dubrov wrote: » I'm amazed that Sky Sports are putting there price up given they no longer have one of the key Premiership packages. That must be saving them millions every year.
jay0109 wrote: » They just confirmed to me that Sky Sports goes up to €40 in February because Sky have increased the price to them....so now you know where your money goes when your hear of Prem Lg getting a record new deal! Offered it to me for 37e now and I asked for a 20% discount which I was told a few months ago was there for me to avail of. But they seem to be toughening up, as they said no way to the 20% now because I'm already on a discounted overall package price. So I said we'll leave it so Time to start hopping between Sky and UPC in alternate years to bag the best discounts Do you still need a landline for Sky?
bromley52 wrote: » No land line required.
steirishrover wrote: » So my contract is up 16th Jan with upc and I called up today to cancel So they offering me My basic tv, phone, broadband and all sky sports & movies for 69euro for first 6 months and after that will be 102
Also he said that I'd have no itv/utv and other stations etc on the sky.. So guys is he waffling or what and is the sky offer with broadband included still be cheaper for me?
_Kaiser_ wrote: » 100 quid a month is nuts IMO. Netflix or similar for films would save you a fortune. Do you really need a landline phone? Only till January 1st.. then UTV Ireland launches and is already testing on Sky (will also be recordable like any other channel). He is right about the other ITV channels though but you can add these manually (no TV Guide for them though and not recordable) Really the main advantage to Sky is a better box/user interface - UPC Horizon seems to get very mixed reviews - and more channels (of argable quality) UPC however has the best broadband in the country Depends what you want really
P.o.p.p.y wrote: » I cancelled my upc last week and got sky tv, you do have utv, itv etc you just can't record it but it's makes no difference as tv3 basically play the exact same programs if you want to record, I kept my upc broadband. Now paying 36 to sky for tv sports etc and 34 to upc for 120mb broadband. Works out much cheaper and have the best of both worlds.
joefuss1986 wrote: » Yep, loyalty department alright. Is 6months half price not the best deal around so would there be any point in putting it in a different name?
lowbatt07 wrote: » I'm still hoping to get the 12month 50% off deal, I know it's more difficult but have heard of a few cases over the past few months Pity Upc don't offer any deals on the Bt/Setanta package - I see it's gone up to 19 now
joefuss1986 wrote: » Best they did for me was 6 months have price and 6months full price. Cancelled anyway. Thing that annoyed me was that they take the router back after you cancel.
Larbre34 wrote: » I dont know why people give back the routers, just ignore one or two requests and they'll go away. I still have my last two routers from them, one reconfigured and one as a spare for network cabling.
joefuss1986 wrote: » I read somewhere that they charge you €100 if you dont return it. Scare tactics then?
Bunnyhopper wrote: » There certainly used to be a charge. Make sure you keep track of where the equipment is. The last time I was with UPC, I cancelled the account at the end of April 2011 and gave them contact details for collecting the equipment from my new address. They didn't come looking for it until the end of January 2012, nine months later. When they did contact me, it was a text telling me that they'd call to collect it in the next couple of days and that if they couldn't get it they'd bill me for the €100. Thankfully, I knew where the stuff was and was available to hand it over. If I had lost track of it or been away for that week, it would have cost me.
Muahahaha wrote: » 9 months is a ridiculously long amount of time to collect a router that likely gets thrown out or maybe passed en masse to the African markets or similar. If I find myself in that position I'll go hunting for their business reply code and post it to them myself, at their expense. Cos there's no way I'm storing a router for them while they lie in the long grass and try to catch me out with 48 hours notice when I could well be away for a few days.
