Re: How Will Sky Respond to Freesat


"Brian McIlwrath" <bkm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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jb <joeblogs60@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: >
: > Noone pays ?399 for SkyHD! Why would you want a one unless you had Sky
TV
: > (any level at all - ?16/month and up)??

: hang on ?399 is a) the price quoted on skys current website and b)
the
: cheap price.. because if you take the subscription route which you
suggest

You are not reading what I said! The SkyHD STB is no longer attractive
to non-Sky subscribers as it won't do its PVR functionality without an
extra
payment. Yes they *will* sell it to you for £399 - but why would you want
it
when you could buy it from eBay from between £150 and £250!

: ive just taken an glance at their HD subscription packages and even the
: 'cheap' ones without phone or broadband are very roughly a staggering
fifty
: quid or so a month.. i can hardly beieve how dear their packages im a
: millionaire and even i couldnt affords that !!

You are not reading it correctly then! I pay £34/month which includes
4-Mix
Sky (£19), £10 HD charges for an *extra* 9 HD channels which will never be
on Freesat and £5 for 8-Meg Broadband. I get the PVR (Sky+) features of
the
SkyHD box thrown in.

hmm.. just out of interest perhapse you might wish to give us some idea of
your sky upload and download speeds .. i just posted details of a good site
where you can easilly check your upload and download speeds..

also i was wondering if you have a giabyte per month download limit at all?

in reply to the above.. its all about choice isnt it - and the more choice
there is the better for the consumer surely.. more competitiion will lead
to more competitive practices and far more competitive prices for everyone
...

i see a golden era of television dawning with choice at the heart of these
changes- the likes of which weve never even dreamed of before...

cheers

jb


The £10 for extra HD channels is optional - for the last year I just had
BBCHD,
C4HD (and Luxe TV)


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