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Life after Sky...?

  • 29-01-2017 5:51pm
    #1
    billy few mates
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,920 ✭✭✭


    Hi all, hopefully this will be the right forum to ask this but I've had Sky TV for about ten years, multi room (x3) and Sky Sports, we're happy enough with the service but I'm fed up with the cost of €127 a month for it so I've decided to bin it.
    I rang sky to see if they had any offers of a price reduction to entice me to stay but they were offering feck all so I gave them 30 days notice to cancel.

    I was wondering if anyone could advise me what the best option is to replace Sky with similar level of service (multi room x3 and Sports package to watch the Rugby and EPL mostly).

    I believe my choices are VirginMedia, Eir, and Vodafone, I already have my Broadband with VirginMedia (240mb package though typically about half that). Most of these providers include TV and BB, am I better off keeping them separate or should I try and get the lot in one package...?

    Any other suggestions or things to be considered...?


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  • #2
    billy few mates
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,920 ✭✭✭billy few mates


    Thanks for all the suggestions... :rolleyes:

    For info, while I was shopping around looking for something to replace Sky with I had an email asking me to reconsider, I didn't do anything about it but I was struggling to find a package as good as what I had that much cheaper. Yesterday they sent me an email offering me a 35% discount on a Sky package if I stayed.
    I called them up and after a bit of haggling they offered to drop the price of my package to €82 if I signed up for another 12 months so I went for that....


  • #3
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,989 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    Billy remember when changing keep the dish and box as you can still receive the free the air stuff on the sky setup :) UTV and ITV dont come with virgin.


  • #4
    billy few mates
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,920 ✭✭✭billy few mates


    spookwoman wrote: »
    Billy remember when changing keep the dish and box as you can still receive the free the air stuff on the sky setup :) UTV and ITV dont come with virgin.

    I decided to stick with Sky in the end.


  • #5
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,048 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    billy few mates wrote: »
    ...
    I called them up and after a bit of haggling they offered to drop the price of my package to €82 if I signed up for another 12 months so I went for that....

    From €127 down to €82 ......... quite a drop.

    I guess it is an indication of how much of a rip-off the Sky standard prices are.


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