Sky Digital Info

ZOLTAN28

Hi

Newbie here so take it easy on me.

Have read stickies and many threads here and garnered a lot of good info but I need some more.

Have finally decided to give NTL the push after ten years - their lack of Customer Service has finally driven me over the edge.

Will be getting Sky Digital but want to get multiroom (one extra box for starters). What I want to know is whether the fact that I have just one phone point will affect this. I already have two phones and a broadband router connected to the point and am a bit worried that something will go wrong.

Also, is it possible to switch off (and switch back on) Sports, Movies etc. at any time like I could with NTL?

Any other things to atch out for would also be of interest?

Thanks in advance.

ZOLTAN28

Also - I have called Sky regarding this and they sy I have to supply the filters for the technicians to set things up - I presume these ar DSL filters but I don't really have a clue what they are on about - they don't make things very clear on their website.

Mossy Monk

ZOLTAN28 wrote:

Also, is it possible to switch off (and switch back on) Sports, Movies etc. at any time like I could with NTL?

yes, you can change your package once a month

as for the broadband i am sure there are many who have dsl and sky with no problems

watty

Yes, Sky modem will work via analog telephone microfilter on DSL (unless you have VOIP only LLU DSL), or on Digiweb Metro. It ought to work also on NTL cable Phone service, but I have not verified that UPC have set up there Cable Modem phone ports to support it.

You can send an email comment to Sky via Digibox menu to test your connection.

Omnipresence

watty wrote:

(unless you have VOIP only LLU DSL)

Could you explain this or have a link to explanation of this ???

I have Magent broadband (fibre cable to the home) and have 2 thinks to connect via phone line:

1) House Alarm Dialler
2) Sky

I have a horrible feeling that I have one of these VoIP only jobbies ???

-A

ZOLTAN28

I have Eircom Broadband so I presume I'll be okay?

byte

ZOLTAN28 wrote:

I have Eircom Broadband so I presume I'll be okay?

Should be, yes.

Tony

I spoke to magnet recently about this and they claim to have a solution using an external ATA box, try contacting them I guess

aloleary wrote:

Could you explain this or have a link to explanation of this ???

I have Magent broadband (fibre cable to the home) and have 2 thinks to connect via phone line:

1) House Alarm Dialler
2) Sky

I have a horrible feeling that I have one of these VoIP only jobbies ???

-A