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Moving house next weekend, and wondering what to do about my Sky and broadband.

Can't get cable where I'm moving to, so unfortunately that's not an option.  I currently get my Sky TV and broadband through Sky.

I've had Sky for ages now, and my special rate that Mr Eccles helped me get is now finished.  So I have the option of leaving them when I move and looking for alternatives for my broadband (via the BT line obviously), and can I then sign up to Sky TV as a new customer with a good discount on the package?  Or am I best to tell them I'm moving but I want a discount on what I'm currently paying?

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Worth a try asking for a deal, especially if you can find a credible better offer from another provider to use in the argument.

FWIW, I looked at alternatives a couple of months ago and decided that Sky was still the best option for me.  They were excellent in getting the move sorted (albeit I didn't have broadband with them).

The first thing I'd do in this situation is go on a poker forum and see what everybody on there thinks.

Lot's of random opinions could be really useful in this matter.

Then I'd ring Sky and see if they might have any ideas......

i actually do have good advice mr evil pie sir....

are you movingon your own or with a n other?

So much funnier on the car thread though!

Move to a house where you can get cable obv.

might be worth checking out
plus net for broadband and a hd freeview box ?

Probably worth checking your exchange here (http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange_search) to find out who has LLU equipment installed. Then compare prices of the ones that have.

You moving  in with girlfriend?

If you ring Sky up and tell them you're thinking of leaving they'll give you all kinds of good deals and offer to suck you off*.

*Their call centre is in Scotland so I may have misheard her.

Already live with her, but yes, moving in to new house together - you suggesting that I cancel and then sign up in her name at the new address?

Just the standard ones on the BT exchange (Sky, BT, Talk Talk, O2, Tiscali, AOL, etc.). 

I know, school-boy error.

What do you think? It is well known new customers always get the best deals call them and find out. The salesman will happily tell you what you could gain by opening a new account in her name as he would get the credit for the new sale.

So wooly jumper is now the nuts?

Had a look at the deals for 'new customers only' - was wondering if there were any special deals available for Sky employee's friends and family like before?

Heard O2 are gonna be the nuts in the future.

GL with your SKy box move if you do decide to do it... I moved my Sky box to Stu's place and it was a little bit of a nightmare.... we ended up without channels for a wee while :S

Now we're just waiting for JS / GOT and BoardWalk to be back in our lives ;-)

Had a look at the deals for 'new customers only' - was wondering if there were any special deals available for Sky employee's friends and family like before?

There may be, you should try to find someone that works for them and ask, pretty sure there were more than just me before I left. Sorry for slow reply, on holiday at the minute.

Can't see it myself, what you heard Girdy?

just heard they gonna have the best tv/broadband/phone deals in the next few years.

Sky were pissing about telling me it'd be at least a month until my phone and broadband would both be up and running. So sacked them off.

Decided BT might be quickest to get the phone sorted, and then planned to go with O2 as Lyndsey is with them on her mobile and can therefore get a discount. But as I was talking to BT I was pleasantly surprised to hear I could get Infinity here. So the 3MB Sam knows was telling me I could get could actually be 30MB+. Not only that, but it can all be up and running in a week.

So that's a better resolution than I was expecting.

Can't get a 3G signal here to get on the Internet, but fortunately a neighbour has an unsecured wi-fi connection. So thanks to them!

Sounds like a good result :)up

Bink!

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Apparently, will take 72 hours to get to full speed for some reason (blatant brag post imo)

Very Nice Indeed

I am moving house in 2 weeks to an area which has no 3g/broadband dongle coverage, no virgin, what it does have though is BT 'Broadband' with a max speed of 512kbs. wiiiiiiiiiiiiii...Like going back a decade.

Gone are my days of unlimited downloading, video streaming and online gaming. FML

Suicide please.

Same here milligan although I manage to reach the heady heights of 0.8Mb/s. BT keep rubbing it in by sending me emails advising that my exchange now has Fibre to the Cabinet (i.e. Infinity).

[ ] I'm close enough to the exchange to get it.