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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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Pinkdelight3 · 27/03/2024 13:47

If you threaten to leave, they'll offer you a much better deal. They'll do anything to keep you. If you stick with the standard rate, they mug you off.

SlowlyLurking · 27/03/2024 13:50

Virgin with Sky Sports and Sky Cinema, exceptionally fast broadband etc for £74

SlowlyLurking · 27/03/2024 13:50

Virgin also pays for our Netflix I should say in that price

Jovacknockowitch · 27/03/2024 13:50

Fuck to paying Sky anything.
£37 for Broadband.

Dutchesss · 27/03/2024 13:53

Broadband £24 with Virgin.
Netflix £7
Disney £7
Prime £5
TV licence is more than I would like and we very rarely watch iPlayer. Probably once a fortnight.

PurpleFlower1983 · 27/03/2024 13:59

£90 a month for Sky TV, Sky Talk and broadband. Full Sky Package including cinema and sports, Netflix etc. Some of you need to phone up and negotiate hard! They put ours up to £170 and I phoned and gave notice to cancel. They came back with £90 a week later.

Bloom15 · 27/03/2024 13:59

We pay £69 for Virgin - that includes broadband and the tv package includes Sky Sports and Sky Movies.

My DH and myself wfh and the internet is fine

CranfordScones · 27/03/2024 14:02

I didn't think people actually paid that much! I pay £25 a month for v. reliable broadband and £10 for the copper line - no actual phone.
Nothing else: no licence fee, no subscriptions.

How do people find the time to do anything else? It must be like a gym membership where you feel you have to spend hours a day watching tv because you've paid for it? I don't understand...

Dartmoorcheffy · 27/03/2024 14:05

I think we pay around 150 a month, but we do watch a lot. Dp has all his sports and we watch plenty of movies. We don't really go out drinking but we enjoy chilling out watching stuff.

Whatevershallidowithmylife · 27/03/2024 14:05

£48 for broadband and basic Sky channels plus £11 Netflix which is about to be cut. Motogp is watched via DM BT subscription which she fets free and doesn't watch.

Jc2001 · 27/03/2024 14:08

teaandcake32 · 27/03/2024 12:54

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.

Have you checked out what you can get elsewhere and phoned up for a deal / discount with Sky?

Bearbookagainandagain · 27/03/2024 14:10

We pay just under 30 quids a month for fast fibre, plus about 30-40 pounds for subscription to Netflix, All4+ and the like (but we cancel those when we don't use them).

Dozycuntlaters · 27/03/2024 14:13

£27 for broadband through UW and £10 for Now TV

Haydenn · 27/03/2024 14:13

Holy fuck! I’ve learned something today, had no idea these things were so expensive. £21 for internet and a TV license that I am thinking about giving up because it seemed too pricey!!

CatLevelCare · 27/03/2024 14:14

£180 pm. That's ridiculous.

Over 2k per year, and nearly 11k for 5 years if it doesn't increase.

I pay about £55 pm for bt broadband, tv and sport package.
And I think that's too much.

teaandcake32 · 27/03/2024 14:15

Jc2001 · 27/03/2024 14:08

Have you checked out what you can get elsewhere and phoned up for a deal / discount with Sky?

I've just spoken to them, they gave me some spiel about the price going up next month and they could get the cost down to 176, when I said that was too much they said 169, then 152 then 110 going up to 136 in three months.

Looking on their website I can get the new Sky Glass tv with broadband and all channels for £65 a month!

I'm gonna sign up via their website then cancel the existing contract.

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Verv · 27/03/2024 14:20

I think broadband is just under 70 and the subs for Netflix Prime Disney NowTV Paramount and Apple come in at around 60 as well.
I never watch actual TV, always streaming.

PurpleFlower1983 · 27/03/2024 14:20

teaandcake32 · 27/03/2024 14:15

I've just spoken to them, they gave me some spiel about the price going up next month and they could get the cost down to 176, when I said that was too much they said 169, then 152 then 110 going up to 136 in three months.

Looking on their website I can get the new Sky Glass tv with broadband and all channels for £65 a month!

I'm gonna sign up via their website then cancel the existing contract.

Just be aware you can’t record with Sky Glass as it’s all streamed but if this isn’t an issue then it’s a no brainer! If you want to keep Sky Q, cancel and they will call you within 2 weeks with a retention offer that should be around the lowest they can get it.

teaandcake32 · 27/03/2024 14:22

PurpleFlower1983 · 27/03/2024 14:20

Just be aware you can’t record with Sky Glass as it’s all streamed but if this isn’t an issue then it’s a no brainer! If you want to keep Sky Q, cancel and they will call you within 2 weeks with a retention offer that should be around the lowest they can get it.

Ah I didn't know you couldn't record, thanks for the heads up.

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sanityisamyth · 27/03/2024 14:23

Don't have sky. I pay £30/month for broadband. I pay for TV licence (BBC), Amazon prime and britbox. Keeps me entertained.

Metootootoo · 27/03/2024 14:25

£20 a month for BB 350mb, tv (fairly basic) and phone, although we don’t use phone. We are with Virgin.

shellyleppard · 27/03/2024 14:26

£35 for broadband and now TV. Our television already gets Freeview

Serenity45 · 27/03/2024 14:27

£50 for Virgin broadband superfast with wifi booster pod and Virgin XL TV package. I go through the rigmarole of asking to leave at the end of every contract and renegotiating a lower price.

We both WFH and the wifi is good even with us both on multiple Zoom / Teams calls each day

£5.99 Netflix as we only watch at home so cheapest option. We use my brother's Disney+ for free as well as a slightly dodgy streaming website

Bigtitsbettyforgotherpassword · 27/03/2024 14:29

£72 for sky glass and ultra fast broadband. The hat includes the actual television set, Netflix, sky channels but not sports or cinema.

Portakalkedi · 27/03/2024 14:31

£15 a month fibre broadband, and alternate monthly between Netflix 4.99 and the odd promo trial of Prime or Disney at 4.99. Can't justify having two of them at the same time for max 1-2 hours viewing a day. So £20 monthly.