Sky television

I'm thinking about getting Sky television. Sky says it's delivered over the
telephone wire not, as I thought, through a dish. I already have Internet
broadband. I'm concerned that also getting television may not be a good
thing. For example we're told that copper wire has a finite capacity. Will
it take broadband, telephone and television without degrading those
services?

Thanks.

Bill Ridgeway

"Bill Ridgeway" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm thinking about getting Sky television. Sky says it's delivered over
> the telephone wire not, as I thought, through a dish. I



since when do they say that? - of course it's via satellite.
you're either fibbing or you spoke to an insane lunatic



--
Gareth.

that fly...... is your magic wand....

"Bill Ridgeway" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm thinking about getting Sky television. Sky says it's delivered over
> the telephone wire not, as I thought, through a dish. I already have
> Internet broadband. I'm concerned that also getting television may not be
> a good thing. For example we're told that copper wire has a finite
> capacity. Will it take broadband, telephone and television without
> degrading those services?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill Ridgeway

Thanks for your replies. I spoke (on-line) to an agent. I asked
specifically if delivery is by dish or telephone. He answered by telephone
and, when asked again, confirmed his answer. I was a little suspicious when
during the 'conversation' he asked me twice about signing up. I had the
impression he just wanted a bit more commission and was willing to tell a
potential customer anything they wanted to hear to get the sale. Good job I
asked here!

Bill Ridgeway

"The dog from that film you saw" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> "Bill Ridgeway" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> I'm thinking about getting Sky television. Sky says it's delivered over
>> the telephone wire not, as I thought, through a dish. I
>
>
>
> since when do they say that? - of course it's via satellite.
> you're either fibbing or you spoke to an insane lunatic
>
>
>
> --
> Gareth.
>

http://skyplayer.sky.com/vod/page/default/home.do

You Can take the option of viewing without a SKY Dish/Account.

"Want to watch TV on Sky Player?
You can take out a monthly Sky Player TV subscription from as little as
£15/€18 (with no minimum subscription period) OR you can rent or buy on
demand from only £0.98/€1.27 per programme. After you click ‘Register’
below, you'll see more information about what's on offer."

"Java Jive" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Bill, I think you have some wires crossed, or else $ky are being even
> more misleading than they habitually are, in this case to the point of
> potentially confusing potential customers away from Sky altogether, so
> probably not the latter.
>
> $ky is indeed delivered via geo-stationary satellite to a satellite
> dish. The phone line may have been introduced into the conversation
> because:
>
> 1) IIRC, Sky boxes need to 'phone home', at least upon in
> installation, maybe sometimes subsequently, before they will work.
>
> 2) $ky also delivers some content in a similar manner to the BBC
> iPlayer, theirs is $ky Player, so that you can watch programmes that
> you missed, etc.
>
> If you really must have $ky, then the place to begin is probably
> Freesat from $ky / Pay Once Watch Forever (WARNING: Some might
> consider both these names to be deliberately confusing &/or
> misleading) ...
> http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk/
>
>
On the other hand, if Sky broadband LLU is available in his area?

It could be worth taking a typical sky dish delivered package
with LLU (what sky call Max, up to 16Mb) broadband added.

As it could be cheaper and better broadband than he has,
and reduce the cost of a Sky package on it's own?

Steve Terry

On 2009-05-17, Rob Wilson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Bill Ridgeway wrote:
>> I'm thinking about getting Sky television. Sky says it's delivered over the
>> telephone wire not, as I thought, through a dish. I already have Internet
>> broadband. I'm concerned that also getting television may not be a good
>> thing. For example we're told that copper wire has a finite capacity. Will
>> it take broadband, telephone and television without degrading those
>> services?
>>
> Are you sure you have'nt got the wrong end fo the stick there? I did'nt
> think Sky were into IPTV? I think that delivering IPTV would require at
> least ADSL2+....do you live in an ADSL2+ region?

I have IPTV service in Hong Kong, and it runs just fine over normal,
plain old ADSL. I think a standard definition channel only uses 1.5 Mbps
or so.

They do, however, provide an ADSL circuit dedicated to the TV service,
separate from the circuit used for Internet service.

In any case, I don't think Sky does anything like that.

Dennis Ferguson

"Kraftee" <kraftee@b&e-cottee.me.uk> wrote in message
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> Steve Terry wrote:
> || As it could be cheaper and better broadband than he has,
>
>
> How so? Unless the OP lives relatively close to the exchange the
> advantages of being ADSL2 become a rapidly diminishing factor.
>
>
Cheap and generally reliable for the price.

Depends what he's already got, and maybe he is near a LLUed exchange?

Steve Terry

"Bill Ridgeway" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm thinking about getting Sky television. Sky says it's delivered over
> the telephone wire not, as I thought, through a dish. I already have
> Internet broadband. I'm concerned that also getting television may not be
> a good thing. For example we're told that copper wire has a finite
> capacity. Will it take broadband, telephone and television without
> degrading those services?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill Ridgeway
>
Sky TV is delivered from satellites via microwaves to a small dish, known as
a minidish; it does not use ADSL/DSL. The connection to the phone line is
via a built in audio modem for the purposes of initial installation and
charging for pay-per view programmes (Sky boxes generally 'phone home' once
per day). Sky do not provide a cable service, you need to talk to Virgin
about that, but cable TV is only available in very limited areas in Britain.
Mike.

On May 17, 12:07*pm, "Bill Ridgeway" <i...@1001solutions.co.uk> wrote:

> "Bill Ridgeway" <i...@1001solutions.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > I'm thinking about getting Sky television. *Sky says it's delivered over
> > the telephone wire not, as I thought, through a dish. *I already have
> > Internet broadband. *I'm concerned that also getting television may not be
> > a good thing. *For example we're told that copper wire has a finite
> > capacity. *Will it take broadband, telephone and television without
> > degrading those services?
>
>
> Thanks for your replies. *I spoke (on-line) to an agent. *I asked
> specifically if delivery is by dish or telephone. *He answered by telephone
> and, when asked again, confirmed his answer. *I was a little suspiciouswhen
> during the 'conversation' he asked me twice about signing up. *I had the
> impression he just wanted a bit more commission and was willing to tell a
> potential customer anything they wanted to hear to get the sale. *Good job I
> asked here!
>

Who were you calling? It sounds as though you may have been on the
line to Tiscali, who offer a "Tiscali TV" service via a broadband
connection - this is what used to be called HomeChoice until Tiscali
took over.

"The dog from that film you saw" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> "Bill Ridgeway" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> I'm thinking about getting Sky television. Sky says it's delivered over
>> the telephone wire not, as I thought, through a dish. I
>
>
>
> since when do they say that? - of course it's via satellite.
> you're either fibbing or you spoke to an insane lunatic
>
>
>
> --
> Gareth.
>
> that fly...... is your magic wand....



Sky: "Earth" might be a bit more appropriate.