Warning About Sky and Routers

[RickyC]

Originally Posted by eyemdee

I am flabbergasted that a company like Sky could put themselves in breach of their own contract!

If they insist that you use a router which they supply and cannot issue a replacement if it fails, then they cannot provide the service that they have advertised and sold, and are surely open to compensation claims if customers are forced elsewhere.

exactly and a nice bit of compensation too. Just need to keep on complaining and complaining till they sick of you!

[HSNetwork]

I have to admit it is a little scary to hear this, but it brings the subject all the way back round to another thread that is already ongoing.

This being that there is a directive in place stating that it is the customers decision what equipment to use and so should be permitted to use what ever the customer feels fit.

Sky insisting only their equipment be used and then not being able to replace it if it fails is just something that re-inforces the fact that this directive should be upheld. If sky cannot replace the router they should hand out the Username and Passwords and instruct the customer on where their nearest Currys, PC World or Comet is.

This then would take the strain from sky and their techs to sort through the list of jobs to do...

[dpswatson]

Originally Posted by eyemdee

I am flabbergasted that a company like Sky could put themselves in breach of their own contract!

If they insist that you use their own router and cannot supply a replacement if it fails, then they cannot provide the service that they have advertised and sold, and are surely open to compensation claims if customers are forced elsewhere.

Don't get me wrong - they were happy to keep refunding my monthly fee.

As an extra, I found it a little tricky getting a mac code - they wanted to try to resolve the problem first, which obviously didn't happen. Out of interest I telephoned BT to ask if you could forcibly remove broadband from a line (like you can with the phone calls). You can't.

[IAmNotTheEnemy]

this has been covered before - there is a system in place but as mentioned it's a tad more long winded. and afaik, there's no charge either...

[HSNetwork]

You can in fact.

But it is a long painful route. It means cutting of your phone and then waiting for the tag to be removed as the line is no longer active.

The first and only time I took this route it took 3 months. But then I cant complain as I had free broadband during this time lol. (AOL pfft)

[ScottW75]

Just called them as my netgear switches itself off on occasion. They guy i spoke to said there would be a charge and then decided after i was on hold for 5 mins there was no charge and i'd get a box in the next 3-5 days.

I hope this doesn't involve canceling my broadband!

[Mark2008]

hello, i came across this site & was particularly interested in this thread.

i work for sky bb tech support tier1, the department that will usually replace routers.
whenever a customer is out of warranty we are unable to replace, now this isn't an issue that i've came across too many times however when it does happen i will put the cust through to sales.
whenever i explain the issue to sales they have no problem taking the call. now afaik sales can replace the router without any issues (altho there's a charge), however i have never actually heard how these calls end.

it wouldn't surprise me if cancellations etc didn't know how to get a replacement for an out of warranty cust because it isn't their department, but as far as i realise it isn't a problem to get a replacement?

[Kbramman]

Maybe this is worth someone (NewsReader maybe?) to do a quick email to ofcom with this thread, and others like it and ask them to kick sky up the jacksy