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Moving from Sky to UPC

  • 23-05-2013 9:25am
    #1
    spudulike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 189 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    I am planning on moving from Sky to UPC. Once my Sky is cancelled is there any way I can continue to use the sky box and satellite in any way? e.g. for free to air channels etc. Or is the hardware useless and I should take down the dish.

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,851 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    spudulike wrote: »
    Once my Sky is cancelled is there any way I can continue to use the sky box and satellite in any way? e.g. for free to air channels etc. Or is the hardware useless and I should take down the dish.

    You can continue to use the Sky box for FTA channels, take out the card to see which channels will be available once you cancel the Sky sub.

    Alternatively you could replace the Sky box with a Freesat or FTA sat receiver.

    In any case keep the dish in place it can be used to feed sat receivers in other rooms.


  • #3
    classic tiler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭classic tiler


    spudulike wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I am planning on moving from Sky to UPC. Once my Sky is cancelled is there any way I can continue to use the sky box and satellite in any way? e.g. for free to air channels etc. Or is the hardware useless and I should take down the dish.

    Thanks.

    Stick with Sky. I moved from sky to UPC and after 6 months I've moved back. I had nothing but problems and as hard as they try, UPC just can't compete with sky for service and technology. UPC have the worst broadband EVER.


  • #4
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,900 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    classic tiler wrote: »
    Stick with Sky. I moved from sky to UPC and after 6 months I've moved back. I had nothing but problems and as hard as they try, UPC just can't compete with sky for service and technology. UPC have the worst broadband EVER.

    Er you couldn't be more wrong , UPC have the best broadband


  • #5
    spudulike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 189 ✭✭spudulike


    classic tiler wrote: »
    Stick with Sky. I moved from sky to UPC and after 6 months I've moved back. I had nothing but problems and as hard as they try, UPC just can't compete with sky for service and technology. UPC have the worst broadband EVER.

    One of the main motivating factors in my move is 100mb broadband (which is in my area)... If I get that, would there be any reason not to go with UPC?


  • #6
    kuro2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 578 ✭✭✭kuro2k


    spudulike wrote: »
    One of the main motivating factors in my move is 100mb broadband (which is in my area)... If I get that, would there be any reason not to go with UPC?

    UPC broadband is great, I never had a problem with them

    I was in the same situation as yourself a few years ago. In the end I decided to keep Sky and moved to UPC as a broadband/phone provider only

    Best of both worlds


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  • #7
    spudulike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 189 ✭✭spudulike


    kuro2k wrote: »
    UPC broadband is great, I never had a problem with them

    I was in the same situation as yourself a few years ago. In the end I decided to keep Sky and moved to UPC as a broadband/phone provider only

    Best of both worlds

    So if I move now I'll also be able to get the Horizon box aswell when they launch it. I saw a demo of it and it looks good. Do you think the new box would give them the edge over Sky for TV?


  • #8
    classic tiler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭classic tiler


    ted1 wrote: »
    Er you couldn't be more wrong , UPC have the best broadband

    UPC have their Booster box in My front garden and for reasons best known to UPC I'm therefore classed as a VIP customer. And I can only speak from My experience and from day 1 I've had nothing but problems with both the broadband And tv box. My iPod would lose its wifi connection if I moved 5feet from modem. Since going back to sky I've had no problems with anything.


  • #9
    grindle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭grindle


    spudulike wrote: »
    Do you think the new box would give them the edge over Sky for TV?

    If they sort out all the bugs, rearrange the UI and decide to separate the modem from the box again it would annihilate Sky.


  • #10
    7upfree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭7upfree


    classic tiler wrote: »
    UPC have the worst broadband EVER.
    :confused:


  • #11
    zg3409
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,031 ✭✭✭zg3409


    At the moment Sky for TV is best there is. Even horizon, as suggested is buggy and not yet close to Sky's offering. Sky also has more channels available.

    Sky for TV and UPC for broadband is probably best unlesss you are in an eFibre area.


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  • #12
    7upfree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭7upfree


    zg3409 wrote: »
    At the moment Sky for TV is best there is. Even horizon, as suggested is buggy and not yet close to Sky's offering.

    It can record four channels simultaneously while watching a fifth. Can the sky system do that?

    http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/media-and-marketing/upc-to-trial-horizon-tv-with-1-200-customers-1.1356027

    http://www.upc.ie/horizontvonline/


  • #13
    zg3409
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,031 ✭✭✭zg3409


    The box is in beta, there is no multiroom box to match it available, loads of users experiencing problems.

    It's very rare you would need to record more than 2 items at once. The specs of the new box are impressive, but it is no where near to Sky's seamless experience yet.


  • #14
    7upfree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭7upfree


    zg3409 wrote: »
    The box is in beta, there is no multiroom box to match it available, loads of users experiencing problems.

    It's very rare you would need to record more than 2 items at once.

    Unless there's a houseful of siblings..........:D


  • #15
    ARTHUK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭ARTHUK


    I am trying to setup UPC but here is a dual coax cable from sky connecting directly to the satellite - in other words when you hook the cable into the UPC box to download the channels - you get no download because there is always one cable not connected and thus one is not getting the full connection - anyone got any ideas how the two can be hooked together?


  • #16
    zg3409
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,031 ✭✭✭zg3409


    ARTHUK wrote: »
    I am trying to setup UPC but here is a dual coax cable from sky connecting directly to the satellite - in other words when you hook the cable into the UPC box to download the channels - you get no download because there is always one cable not connected and thus one is not getting the full connection - anyone got any ideas how the two can be hooked together?

    Do you actually have a UPC connection? An old Sky connection cannot be used for UPC. UPC connections are totally seperate and connect to pipe TV cables running along all houses. Are you paying UPC for a service?


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