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eir fibre broadband compatibility with sky box

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  • 06-01-2016 2:24pm
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    greendom
    Registered Users Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭


    I currently have Sky tv and broadband but I'm thinking of switching to eir fibre for broadband but sticking with sky for tv.

    We watch a fair bit of on demand stuff through the sky digibox.  Will there be any difficulty with connecting the sky digibox to the eir fibre modem?  It connects to the sky modem wirelessly atm.


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    eir: Alan
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    greendom wrote: »
    I currently have Sky tv and broadband but I'm thinking of switching to eir fibre for broadband but sticking with sky for tv.

    We watch a fair bit of on demand stuff through the sky digibox.  Will there be any difficulty with connecting the sky digibox to the eir fibre modem?  It connects to the sky modem wirelessly atm.
    HI greendom

    I can't advise in Sky boxes but if it's just based on Wifi signal than I really can't see anything causing an issue.

    AL


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    greendom
    Registered Users Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭greendom


    eir: Alan wrote: »
    greendom wrote: »
    I currently have Sky tv and broadband but I'm thinking of switching to eir fibre for broadband but sticking with sky for tv.

    We watch a fair bit of on demand stuff through the sky digibox.  Will there be any difficulty with connecting the sky digibox to the eir fibre modem?  It connects to the sky modem wirelessly atm.
    HI greendom

    I can't advise in Sky boxes but if it's just based on Wifi signal than I really can't see anything causing an issue.

    AL
    As you  can imagine I'd like to be sure before I take the jump - where could I get confirmation of this ?

    many thanks


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    eir: Alan
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    greendom wrote: »
    eir: Alan wrote: »
    greendom wrote: »
    I currently have Sky tv and broadband but I'm thinking of switching to eir fibre for broadband but sticking with sky for tv.

    We watch a fair bit of on demand stuff through the sky digibox.  Will there be any difficulty with connecting the sky digibox to the eir fibre modem?  It connects to the sky modem wirelessly atm.
    HI greendom

    I can't advise in Sky boxes but if it's just based on Wifi signal than I really can't see anything causing an issue.

    AL
    As you  can imagine I'd like to be sure before I take the jump - where could I get confirmation of this ?

    many thanks
    I understand greendom

    Ultimately it will be at the responsibility of Sky to advise you on their boxes but from eirs (and more specifically my own) point of view, A WiFi Signal would be broadcast to the box and it's up to Sky to advise on whether they allow it's connection to another providers WiFi

    Cheers
    Al


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    jay93
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    It will work with any provider you don't have to be with Sky to use it. I used eir broadband with my sky box when I was with eir for Internet didn't have any problems I'm with sky now for Internet.


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    eir: Alan
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    jay93 wrote: »
    It will work with any provider you don't have to be with Sky to use it. I used eir broadband with my sky box when I was with eir for Internet didn't have any problems I'm with sky now for Internet.
    Cheers jay93

    Al


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    von Smallhausen
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    I have two Sky boxes and Efibre and there is no issues. Both of them are connected through WiFi


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    eir: Alan
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    Danny_B wrote: »
    I have two Sky boxes and Efibre and there is no issues. Both of them are connected through WiFi
    Cheers for your input Danny_B :)

    AL


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    dowey
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭dowey


    Just been told that Eir doesn't allow sky to connect to the internet with them. 
    Has anyone had the same?


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    greendom
    Registered Users Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭greendom


    dowey wrote: »
    Just been told that Eir doesn't allow sky to connect to the internet with them. 
    Has anyone had the same?

    Still working for me!


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    dowey
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭dowey


    Thanks ..it was through the chat screen on the Eir website that i was told this. It's sky q ..thought it weird so will phone them today


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    eir: Thomas
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    dowey wrote: »
    Thanks ..it was through the chat screen on the Eir website that i was told this. It's sky q ..thought it weird so will phone them today
    Hi dowey ,

    Should you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to get back in touch.

    Thanks

    Thomas


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