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Sky HD - Phone Line

  • 10-01-2011 5:26pm
    #1
    ThirdMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭


    I'm in the process of ordering Sky, and I've come across this.

    To have Sky TV installed you need a fixed and operational telephone line which is capable of making and receiving calls, do you have one?

    I've just moved into a new rented property. There is no phone in the house, nor do I intend on getting one connected. Can I really not get Sky? I'm sure I know of people who have Sky but have no landline in operation. :confused:


Comments

  • #2
    ThirdMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭ThirdMan


    I clicked 'no'. It seems I can have it after all, after the additional charge of €37.50. What a joke!


  • #3
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    If you went through a third party the €37.50 'no phoneline charge' is waived(or meant to be:rolleyes:)But afaik the ordering process online gives you €30 cashback so the charge is pretty much negated.


  • #4
    ThirdMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭ThirdMan


    I've just ordered it online. I'll have to cough up the €37.50. My brother ordered it through a 'third party' and he got the roughest wiring job I've ever laid eyes on. I'm not saying they're all like that, but I'll play it safe.


  • #5
    smurra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 100 ✭✭smurra3


    It's a discrace that they can get away with a charge like that.
    After all, it's less work for the installer if you don't have a phone line.
    What the hell are they charging for?


  • #6
    ThirdMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭ThirdMan


    smurra3 wrote: »
    It's a discrace that they can get away with a charge like that.
    After all, it's less work for the installer if you don't have a phone line.
    What the hell are they charging for?

    I was just thinking that. It says "to have Sky TV installed you need a fixed and operational telephone line which is capable of making and receiving calls".

    Well I still won't have this after Sky has been installed, so what's the charge for? It either needs a phone line or it doesn't?


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  • #7
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,936 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    It doesn't need one. They make money off it though from people using certain interactive services (like games), or ordering box office movies, PPV events etc. It's currently the only way a box can send information back to Sky.


  • #8
    ThirdMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭ThirdMan


    They can get away with it because people want their product. It's as simple as that. Damn them for being so good.


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