Cancelling sky contract after 26 years

Clown man · Dec 30, 2016

I had been with sky since the analogue days..probably 1996 ish ......Canceled mine in October after getting fed up with the very very poor SD pic quality and the non stop Ads.... and sky offering free TV's ,laptops .half price etc to new customers ...while increasing my monthly sub every year ! .....don't miss it at all ....Very happy with my Humax Foxsat HDR's and FTA Sports from 19.2 ......

Lazarus · Dec 30, 2016

I had no idea Sky sold their UK subs into Germany.

Clown man · Dec 31, 2016

^^^^^^ .....you have lead a very sheltered life .. .. or maybe just aving a laugh ...right ? ... ;-) ............

Happy new year to all on Sats Uk .....

Lazarus · Dec 31, 2016

Happy New Year to you also, Steve Steve (See, not so sheltered after all ;) :rolleyes:

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nwaggy · Jan 13, 2017

yep been with sky since 1990 now got a amazon fully loaded firestick so will be off loading them today what a saving £80 odd quid a month

John Pykett · Jan 13, 2017

benwiddowson82 said:
I've taken the leap of faith this morning.Sky's gone replaced with Linux boxes (all legal viewing cards in there) and nowtv. We're just under 100 a month better off but more important i feel liberated.

im not sure if that is legal to do or not?

Lazarus · Jan 13, 2017

nwaggy said:
yep been with sky since 1990 now got a amazon fully loaded firestick so will be off loading them today what a saving £80 odd quid a month

Very wise.

Sky is very much a game for the relatively wealthy.

Captain Jack · Jan 13, 2017

John Pykett said:
im not sure if that is legal to do or not?

Why would it not be legal? Re-read his post.

John Pykett · Jan 13, 2017

Captain Jack said:
Why would it not be legal? Re-read his post.

oh so im guessing the cards are freesat from sky cards now right?

Captain Jack · Jan 13, 2017

He didn't even mention Sky in his post.

mariust5 · Jan 13, 2017

You can legally watch foreign sub cards in the UK .

John Pykett · Jan 13, 2017

Captain Jack said:
He didn't even mention Sky in his post.

im pretty sure he cancelled sky and is using the cards as freesat cards

Channel Hopper · Jan 13, 2017

John Pykett said:
im pretty sure he cancelled sky and is using the cards as freesat cards

How much is a Freesat card under normal circumstances, ie. a new viewer to the service ?

sonnetpete · Jan 13, 2017

Channel Hopper said:
How much is a Freesat card under normal circumstances, ie. a new viewer to the service ?

£25 as a one off payment...

Ghostleader · Jan 13, 2017

sonnetpete said:
£25 as a one off payment...

I'm surprised its still in existence!

davemurgtroyd · Jan 13, 2017

Ghostleader said:
I'm surprised its still in existence!

It will probably continue to exist as long as services such as BT Sport can be added to it and FTV channels continue to exist.

John Pykett · Jan 13, 2017

Ghostleader said:
I'm surprised its still in existence!

freesat from sky is not that different to bbc freesat apart from a couple of extra channels which are free to view

Ghostleader · Jan 13, 2017

John Pykett said:
freesat from sky is not that different to bbc freesat apart from a couple of extra channels which are free to view

Yes and their own forced to use EPG order, crap.

satpete · Jan 26, 2017

Another Sky classic!

On logging into my Sky account this morning, there was a red notice saying that it is 'unlikley' that after the 1st February they would be showing any of the Discovery Channels, which is really all I watch other than the free to air channels.
After eventually getting through to the cancellation department, I was told that they are still in negotiations, for which I then said why where they using the word 'unlikley'?
So I have now left it as call logged that I will cancel my subscription as of the 1st February, giving them what they have given me - 7 days notice- if the channels are lost for which I then got the standard Sky spille ' you do realise that you are in a 31 day cancellation contract?
Roll on the 1st February!!!

Mickha · Jan 26, 2017

Posted on another forum, by CokeAddict:
From 1st Feb Sly plan to drop the Discovery package from their line up.

Source:

Code:

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/changes-to-sky-channels

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http://keepdiscovery.co.uk/

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/sky-viewers-lose-12-channels-9693860

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