Why do you subscribe to UPC?

mike65

The ITV2/3/4 screw-up prompted this again. I gave up NTL/UPC a few years back as I realised I was paying through the nose for channels I could watch through via sat for free. The only downside for me was losing a good RTE picture (the arrival of saorview has fixed that).

So whats your reason for sticking with cable over satellite and/or saorview?

blaz

Living in an apartment and being unable to put up an antenna. I'm canceling my UPC service because of the ITV fiasco and won't be replacing it with anything. I believe my life will be much better without TV.

plonk

blaz wrote: »

Living in an apartment and being unable to put up an antenna. I'm canceling my UPC service because of the ITV fiasco and won't be replacing it with anything. I believe my life will be much better without TV.

Im the same, in apartment and as soon as the years contract is up ill be getting rid of the tv.

TBF though their broadband is the best in the country (except for the whole unlimited thing) and Ive no alternative so Ill be keeping their BB service.

blaz

plonk wrote: »

TBF though their broadband is the best in the country (except for the whole unlimited thing) and Ive no alternative so Ill be keeping their BB service.

Haha, doing the same but downgrading from 20MB to 10MB. If they make another mistake I will be canceling that as well and moving to mobile broadband. Have tested mb for the last couple of weeks and it works perfectly fine for my needs.

JDxtra

Like many, I use Sky/Freesat/Saorview for TV and UPC for broadband only.

Tipsy McSwagger

Will be canceling tomorrow

Dotsie~tmp

JDxtra wrote: »

Like many, I use Sky/Freesat/Saorview for TV and UPC for broadband only.

Same here. Their internet packs are killer it has to be said. I rarely watch TV anymore anyway.

MANUTD99

ESPN and Setanta are free on UPC with the Sky Sports Channels.

On sky you need to pay 15 euros I think per station to get them.

Service calls are free and they will replace the unit if needed.

Sky you have a one year warrenty after that you need to pay for a service call.

A phone line is required to get an additional box with sky, this is not the case with UPC. Everything is off the one feed and is split around the house.

Cantona's Collars

Where I live UPC analogue is all that's available and people are happy to pay €25 a month for 14 channels,crazy.
A lot of people are switching to Sky for tv and keeping UPC for broadband-they're starting to cop on to the fact that UPC's triple play is not such good value after all.

Charco2006

Does anyone else find that the stupid UPC remote keeps flicking them on to channel 100 by itself. its got a mind of its own. There isnt even anything on channel 100 but ads for UPC....Im so sick of that bald guy trying to sell me a service i clearly already have...:mad:

Bowlardo

Charco2006 wrote: »

Does anyone else find that the stupid UPC remote keeps flicking them on to channel 100 by itself. its got a mind of its own. There isnt even anything on channel 100 but ads for UPC....Im so sick of that bald guy trying to sell me a service i clearly already have...:mad:

I hate that bald guy...he make me feel very uneasy...there is something about him...you know he is a c u next tuesday

Mr. Presentable

Don't want a dish on the front of my house, and the broadband is peerless.

Charco2006

I will admit, their internet is quality.....As long as baldy man doesnt start popping up on my desk-top

steve9859

Live in an apartment so its UPC or nothing. I would love to be able to get Sky.

Forgive my ignorance but what happened with ITV?

Does anyone else with UPC find that Setanta and Dave both freeze the system?

MANUTD99

steve9859 wrote: »

Live in an apartment so its UPC or nothing. I would love to be able to get Sky.

Forgive my ignorance but what happened with ITV?

Does anyone else with UPC find that Setanta and Dave both freeze the system?

Why would you love to get Sky?

I have sky and I hate it but I'm stuck in a apartment block with the shared dish so I'm stuck with it.

dolallyoh

Use a foxsat hdr receiver and ditch sky.

Ash.J.Williams

Charco2006 wrote: »

Does anyone else find that the stupid UPC remote keeps flicking them on to channel 100 by itself. its got a mind of its own. There isnt even anything on channel 100 but ads for UPC....Im so sick of that bald guy trying to sell me a service i clearly already have...:mad:

ha yes ...i wanted to kill that guy

The tax man

steve9859 wrote: »

Live in an apartment so its UPC or nothing. I would love to be able to get Sky.

Forgive my ignorance but what happened with ITV?

Does anyone else with UPC find that Setanta and Dave both freeze the system?

Do you by any chance have one of the old silver NTL(Di300) set top boxes?
This model has the smart card at the rear.

ted1

because i can't fork out the initial cost for free sat i want a pvr. Is there anyone out there who will install a system and let you pay monthly till you pay it off ?

johndoe99

I'm with them becuase of there broadband, it's the best, i've never had any connection issues and always get full speed, but i think its very poor on there part that could not hold onto ITV2/3/4, they say their looking for alternatives, they just better not be some crummy channels.

steve9859

The tax man wrote: »

Do you by any chance have one of the old silver NTL(Di300) set top boxes?
This model has the smart card at the rear.

Yes I do. Has it been updated??

steve9859

MANUTD99 wrote: »

Why would you love to get Sky?
.

Sky Atlantic, proper digital with the red button action, decent menus and recording system, and access to sky player.

The tax man

steve9859 wrote: »

Yes I do. Has it been updated??

It sure has.It's an old model no longer available. I had the Di300 till last week. I could cope with the freeze @12am for the epg update every night but since certain updates went out on the system the box just became more unstable and would constantly freeze on certain channels.
You need to get the box swapped for one of the later models and you won't have that problem any more.

MANUTD99

steve9859 wrote: »

Sky Atlantic, proper digital with the red button action, decent menus and recording system, and access to sky player.

we should swap apartments then.

I wish I could get the bundle pack from UPC.

Sky Atlantic has had 3 good series so far and just repeats of old shows. It's menu or recording system is not any better IMO than the UPC service. UPC have a new model HD CISCO 8685 which has a faster speed now and a less noisy fan.

hdowney

i'm not too bothered about sky atlantic tbh. there are a couple of good shows on it (which i can get as box sets when theyr released) and the rest is repeats of stuff i have seen/own/couldn't care less about.

i do wonder how the mother will get on with no red button for the snooker and whatnot - being forced to watch whichever two players are playing on the live bbc feed like she used to in the olden days. oh well she will get used to it.

i honestly don't use the anytime thingy these days so not having one won't bother me much.

don't use sky player so.

i am moving to upc cos i am beyond sick of sky. their attitude toward longtime customers and their 'customer service' leaves a LOT to be desired. and i am sick of it now tbh. the upc package will cost less than the one i am paying for on sky. i am quite happy with the channel line-up - could possibly do with one or two of the channels i do watch on sky that won't be on upc but that is nothing to freak about.

i have fta for the itv's that upc have lost, and it is connected to a dvd recorder for recording so sorted there.

question on the digital+ thingy from upc - i am assuming it is the same as sky, in that you can record one programme when watching another, or record two programmes and watch something previously recorded?

The tax man

With the UPC pvr your options are:
Watch a channel while recording one other channel.
Watch a recording while recording one channel.
In order to record two channels at the same time the box needs to go into standby. This rules out watching a recording while recording two channels. While in standby you can only watch a channel on analogue.

hdowney

i don't have analouge so i take it my option there then if i was recording 2 would be watch a dvd, watch something on the fta or pee off and do something else. cos i don't think getting upc in is gonna give me analogue - only digital

Boo_hoo

Will be cancelling as soon as we have our Freesat/Saorview set up. Just looking for a good combi-box atm.

Will be keeping our 30Mb broadband for a lack of a better alternative.

angel01

I subscribe because I believe it is the best value for me, I want the Sky Sports package. I don't want to have a dish put up (I am also renting) and I think Sky are very overpriced. It works really cheaply with the UPC broadband and I am not investing in a dish when I will not always be living here.

I also love the DVR option with UPC.

UPC are worth it in my opinion.

Hugh Cream

Have UPC because it's not possible to put up a dish where I live,other wise I'd be on sky.
Cant even take up what it seems is the only good thing they provide(Internet)as it's not available where I live.

Stupid question time:how is it possible for UPC to provide a service without the need of a dish but sky need a dish?

mikemac

Subscribe to their broadband, it's a good service and I'm happy to pay it.

We get the basic UPC package but it's never been paid for.
In this flat close to two years and it was here when I got here. If UPC want to send an engineer to the estate and cut me off, fair enough.

But I never ordered it and I'm not calling them over it

ted1

hugh upc are cable meaning they have a wire between your tv and the source. Sky is satalite meaning they can beam the signal to you

Dodge

Pros (for me)
Don’t want a satellite dish
ESPN and Setanta Ireland at no extra cost
Also a broadband customer

Cons
Lack of red button interactive services

I find the menus and guide fine (prefer them to sky tbh) and the DVR part is grand. Channel line up is fine compared to Sky. Sure they’ve more channels but none that interest me. Watched the ITVs for maybe an hour a week (or the odd movie if the times suited)

hdowney

aparantly i don't subscribe to upc :mad::( chappy came to do the install this morning. then tells me that half the signals aren't comin thru proper cos TOO much signal is coming thru or something - don't have a clue.

but basically i wouldn't get have the channels on the box so they can't install the thing.

and i can't use proper arial cos i am at sea level and there is a big assed building blocking the signal - so not sure if saorview would work if i got the bits.

frickin sucks being tethered to sky as they are the only providers i can get in this house.

not happy.

mightybashful

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Will be canceling tomorrow

How did you get on with this Tippsy?

glic83

id love to be in a true cable area but sadly all that would be available is the ex-chorus mmds system so wouldnt be worth changing to them as they wouldnt be able to provide a pvr or hd box or broadband,i would love their bb packs though

Mrs B

The reason we went with UPC is because we dont do not have a phone line, therefore could not get any tv boxes upstaris with SKy..

Dodge

Mrs B wrote: »

The reason we went with UPC is because we dont do not have a phone line, therefore could not get any tv boxes upstaris with SKy..

I didn't realise you needed a phone line for sky.

dolallyoh

Dodge wrote: »

I didn't realise you needed a phone line for sky.

You don't any longer. Have to pay a few quid extra during install.

Mrs B

dolallyoh wrote: »

You don't any longer. Have to pay a few quid extra during install.

You still do dolallyoh, i was going to get sky in last week, but cancelled it, one of the reasons being i cannot get a box upstairs.. and the girl told
me no you need a phone line for a second box

Mrs B

Dodge wrote: »

I didn't realise you needed a phone line for sky.

you can get one box without a landline, but they will not give you a second box.

dolallyoh

I know of two guys who got multiroom with no telephone line at all. Never any comeback 16 /8 months on. Just demanded the second box or would cease the contract.

Cantona's Collars

hdowney wrote: »

aparantly i don't subscribe to upc :mad::( chappy came to do the install this morning. then tells me that half the signals aren't comin thru proper cos TOO much signal is coming thru or something - don't have a clue.

but basically i wouldn't get have the channels on the box so they can't install the thing.

and i can't use proper arial cos i am at sea level and there is a big assed building blocking the signal - so not sure if saorview would work if i got the bits.

frickin sucks being tethered to sky as they are the only providers i can get in this house.

not happy.

Are you aware that saorview only provides the Irish channels? If you have Sky already then why change to UPC for an inferior TV service?

Has anybody here noticed that all the Premier League coverage on Setanta has recently switched to Setanta 1 which is a subscription channel on UPC,they offer Setanta Ireland free but without live EPL football there's not a lot left worth watching on it. €15 extra a month is a bit scaldy:eek: http://www.upc.ie/television/channels/

Vunderground

Missing the IPL cricket today ((
ITV4 is show on the box when you navigate to that station, but no picture.

The basic package is not great. It does have the main channels though and if you live in a building where you will never be able to put up a dish of any sort its all you've got. A few more HD channels - or even basic channels! - would be good though.
Sky would be very expensive for people on limited income. Not that UPC is cheap mind you.

hdowney

zerks wrote: »

Are you aware that saorview only provides the Irish channels? If you have Sky already then why change to UPC for an inferior TV service?

Has anybody here noticed that all the Premier League coverage on Setanta has recently switched to Setanta 1 which is a subscription channel on UPC,they offer Setanta Ireland free but without live EPL football there's not a lot left worth watching on it. €15 extra a month is a bit scaldy:eek: http://www.upc.ie/television/channels/

k so as to y i want upc (can't change to them so am stuck with sky). sky have driven me round the bend. YES they have the better product technically. but their service leaves a LOT to be desired.

customer service has been diabolical to me over the past few months. too long to explain. have explained in previous threads and it is a lot of annoying crap.

then since i got the hd box a yr ago i have had it replaced and had a number of other problems with it.

so i am sick of it now

Cantona's Collars

Vunderground wrote: »

Missing the IPL cricket today ((
ITV4 is show on the box when you navigate to that station, but no picture.

The basic package is not great. It does have the main channels though and if you live in a building where you will never be able to put up a dish of any sort its all you've got. A few more HD channels - or even basic channels! - would be good though.
Sky would be very expensive for people on limited income. Not that UPC is cheap mind you.

Do you have Setanta Ireland? The IPL is shown live on that.

Vunderground

zerks wrote: »

Do you have Setanta Ireland? The IPL is shown live on that.

Setanta Ireland aren't showing all of the IPL. None today for example. Golf and a summer of Gaa no doubt. Back to the pc which is very annoying because that was pretty much the main reason I moved from analogue to the basic digital package.

So, to answer the question, the main reason I subscribe to UPC is because I have no alternative living where I live and I was expecting to watch something that has now gone.
Very annoyed.

LimkUL

Their package deals on phone and broadband!...however not even that can keep customers with the way their going, I'm unsure as to how SKY operate their broadband and phone services in the UK however if they were to introduce these services in the distant future they would surely see an impressive uptake!

popebenny16

live in mmds area. setanta ireland and espn. if it wasnt for them i think i would change.

Tiesto

Charco2006 wrote: »

Does anyone else find that the stupid UPC remote keeps flicking them on to channel 100 by itself. its got a mind of its own. There isnt even anything on channel 100 but ads for UPC....Im so sick of that bald guy trying to sell me a service i clearly already have...:mad:

I know its not good to resurrect old threads but don't see the point in starting a new one for my related question. I'm trying to place a rough date on a particular incident that happened and I seem to recall it happening around the same time the change over took place from the bald guy to the new guy.. (i remember saying to my friend 'where is the bald guy gone??')
can anyone remember roughly when that was?

icdg

We don't drag up old threads.