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Moving on from Sky

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GucciBear · 09/03/2024 14:33

I have been a Sky customer for years and have both Broadband and TV with them.

This is too expensive! Can anyone give suggestions on new broadband and tv channels please and, are the free channels worth bothering with? Thank you.

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Tribeswoman · 09/03/2024 15:34

We changed from sky to the fire tv few months ago. Lots to watch and catch up tv. The only thing is that there’s plenty of advertising on there and I don’t know if it’s possible to block them. We have Netflix and Disney pay subscription and rest are free to watch.

I am no expert but I think you can get VPN to watch international channels on your fire stick .

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GucciBear · 09/03/2024 17:53

Thank you. Shall investigate.

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Baldieheid · 09/03/2024 17:57

We dropped sky a couple of years ago and invested in a freesat box, as aerial reception here is rotten. DH misses some of his sports coverage, like cricket, but otherwise we have everything we need. I miss sky arts but again, it's not a tragedy.

Mindymomo · 09/03/2024 18:03

With 3 men here plus myself, there’s no way I can cancel Sky due to sports coverage, football, cricket and now tennis. We hardly watch any films on Sky, so I’d love to make a change. We also have BT, Netflix and Amazon Prime, although adult sons pay towards these. Plus the cost of phones, it’s easy to see where a lot of our money goes compared to say 30 years ago.

OldTinHat · 09/03/2024 18:06

I use torrent streaming. Never download or upload. This is not illegal in the UK. Saves a fortune in tv subscriptions.

UseItOrloseItt · 09/03/2024 19:04

Highly controversial sometimes...but the popular option now for TV is a Firestick. Circa £50 a year for every channel known to man, plus a huge library of films and box sets 🧐

AristotelianPhysics · 09/03/2024 19:06

The ahem… firestick

ohdamnitjanet · 09/03/2024 19:08

UseItOrloseItt · 09/03/2024 19:04

Highly controversial sometimes...but the popular option now for TV is a Firestick. Circa £50 a year for every channel known to man, plus a huge library of films and box sets 🧐

Why is it controversial? I don’t really understand how they work!

UseItOrloseItt · 09/03/2024 19:57

Why is it controversial? I don’t really understand how they work!

The service costs about 50 quid a YEAR. For hundreds of TV channels (every Sports/Movie/Sky/Premium channel you can name). Thousands of films and box sets.

Fifty quid a year, streamed through your Firestick...there's good reason it's controversial 😂

If you're curious, chuck 'Firestick' into FB Marketplace. You'll see some interesting ads 👀

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