SKY HD, Phone Line Required??

Easy Rider

My father is getting SKY HD in next Friday, however he is wondering if it requires a phone line all of the time or just for the first connection (or if at all), thanks for your help in advance!

Sparky

I'd assume only for the first 12 months of your contract. If you have any multiroom subs, you are required to have the boxes plugged in to the same line all the time.

JimmySmith

I was thinking about getting it. I already have sky+ but no phone line anymore.
I;ve been told that the installer needs to activate the HD box by using the telephone, so i guess i wont be getting it now.

SolarNexus

sky require with all contracts that for the first 12 months of the term that a phone line be connected. This is so that they can track your viewing habbits, I suspect.

When they install the line they'll ask for a phone line but after that you can uplug it if you dont mind monthly reminders in the post and them threatening you.

personally, I have all four of ours unplugged after the engineer broke our phone line terminal, so I have an excuse... even if it messed up our phone

batman2000

Actually No. THhs changed recently. Sky no longer need you to have the phone line connected. Instead you pay €70 ish to bypass the line connection....

weeder

we have no phoneline plugged in since the day we bought it we didnt even have a line in the house and its finethey never sad a thing