They seem to be phasing out the old satellite Sky boxes in favour of Sky Stream for new customers, that only needs an internet connection. I don't see the option to sign up for a satellite package at my address even though I have the dish.
They seem to be phasing out the old satellite Sky boxes in favour of Sky Stream for new customers, that only needs an internet connection. I don't see the option to sign up for a satellite package at my address even though I have the dish.I met up with a friend today who told me that he is with Sky....at the weekend he found that he could no longer record on his Sky Box....the message that he was getting was that the hard drive/disc was no longer able to record.
It is not possible to order Sky Q online but afaik it is still available to order over the phone. And probably via their in store sales reps.I don't see the option to sign up for a satellite package at my address even though I have the dish.
But they appear to be disabling the function on the older boxes remotely and when you contact them they are saying you have a faulty hard drive/box.You cannot record BBC channels because you have a newer Virgin Media streaming box. These internet-based boxes lack a hard drive and do not support local recording due to strict BBC licensing and cloud-recording rights agreements
The Sky satellites are not being replaced, once they come to their end of life that's it.They seem to be phasing out the old satellite Sky boxes in favour of Sky Stream for new customers
The Sky satellites are not being replaced, once they come to their end of life that's it.
I presume that VM themselves are offering fibre services in which case you could cancel with them when your current contract ends and then sign up with them as a new customer if you can put up with the possibility of a short period without broadband?Annoying because my VM contract ends soon and I’d like to shop around
The several times I did this with VM (when their cable broadband was the only fast option where I live) I just signed up as a new customer with my own details once the previous account was closed.Would I have to create the new contract in my wife’s name?
We survived pretty well for over a decade on 2 Mbps wireless, even during Covid when there were three people WFH, using Zoom a lot of the time.they both have “no date” when they will be able to offer products faster than 100Mbps.
Wife may get retention call but anyone done this method?
The several times I did this with VM (when their cable broadband was the only fast option where I live) I just signed up as a new customer with my own details once the previous account was closed.
Gentle reminder on how to quote posts properly."The several times I did this with VM (when their cable broadband was the only fast option where I live) I just signed up as a new customer with my own details once the previous account was closed"
I had a few days offline (it using a 4G router and SIM temporarily) when I did this but I could put up with it. I'm not sure that they'll accept a new customer sign up from your address when there's already a broadband contract in operation - e.g. during the final month of the contract in your wife's name. You'll need to ask them about this if you want to be absolutely sure that you don't end up offline at all.Was this after or during the 30 days closing time? Don't want a time frame where we have no broadband. Understand might be double billed first month but if they install it before 30 days and working that's fine
I cancelled and after one refusal on their callback they agreed to give me the new customer deal so no break