"Tell me this, can you get Sky without a phone line?"
Not, through Sky and I'm not aware of anyway around it.
Just a point on SKY HD. I ordered same before the world cup and was told it would be Sept 5th before delivery. They have just rung to move the date forward a month. Either demand is not what they expected or the boxes are coming through quicker than expected.
Seen England v Portugal game on a friend who has HD in. Picture quality is superb. I'm always amazed though. You walk into any TV shop. They are all selling HD TV's put not one has a HD feed so you can appreciate the picture.