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By paying £180 a month for Sky TV and broadband

118 replies

teaandcake32 · 27/03/2024 12:05

Who are you with and how much do you pay?

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BeansOnToast32 · 27/03/2024 13:19

Mines £80 something for Virgin TV, Phone and Broadband. I have the full TV package including TNT and Sky Sports.

You need to speak to them if you want it cheaper, every 18months when my current price is going to expire I get a letter informing me and then I ring them up and always get it cheaper again for another 18months. I'm sure my package is meant to be £150-£160 or something.

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ItIsEverywhere · 27/03/2024 13:16

£37 for fibre broadband inc. my mobile phone and then Netflix separately.
I think I need to show DP this thread to back up my assertion we don't do too badly!

TheDandyLion · 27/03/2024 13:16

£21 for broadband (work pays for half of it cos wfh) and I sail the seas for TV.

GiantRoadPuzzle · 27/03/2024 13:14

£73 for broadband, Sky TV, cinema, sports, kids and Netflix.

Renewed it just before Christmas, I’m pretty dogged on the phone though.

TeenLifeMum · 27/03/2024 13:13

I had no idea. No wonder so many people are poor!

Lemonade84 · 27/03/2024 13:12

I'm gobsmacked by these prices. I pay £29.99 for fibre broadband and £8.99 for Netflix and I begrudge paying that.

Floopani · 27/03/2024 13:12

Wow, that's a huge amount. I pay £45 a month for high speed broadband as we both work from home and DCs are gamers. Then £10 each for netflix and prime. No TV package or TV licence. There is a home phone line but we don't use it, it just makes the broadband cheaper.

lingmerth · 27/03/2024 13:09

We pay £90 monthly with Virgin for broadband, phone line and full package of tv sky sports, sky movies, TNT sport, Netflix and 3 TiVo boxes. I've got a Virgin mobile phone and they always seem to tie in deals with that.
Always always negotiate at the end of a contract.

Lucythecleaner · 27/03/2024 13:09

Im on the 99p a month for 9 months for broadband then it goes up to £26 a month. And use free view. So at the moment just 99p a month

Scarlettpixie · 27/03/2024 13:08

Flipping heck that’s a lot!

I pay £22 for broadband and £3.99 for now TV cinema at the minute and we have prime tv though wouldn’t pay it for the tv package but rather for speedy free amazon post. I have a tv licence and watch a fair bit on bbc iplayer. We dip in and out of Netflix and Disney plus but are currently watching the walking dead on prime (which is handy) and we are only on season 3 so that will keep us going for a bit.

Over the year I reckon I pay on about £50-60 per month on average.

Never had sky.

Caspianberg · 27/03/2024 13:05

Wow.
we pay €40 for internet. €7.99 Netflix

Ditched live tv back in 2008 when I moved and never added since. Never had sky etc

Thats £2000 a year some of you spend, to watch tv?

OfDragonsDeep · 27/03/2024 13:00

I cancelled ours earlier this year when they put it up from £65 to £95. They had a new customer deal on their website for £55 which had all we needed and we asked to move to that deal. They flat out refused, so we left and got fire sticks and internet from Vodafone for £30 per month (+Disney which we already had)

Sky then kept calling us begging to come back, offering to beat the original £55 new customer deal. I had to ask them to stop contacting us as it was too late. So glad we’ve left, get everything we need on the Firesticks and upgraded Fiber internet with Vodafone.

RinklyRomaine · 27/03/2024 12:59

You have to ring every time you are out of contract. They whack it up mid contract and remove offers but if you threaten to go they do usually put it back down again.

SocksAndTheCity · 27/03/2024 12:56

£4.99 a month for Netflix plus rotating free/very cheap trials of Now or Prime. Currently on £1pm (for 3 months) for Now film channels, so £5.99 total.

There's plenty for me on iplayer and All4, plus YouTube. Some of the figures here are incredible.

teaandcake32 · 27/03/2024 12:54

WalkingonWheels · 27/03/2024 12:48

I'm with Sky. I have the superfast fibre broadband, Netflix, Disney +, and Sky TV and pay £42 a month. I think you're being conned a bit there.

Are you a new customer? They seem to have great deals for new customers but the loyal ones they've had for years they rip off.

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OnceinaMinion · 27/03/2024 12:52

What are you getting on sky? I get now Tv for the odd month now and again to watch something on there, it’s not worth it for the tv.

i was overpaying with sky for years, I would ring to get it down and then it would go up again. After I cancelled they sent me the most ridiculously low offer to rejoin. I wouldn’t sign up with them ever again.

Mehjustmeh · 27/03/2024 12:49

We recently left sky don't miss it at all. Was £117 for TV and broadband inc sports HD etc. When we rang to leave they knocked £30 off a month but we said no.
Then last week an offer in the post to come back with even more money off! As a pp said ring them to tell them you're leaving and negotiate it down.

WalkingonWheels · 27/03/2024 12:48

I'm with Sky. I have the superfast fibre broadband, Netflix, Disney +, and Sky TV and pay £42 a month. I think you're being conned a bit there.

anicecuppateaa · 27/03/2024 12:47

Sky broadband, tv and netflix is £78 a month. We were years out of contract and just got a new deal.

ByUmberViewer · 27/03/2024 12:45

If I had £180 spare every month I'd buy private medical insurance not Sky TV.

Boomer55 · 27/03/2024 12:45

£115 for all TV (not sport) Netflix, wi-fi and unlimited calls on landline. It’s very reliable.

mcdonaldschip · 27/03/2024 12:44

We're with BT. It's £67 a month, includes Now TV, Netflix (highest tier), Xbox game pass, 500mb/s, TV, and a phone line. We were bought out by them. We were originally with Virgin for £50 a month for 350mb/s, TV and a phone line. We were paying £15 a month for Netflix on top of that.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 27/03/2024 12:43

We sneekily watch television through our neighbour's window. It's free but we do have to watch what they watch - and they do chose some awful rubbish.

Also, it's not very nice for us stuck outside when it's cold and raining.

claudiawinklemansfringetrimmer · 27/03/2024 12:42

We pay £30 for broadband, £8 for Disney plus, £11 for Netflix and £9 for prime. So £58. I can’t imagine what I’d watch on Sky that would be worth an extra £120 a month to me!