Can I have Sky for tv and UPC for Broadband and Phone ?

Joekers

As thread title says ?

djrichard

Of course you can.

celticbest

Yes, http://www.upc.ie/deals/broadbandandphone/

Joekers

Cheers for the replys, I have UPC for all 3 at the moment and was wondering could I change the tv to sky because I am paying 68 quid a month for it and I dont have no hd box or multiroom or record box and I see some people paying less then me but getting more value

coldfire1x

Joekers wrote: »

Cheers for the replys, I have UPC for all 3 at the moment and was wondering could I change the tv to sky because I am paying 68 quid a month for it and I dont have no hd box or multiroom or record box and I see some people paying less then me but getting more value

If you are with UPC for more than a year then give customer loyalty dept a call. I did just that and they sorted me out. Paying €65 now for 25mb broadband, phone and digital+ recorder box.

Joekers

coldfire1x wrote: »

Joekers wrote: »

Cheers for the replys, I have UPC for all 3 at the moment and was wondering could I change the tv to sky because I am paying 68 quid a month for it and I dont have no hd box or multiroom or record box and I see some people paying less then me but getting more value

If you are with UPC for more than a year then give customer loyalty dept a call. I did just that and they sorted me out. Paying €65 now for 25mb broadband, phone and digital+ recorder box.

Cheers for that have you got the number for them ?

coylemj

coldfire1x wrote: »

If you are with UPC for more than a year then give customer loyalty dept a call. I did just that and they sorted me out. Paying €65 now for 25mb broadband, phone and digital+ recorder box.

I don't what you're getting at, the OP wants to dump the UPC TV service and move to Sky but keep UPC for BB and phone.

coldfire1x

If you see his comment, he said he doesn't have the recorder box and still paying €68. I suggested he can get it all for €65 including recorder box. Just another option.

He can definitely get sky, nothing wrong with that.

OP, I will give you their customer loyalty dept number tomorrow.

coylemj wrote: »

I don't what you're getting at, the OP wants to dump the UPC TV service and move to Sky but keep UPC for BB and phone.

Freddie59

coylemj wrote: »

I don't what you're getting at, the OP wants to dump the UPC TV service and move to Sky but keep UPC for BB and phone.

No. He's just looking for a better deal. If he can get it from his current provider then there's less hassle.

Joekers

coldfire1x wrote: »

If you see his comment, he said he doesn't have the recorder box and still paying €68. I suggested he can get it all for €65 including recorder box. Just another option.

He can definitely get sky, nothing wrong with that.

OP, I will give you their customer loyalty dept number tomorrow.

Freddie59 wrote: »

No. He's just looking for a better deal. If he can get it from his current provider then there's less hassle.

Cheers for the info guys, yes im basically looking for better value if that means getting 20 quid off with sky id happily swap but if I could maybe get something a bit better off UPC id stay with them as its handy not having to change everything

littleredspot

In a similar boat, last bill was 85 including calls. Rang up and as suggested by another thread here, told them I was leaving for Sky. Put through to different dept. Just off the phone, 50mb broadband, phone with free calls off peak, basic TV channel pack, HD and two months free Sky Sports and Sky movies. for 65 a month. Also everything free for 2 months as a goodwill gesture!

Make that call:D

ckelly10

I have sky in the house and want switch from eircom to get upc for bb and phone. Do they have to do anything with the phone lines or just use the existing lines and cancel eircom?

lucernarian

UPC are cable TV, they don't have anything to do with eircom and the TV and internet all come down the one cable which is split and plugs into your TV or a modem that UPC give you.

ckelly10

But Sky does have something to do with Eircom. Sky is connected to the phone lines, I want to know if we change from Eircom to UPC willl this affect the Sky signal

dogpile

ckelly10 wrote: »

But Sky does have something to do with Eircom. Sky is connected to the phone lines, I want to know if we change from Eircom to UPC willl this affect the Sky signal

You don't actually need a phone line connected to your Sky box for anything (unless ur ordering box office or something)

I've had Sky nearly 10 years, disconnected the phone line in the 1st week never had a problem

Ranicand

ckelly10 wrote: »

But Sky does have something to do with Eircom. Sky is connected to the phone lines, I want to know if we change from Eircom to UPC willl this affect the Sky signal

I was on UPC for everything but I changed to Sky for TV.

The UPC phone does work with the SKY boxes in Dublin.

Sky gets its signal from the dish but now and again the boxes call back to Sky on the same active phone line to confirm that they are at the same address for the multiroom discount.

UPC broadband and Phone come down the UPC TV cable and link up to a modem.

The modem has a normal phone socket on the back just like your Eircom socket on the wall.

You can change your internal house phone wires to UPC like I have and all works fine.

If your phone line is not listed you must enter a call prefix into the Sky boxes which forces the number to be sent along with the call to Sky because and number withheld call proves nothing to Sky.

Ranicand

dogpile wrote: »

You don't actually need a phone line connected to your Sky box for anything (unless ur ordering box office or something)

I've had Sky nearly 10 years, disconnected the phone line in the 1st week never had a problem

If you have multiroom you need to keep the line in.

bubbleschimp

Ranicand wrote: »

If you have multiroom you need to keep the line in.

you're suppose to keep the line in but if you don't it still works perfect

dogpile

Ranicand wrote: »

If you have multiroom you need to keep the line in.

Like they say you need a phone line kept in the main box, you don't actually.....you need a line to get it installed in the first place but not after that

Heisenberg1

I looked into doing this myself was going to order Sky HD with basic channels and Sky Sports and keep my UPC BB but i would lose,

multiroom as it is with UPC to keep the multiroom and the Sky HD work around 139e per month too expensive IMO.