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SKY SATELLITE.

  • 07-08-2010 1:51pm
    #1
    AnnaStezia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭


    Patience please and apologies if this has already been asked but I just do not have the first clue about how SKY satellie systems work.

    We are thinking of getting rid of UPC and getting a SKY satellite system. Someone told me that you must have a landline telephone in your house so that it can work.

    Q1. Is this correct ?
    Q2. Why do I need a landline telephone for satellite TV ?
    Q3. We have 2 televisions in the house for which we would need the service so would this cause complications ?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Before anything else do you actually need Sky for the channels you watch? Or do you just want a way of accessing the BBC/ITV/C4 channels which you can do without subscribing to Sky


  • #3
    Ranicand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Ranicand


    AnnaStezia wrote: »
    Patience please and apologies if this has already been asked but I just do not have the first clue about how SKY satellie systems work.

    We are thinking of getting rid of UPC and getting a SKY satellite system. Someone told me that you must have a landline telephone in your house so that it can work.

    Q1. Is this correct ?
    Q2. Why do I need a landline telephone for satellite TV ?
    Q3. We have 2 televisions in the house for which we would need the service so would this cause complications ?

    Thanks.

    The landline is for Multi-room the boxes call back a free phone number to prove the two boxes are at the one address.

    Sky do not want you given the 2nd box to a friend or something so they can avoid paying a full subscription.


  • #4
    tm2204
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 991 ✭✭✭tm2204


    Ranicand wrote: »
    The landline is for Multi-room the boxes call back a free phone number to prove the two boxes are at the one address.

    Sky do not want you given the 2nd box to a friend or something so they can avoid paying a full subscription.

    How do they enforce this if you just disconnect the phone line(s) after the install is complete and the system is up-and-running?


    :D


  • #5
    Ranicand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Ranicand


    tm2204 wrote: »
    How do they enforce this if you just disconnect the phone line(s) after the install is complete and the system is up-and-running?


    :D

    If the boxes don't make regular call backs you get a warning letter.

    If you do not fix the situation Sky will just charge you two full subscriptions.


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