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Moving house and taking Sky questions...

  • 26-10-2006 06:17PM
    #1
    Max P.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi everyone. We are soon to move house (twice) in the next 6 months and I intend to take my standard Sky box/dish etc with me and set it up (thanks to the guides here).

    We subscribe to Sky Sports etc - how is this controlled - by a signal down the phone line to our viewing card (we have had the same card for years)?

    When we move, if we cancel our Sky sub how will we be prevented from receiving the pay channels we already have?


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  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    It is controlled by a signal sent to the viewing card (don't think its through the phone line as we never had a phone line plugged in and often changed our channel choices) as far as I can remember.


  • #3
    kbell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭kbell


    Who ever is the Sky account holder will have to ring up and cancel the subscription.
    Sky require 1 months notice to cancel so you will have your Sub channels for at least another 30 days.
    They will no doubt try to tempt you with offers of free box, 3 months half price or whatever promotion they are currently running.
    As far as i am aware you can get a new multiroom contract for €69 now with 3 months Sky world half price.


  • #4
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 19,199 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Yes, as Ruu said, the update keys etc and software updates are done via the satellite dish. If you cancel, you can be rest assured that the pay-TV channels WILL disappear!


  • #5
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,461 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Why cancel? If you cancel, within minutes you get only free tv channels.

    Phone line nothing to do with it. All by Satellite with the TV channel you watch :)


  • #6
    Max P.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Max P.


    Thanks for all the help everyone. I did not realise the un-encryption was done via the dish. I thought when you call up to change package or whatever and they say it will take an hour then the info was sent down the phone line. They actually send this down into the dish then?!

    I will probably not cancel but just wanted to check.

    After reading something on another site I tried the old 'ring up and threaten to leave' thing and after some negotiating they halved my costs for the next three months and said call again after this ends and they will sort something out again.

    :)


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