Can you just get a subscription?

[fwabbly]

I currently live with my parents and have a sky+ box in my room. The house has one subscription with 3 boxes. Next week I move to a brand new flat which has a communal dish and I already have a box obviously so I want to know if I can just get a subscription since I will already have the box and dish.
Any idea how long this will take to set up and anything else i need to know?

[reddwarfcrew]

the min sub comes with a free sky box and 12mths warranty. Take the free box and just re-pair the card if you really still want to use the old box.

http://www.sky.com/portal/site/skyco...cesandpackages

[fwabbly]

The main reason that I want to keep the old box is that I dont want to have to pay £100 for another box when I already have one

[reddwarfcrew]

? and where is the £100 coming from?

[fwabbly]

It costs £99 for a new sky+ box.

[reddwarfcrew]

yeah so just go for a normal sky box as opposed to a sky+ that has FREE next to it in the link that i posted.

[fwabbly]

Would I then just be able to plug in my sky+ box and get all of the functionality that it gives you?

[reddwarfcrew]

nope, as i said in my first response, you would then need to re-pair the card with your old box (which is just a phone call to sky).

There is a set up fee (which Sky will charge you either way to set up an account regardless as to whether you have a box or just a sub).

[reddwarfcrew]

ps - are you sure your communal dish offers 2 inputs for sky+ functionality?