sky on cable?

bsb1971

I have recently moved into a new apartment in Dublin. In the apartments there seems to be only UPC, as the management company do not allow any tenants to put up satellite dishes. My problem is, some of the channels i watch for news of home (I am not from Ireland), are only available on sky. Is it possible to get sky without a dish?

djimi

No full Sky, no. The only Sky offering you can get is Sky Go, which is an internet service and costs about €30 a month minimum for a rather limited selection of channels.

The only option you might have is to enquire about the possibility of putting up a communal Sky dish on the building. This means that Sky can put up one dish that allows multiple properties to connect into it. Some management companies have moved into the 21st century enough to allow this, but sadly the majority havent...! Its worth asking about though.

Eamo71

djimi wrote: »

No full Sky, no. The only Sky offering you can get is Sky Go, which is an internet service and costs about €30 a month minimum for a rather limited selection of channels.

The only option you might have is to enquire about the possibility of putting up a communal Sky dish on the building. This means that Sky can put up one dish that allows multiple properties to connect into it. Some management companies have moved into the 21st century enough to allow this, but sadly the majority havent...! Its worth asking about though.

It has nothing to do with Managment Companies moving into the 21st century it's to do with Aesthetics and the look of an area or apartment complex. Sat dishes are ugly yokes no matter what way you slice or dice it. Sky installer recently installed one across the road from here and it looks terrible. on the front of the house right next to their elderly neighbour's bedroom window. FFS - it's just terrible. I think an area full of sat dishes can look a bit kippy hence the management company reluctance.

zg3409

Which channels in particular? Please list them. As said you may be able to get them via a good internet connection. Is 100Mb UPC internet available at your address? Ring UPC on 1908 and they will be able to tell you.

You can get Sky through 1 dish on the roof everyone shares but the management company need to agree and it may take months and not happen at all.

You could also go the super small hidden dish route and not tell anyone. Does your balcony face south east? Put your exact address in here and select 28.2
http://www.dishpointer.com
This will show a line from your apartment. This is the direction of the signal.
You can get nearly invisible dishes that work fine.
Even though they don't allow dishes does anyone have one up anyway?

djimi

Eamo71 wrote: »

It has nothing to do with Managment Companies moving into the 21st century it's to do with Aesthetics and the look of an area or apartment complex. Sat dishes are ugly yokes no matter what way you slice or dice it. Sky installer recently installed one across the road from here and it looks terrible. on the front of the house right next to their elderly neighbour's bedroom window. FFS - it's just terrible. I think an area full of sat dishes can look a bit kippy hence the management company reluctance.

Maybe its just me but I never really understood the problem; a house is a functional item and to not have a service because its perceived to take from the look of the house to me is just nonsense. Each to their own I guess.

Either way an apartment building is hardly an asthetically pleasing building to start with. Only a badly installed satellite dish will look bad; I can name plenty of apartment complexes that allow dishes and youd hardly notice that they are there.

Eamo71

Yes there are plenty of Apt complexes that aren't that pretty but then again you're making them worse by having dishes sticking out of here, there and everywhere. In fairness, there is a case to be made for one dish sitting on a flat roof top with multiple connections going into apartments.
Dishes need to be smaller and installed in discreet locations. there's too many cowboy installers slinging cables over the roof instead of routing them along the gutter line. IMO dishes are best behind the chimney. But i believe some installers won't go up to that height.
I just think cable is neater, tidier and makes an area look less like a CNN communications hub. But that's just my hang up!

Johnny Johnson

Dish on a chimney? Downright stupid place to put one.