Moving House, sky talk + broadband question, how to do this?

[snowscreen]

Hey,

I have sky at the moment but on Friday I pick up the keys to my new place, I’ve rang sky and arranged for the new dish install to happen on Sunday.

I’d also like to have sky broadband which I believe you now also have to take out with Sky Talk. Ages ago I used to have sky & sky broadband but didn’t have to have skytalk and so I kept a BT line.
I know the house I’m moving to has a BT line in it but the previous occupant rang BT a couple of months ago and cancelled her contract with them when she moved out.


What do I need to do….
Do I need to get in and activate the BT line again, or can I just straight away get the sky broadband and talk.

At a guess I need to get in and check that the phone line still has a dial tone + to find if it has a number still attached to it, apparently I can do this by dialing 17070


If it has a dial tone then I believe I can go ahead and arrange the broadband + talk straight away with no messing about with the line….?


If I don’t even have a dial tone then what? Do I need to then set one up with BT before I can organise things with Sky.
Or can I go straight to Sky but believe I’d also have to pay them £39 to have the new line set up with them



When I spoke to sky the other day the guy wasn’t really sure of what he was telling me and was struggling to read his script

Think I’m just being impatient and will just have to see whats what once I’m in and then make calls to Sky & if needs be also BT


Cheers
Dave

[Scubbie]

From what has been commented on in this forum, not many people appear to be unhappy with Sky's change of policy from September.

It appears that you do now need to have Sky Talk (including the line rental) in order to have Sky Broadband now.

Whether this is a good or bad thing is a topic often debated.

Personally I have completely dumped BT after the appalling way i was treated by their call centre in India. I haven't had any issues since moving completely to Sky.

The main gripes stem from where people move away from Sky. Whether this is because they have problems keeping the same telephone number or temporary loss of service or being forced to pay a reconnection fee.

I am not suggesting that any of these will happen in your case, but some members have experienced them.

whether they are potentially important issues to you is another matter.

For me though, so long as the service is good and constant and competitively priced, I can not see any reason why I should want to change at this point.

For the record, my telephone exchange does have a large number of LLU providers, so in theory I could change to one of several companies if I wanted.

[Isitme]

If you want Sky broadband then I would advise you to go straight to them. If you go through BT you will probably have to agree to a 12-18 month contract, which would prevent you getting Sky broadband for that period.

You should see if any deals are available through the Cashback sites like Quidco. Provided you can do it all on line you can probably get enough back to pay for the connection fee.

[snowscreen]

Thanks guys

Well i've now got hold of the home phone number that used to be on the line and sky website is showing its not connected, looks like i'll have to pay the £39 afterall :-(



on the + side quidco are offering £50 cashback for taking sky broadband