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newbie - keeping phone line for Sky

  • 18-08-2011 09:52AM
    #1
    justo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 244 ✭✭


    I have sky tv and eircom phoneline and broadband. I want to move eircom broadband to UPC and get rid of landline which we don't use.

    Do I need to keep the landline for my Sky to to work properly? It was installed 6 months ago and is fed through cable into the house from Satellite dish.

    I don't have or want multi-room viewing and I don't use sky interactive.

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    paultf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 974 ✭✭✭paultf


    For Sky you only need a landline for the box office or if you have multiroom. So I would say you're OK to get rid of the Eircom landline.


  • #3
    justo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 244 ✭✭justo


    paultf wrote: »
    For Sky you only need a landline for the box office or if you have multiroom. So I would say you're OK to get rid of the Eircom landline.


    Thanks for this information: just to make sure, I guess I don't need the landline for sky plus?


  • #4
    blaze1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭blaze1


    You can use the upc phone line... loads cheaper


  • #5
    paultf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 974 ✭✭✭paultf


    justo wrote: »
    Thanks for this information: just to make sure, I guess I don't need the landline for sky plus?

    No you don't need the landline for Sky Plus. There are two cables that run from your dish to the Sky box that allow you to use Sky + i.e. record 2 programmes at the same time.

    You said in your first post:-
    justo wrote: »
    Do I need to keep the landline for my Sky to to work properly? It was installed 6 months ago and is fed through cable into the house from Satellite dish.

    There should only be 2 cables running from your dish to your box for Sky+. Your telephone line that connects to the box should be a seperate cable - doesn't connect to dish (well it is in my setup).


  • #6
    bcirl03
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 484 ✭✭bcirl03


    So if you do need the UPC phone line for multiroom - it will work?????? Yeh???


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  • #7
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    bcirl03 wrote: »
    So if you do need the UPC phone line for multiroom - it will work?????? Yeh???

    It will work,you just need to change where it's plugged into the UPC modem and use a different port.I think there's a thread discussing how to do it,fairly simple to do.


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