we can have a look at what ISP you have available.