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eljay · 18-12-2012, 14:04

Its obvious from this thread that, even when you take out the die hard sky/virgin fans, all the individuals experiences are significantly different. I had sky TV for six years as at that time there was no paytv alternative for me. Due to location (Heathrow Airport area) and especially when we had bad weather (remember we are in the UK) I had constant breaking up, freezing or complete loss of picture.

I too was not happy with latest advised VM price hike. So looked again at my package and talked to Sky about possible alternatives. Broaband with Sky was out of the question as only adsl was available and on past experience plus being 3 miles from the exchange if I got a stable 2.5 to 4 Meg I was lucky plus no Infinity upgrade was even planned for my exchange. So just discussed cost for retention of broadband and phone with VM and re-installing sky TV. However, no special return deal (left more than a year ago) was offered just a small introductory deal. End result was a saving of about £36 over the first year. Was tempted but then remembered the picture problems and decided it was not a worthwhile move. The cost after the first year would also have been possibly dearer especially when adding breakdown and support insurance cover.

Maybe I am lucky in that in the last two years with VM I have had no problems with the TV side despite having to change out the first Tivo box on the day of installation.

So to summarize for me I am better off to stick with VM mainly due to signal issues but maybe for someone ten miles further out from Heathrow Sky may be a worthwhile alternative, who knows and who cares - try both over a couple of years and then decide what is best for you.

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eljay Inactive Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Staines upon Thames Services: Sky Q 2TB & 1 Mini Box, Box Sets, Sky Broadband Max and Sky Talk Anytime Posts: 93	Re: TV price rises Its obvious from this thread that, even when you take out the die hard sky/virgin fans, all the individuals experiences are significantly different. I had sky TV for six years as at that time there was no paytv alternative for me. Due to location (Heathrow Airport area) and especially when we had bad weather (remember we are in the UK) I had constant breaking up, freezing or complete loss of picture. I too was not happy with latest advised VM price hike. So looked again at my package and talked to Sky about possible alternatives. Broaband with Sky was out of the question as only adsl was available and on past experience plus being 3 miles from the exchange if I got a stable 2.5 to 4 Meg I was lucky plus no Infinity upgrade was even planned for my exchange. So just discussed cost for retention of broadband and phone with VM and re-installing sky TV. However, no special return deal (left more than a year ago) was offered just a small introductory deal. End result was a saving of about £36 over the first year. Was tempted but then remembered the picture problems and decided it was not a worthwhile move. The cost after the first year would also have been possibly dearer especially when adding breakdown and support insurance cover. Maybe I am lucky in that in the last two years with VM I have had no problems with the TV side despite having to change out the first Tivo box on the day of installation. So to summarize for me I am better off to stick with VM mainly due to signal issues but maybe for someone ten miles further out from Heathrow Sky may be a worthwhile alternative, who knows and who cares - try both over a couple of years and then decide what is best for you.