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Moving from Magnet to Sky

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  • 05-03-2013 11:59pm
    #1
    ridgewooder
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭


    Hi

    I have magnet telephone /broadband / and TV and I want to move to the new Sky Ireland telephone (triple play) service. Can I do this if i am a magnet customer, or do magnet lock competitors out of their network?

    Thanks
    Patrick
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    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,529 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    OP from what I can tell you need to have the premissions to put up a satellite dish (which is not possible in most apartment blocks) and you also need to have what Sky term an "Eircom-compatabile phone line" which I guess is their speak for having an actual Eircom landline (even if service is not actually provided by Eircom). If your building is only on the Magnet network you might not be able to do this.

    I'm moving this thread to satellite since posters there might have more experience of this situation.


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    zg3409
    Registered Users Posts: 6,599 ✭✭✭zg3409


    If you only intend having one TV and one Sky box then having a phone line is not essential, but having a dish on the South East side of the building is.

    If dishes are banned, have a look to see if anyone has put one up on the south east side anyway. Also even if no-one has done so, if your apartment balcony faces south east then there are some "hidden" satellite dishes you can use, which are designed to not be seen. However they need to be able to see south east, so if your apartment faces north west no luck.

    In some cases apartment blocks have one shared dish on the roof, but not generally where magnet is available.


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