Sky - Installation with no Phone Line

LaFleur

Mate of mine is getting sky installed, he has no phone line.

Am i right in thinking that this charge is purely because the installer has to phone sky to pair the sky card with the box? It's something like over €30?

steveon

The charge is €37.50. This is charged to the agents for a manual activation of the card, it is not simply because the installer has to ring sky. The installer doesnt keep this charge as it goes directly to sky.

LaFleur

steveon wrote: »

The charge is €37.50. This is charged to the agents for a manual activation of the card, it is not simply because the installer has to ring sky. The installer doesnt keep this charge as it goes directly to sky.

Thanks steveon

And in laymans terms..."a manual activation of a card" involves??

54kroc

steveon wrote: »

This is charged to the agents for a manual activation of the card

Do you mean that the agents get charged?

"Manual activation" means that the installer will ring sky and pair the box and card although in the good old days before the cards were sent direct to the customer the installer could activate the box and card at his base.

furiousox

steveon wrote: »

The charge is €37.50. This is charged to the agents for a manual activation of the card, it is not simply because the installer has to ring sky. The installer doesnt keep this charge as it goes directly to sky.

I paid this charge when l got my HD upgrade last christmas, so my receiver is not connected to a phone line.

What happens if l want to get multiroom, will sky insist on both boxes being connected to a phone line?

kbell

Yup.