Stu Faulkner Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I'm currently using sky TV and Talk-Talk for internet. I want faster/fibre internet and cheaper tv as i don't watch all the sky channels. I can either go with Talk-Talk, Sky or ditch the lot and go with BT. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHew Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 We ditched Sky 6 years ago and bought a Humax 1TB Freesat box. Just unplug the sky box, plug the 2 dish co-axials into the humax and you're off. The Humax was about £280 (but they've come down in price since then). the Humax also connects to your router so can access a lot of smart services. So thats a saving of £49 per month for 6 years, about £3500 from those robbing b*stards at Sky. We use TalkTalk for our broadband: no complaints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John K Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I can only comment on my experience at home. I've been with BT at this house for 12 years and they are rock solid. Only take broadband from them. Like Craig I've also got a freeview(not sat) Humax and its good. I dont care if BT are supposed to have crap customer service. I've never had to call them..! Working from home I notice if the line drops, recently gone to Infinity with 38v, 9^, no jitter, no packet loss, and 14ms ping times and its solid, easily in the above 99% availability. Ok the router bounced itself randomly a few times, but I'm baco connected in 30 seconds. Ive got the top package for broadband only and I think i pay about £28 a month. I think I could get BT TV for free but don't want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsechris Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I'll second that vote for BT as an ISP. Also, if you do have an issue, if you post on the BT forum you'll usually get a pretty quick response from a BT tech specialist and they then own the problem for you. I had poor download numbers after the exchange was upgraded to ADSL2 and after jumping the necessary hoops and proving the point, they sorted it for me. Also took up Infiniti recently as it reached the village and getting excellent speeds. On the TV side, have to confess to having a free sat box, Sky HD as well as an Amazon Fire TV Stick.....should probably get out more..... The sky sub is a choice, we watch quite a few series on there that aren't on other platforms so you takes your choice and pays your money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy - a15cro Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 BT Infinity here too and no dramas to report now I switched to a HUB5 instead of a HUB3. On the TV side we are still using SKY but I am looking to scrap this year. Ive been experimenting with KODI on my Macbook and tempted to get a dedicated android box for the TV. My wife and daughter seem to be watching a lot of Netflix at the minute which is on the smart tv anyway, I don't currently have an ariel plugged in because we watch everything through Sky, which even with no subscription you can still watch non-subscription channels if I do cancel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Faulkner Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Thanks for the replies. I think BT is the way to go and save over £25 a month. Enough money to fill the Wessie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkFRST Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Register on topcashback and click through, BT cashbook is often £100-200, there is no catch except it can take a few weeks/months for it to pay. BT had fibre for £15/month recently for new customers yet I pay more- I tried to get mine down but they don't care once you're in! Just looked - currently £126 cashbook for broadband and calls, bit more if you take TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John K Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35472198 Oops... No sooner had I spoken then it seems a lot of BT's broadband is down and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tisme Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Take a look at Plusnet - UK based (including customer services / call centre) and utterly reliable service - they are actually owned by BT (a sort of "value" brand) and use the BT Wholesale (Openreach) network like many other ISP's. However, I believe they've not been affected by BT's problems today (we have been ok, neighbour on BT wasn't) as Plusnet have their own servers etc. As for Sky - we ditched it when my son left home 10 years ago and went Freesat (with the same dish / Lnb) - Humax appear to be the favoured box with a number of different options (integral or add on hard drives, multi Lnb support etc). In fact if you get a good digital TV aerial you can have Freeview as well (not every channel on Freesat is available on Freeview and vice versa). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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