Sky Price increase

Sky increases it's prices every year so you will most likely be paying more in the near future. I cut the cord 5 years ago and the only regret I have is that I didn't do so years earlier.

I dropped sky at the start of the year and went the freesat route.

Best thing I ever did.

The other half still has her soaps and reality TV and I use now TV for sports.

Maddest thing is they have actually increased the price of HD when they should be abolishing it.

Got the letter on Tuesday informing me of a €2.50 price increase. Sick of it now. I'm paying €36 for just the basic package with no add ons. Rang on Wed to cancel with the free number. It's all automated and when I mentioned I wanted to cancel I was cut off. Then rang the 0818 number and was on hold for 25 mins before giving up. Contacted them by text at 4.15. At 9.00 pm after many back and forth they said they were closing and would contact me the next day.

Yesterday they texted at 9.00am and we did a dance for 8 hours back and forth. "Why do you want to cancel"? etc. Wouldn't give up, long breaks between texts and just wouldn't take no for an answer. Very frustrating experience. A simple phone call to me and it could have been sorted in 5 mins. Eventually they told me I couldn't cancel until Nov 8th! Seriously? It took two days for them to tell me this and now I'll have to go through this all over again. Totally fed up with this experience. I've been with them for 10 years and every year I re-negotiate the contract and it's usually a very simple process. This however, was a nightmare. I'll be glad to see the back of them.

What number did you text them on?

Out of interest, when they come to collect the SkyQ box, can I just replace it with the old Sky box or are the connections different?

The SkyQ LNB on the dish isn't compatible with the old Sky receiver. The LNB has to be changed to work with the old box.

The SkyQ LNB does work with the new Freesat receivers.

I thought you had to return the SkyQ receiver yourself in the box they supply or do they collect now?

Thanks. Is that something I can do myself or does it require expert technical skill? Don't really want to go down the route of extra expense for a freesat box. Thanks

How would I know whether it's a 2/4 or 6 and what exactly am I looking for?

If I were to replace the SkyQ box with another SkyQ box but not subscribe to Sky, will I still get the free to air channels?

SkyQ receivers remain the property of Sky and so are only available via a Sky subscription

'alternatives' are the only way to go at the moment, far cheaper, but not problem free

It's possibly not Sky Q but older Sky boxes you are seeing. AFAIK a Sky Q box must be connected to the web to function so an out of contract box would be a gamble to say the least. Add to that, an out of contract non-Q Sky box has very limited functions, no recording etc. They are a pain to use and would not work with a Q LNB.

Thanks but I'm leaving Sky because of the price! Don't want to spend more money on a freesat box that I'll have to pay someone to install and set up. May as well stay with Sky!

Sky must be crippled if they’re resorting to more price increases.

Would they not make more money if the price was lower as more people would get sky.

Yes Fox and Disney channel are still on pay tv in other countries and also they have more music channels. More MTV channels. Why are we getting such a bad deal. I know they are not sky's fault but the loss in channels should be reflected in the price. Why is HD going up in price, if it was cheaper like 3 euro a month more people might get it. Do you still need the HD pack to get sky sports and BT sports in HD.

Check out the now TV ireland website. They usually have decent deals on entertainment and sports.

I have the HD pack and would not like to not have it. Do you think they will loose HD subs with the price increase. I only got it when it was 8 euro, would never have paid 15 for it and still taught it was expensive at 8 euro.

The longer people are willing to pay extra for HD the longer Sky will charge for it. It generates huge profits for Sky and it would be a poor Sky manager that would make the decision to stop charging.

I’ve been with Sky for 21years. My package currently is Sky Signature ,HD and multi room.

Cancelled multi room and Sky HD. Come Jan 31 my bill for Signature alone wil be €47.89. Luckily I’m not locked into a 12 contract so needless to say I have no intention of paying that.

That’s the amount I would pay come January 31st 2022 according to Sky. I don’t know how it’s calculated.

Almost €12 per week for a basic package. I won’t be paying that.

Got a couple of Humax Freesat boxes and couple of Samsung Freeview boxes instead.

As it is I’ve got Amazon Prime, Netflix and Disney +. I’ve 500 GB fibre so I’m ok on that score .