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clarification about FTA card

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  • 19-02-2002 11:58pm
    #1
    ifconfig
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭


    I have read a recent thread (can't find it just now) about a
    procedure for ordering an FTA card from UK via a UK address.
    One thing which wasn't clear to me at the end of reading the
    thread was whether it was absolutely necessary that the
    intermediate party (household in the UK) needs to be already
    subscribed to Sky. One message seemed to indicate that the
    call center folks didn't require that level of detail when
    issuing the card initially. Another message seemed to
    contradict this somewhat by suggesting that they (the call
    center) cross reference the address to a list of existing UK
    sky subscribers. Any help on this finer point?

    thanks!

    --eirin.


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    #2
    bkehoe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,153 ✭✭✭bkehoe


    First of all, its a FTV (Free-To-View) card, and people who have a tv license can get it. They don't need to be subscribed to sky.

    Brendan


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    #3
    ifconfig
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭ifconfig


    Thanks for the clarification. So if I have relatives in UK then
    it should be very straightforward for me to arrange getting
    one of these and then activating it via a final phonecall to
    the call center in UK.

    --eirin


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    #4
    Mr Burns
    Closed Accounts Posts: 119 ✭✭Mr Burns


    They never ask about the TV Licence.


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    #5
    DMC
    Registered Users Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    Mr. Burns. you give them an address of a UK TV licence holder, and they check that!
    They might not ask, but they damn straight check!


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    #6
    MrAnarchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭MrAnarchy


    I gave them an address of a friend of mine studying at the UMIST.
    They asked for his name and postcode.
    When the postcode came up it was UMIST so she then said what address do you want me to send it to.
    I gave her the address and that was it.He doesnt have a TV license.He doesnt even have a TV.
    I suppose this was a unique situation.


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    #7
    tombenjr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭tombenjr


    How long does the FTA (BBC) Card last for.
    Is it only for one year till the lience runs out.
    but can you get another one if the FTA card expires


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    #8
    Mr Burns
    Closed Accounts Posts: 119 ✭✭Mr Burns


    They last indefinitly. they never expire


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