Sky Essentials is back with Sky Q for £25 a month.
Sky Essentials is back for new customers at £25 a month for 18 months.
You get:
- An owned satellite dish.
- The loan of a Sky Q box for the duration of the subscription.
- Free 24/7 calls of up to an hour to UK landlines and mobiles.
- Broadband with an average upload speed of 11 Mbps and an average download speed of 0.8 Mbps
Extra charges:
- Chargeable calls or calls lasting over an hour.
- £25 set-up fee.
- £15 if you require a weekend installation.
-£20 if there isn't an existing compatible line at the property.
- Extra charges may apply for non standard set-up.
Standard prices apply after 18 months (currently £57).
Interestingly, the Sky Q functionality/recording is now listed as £15 per month, I think it was £10 with the former Sky+ deal. I wonder if those not requiring phone and broadband can pay £15 to keep their box to record the free channels??
I think that this looks like a decent deal for the first 18 months, but is overpriced after this at £57 (£15 Sky Q functionality, £30 Sky Broadband Essential and £12 Talk Anytime). Of course, unlike the Sky+ deal, you don't get a free owned box. You'd be better off buying a Freesat box to record and looking around for a phone/BB supplier from Sky or elsewhere afterwards.
I assume that it is priced so high so as to make buying pay TV look like a better option.
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