Sky and connection to landline?

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Hi all,

I'm considering getting Sky for the HD broadcasts but the Sky T's and C's state that for the first year you must have it connected to a landline. Now my phone connection point is a couple of rooms away from where I want to bring the feed in from the satellite and I don't want to trail wires through the rooms. Under the floor is no good either due to tiles, etc.

Is there a remote phone line connection solution that could remove the need to cable?

Alternatively is there a method of connecting to Sky without the landline option?

I've spoken to a guy at one of the stands in the shopping centres and he advised me to tell the engineer that I would fix a permanent line after he had left but not to do so. Someone else has told me that Sky do perform checks on this.

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers,

Kev.

 

[daveh75]

If you get a subsidised box from Sky then yes the phoneline will need to be connected for the first 12 month's,and yes Sky will try to do callback's on the box on a regular basis(about once a month) and if the callbacks fail you'll get a letter telling you to connect it to a working phoneline.

Not sure if there is any wireless solutions to extend a phone line, but there is however another solution, Ask Sky for an NPL (No phone line) installation.Sky will charge you extra for an NPL install, £25 i believe, but it saves you any problem's with being in breach of Sky's T&C's further down the line or having to find a way of getting a phone line to where the stb will be.

HTH,

 

[RobinKidderminster]

Wireless senders are usually quite good - try Maplins for your phone sender. £40 at present. I thought Sky needed the line for upgrades/downloads etc. may be wrong tho.

Let us know how well the sender works

 

[daveh75]

RobinKidderminster:

I thought Sky needed the line for upgrades/downloads etc. Firmware updates etc are done OTA (over the air) via satellite!

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the advice. Had a look at the Maplins wireless phone extender. Says it can't carry an ADSL signal and is limited to 36kbps. So I guess I now need to know whether the sky connection is purely a phone not broadband signal and if so, whether the speed limit is an issue. Anyone know?Although if the £25 NPL option is one off payment then at £40 the sender might be a more expensive solution. Is the £25 a one off or do I need to ring Sky? ( call centres :-/ )Cheers,Kev.

 

[daveh75]

The Sky connection is purely a standard phoneline(pstn) connection,not adsl.The £25 NPL installation is a one off charge,though i dont think you can order an NPL install online so you may have to speak to Sky anyway.

 

[idc]

When I had Sky installed at my new house I just accepted that it meant they would run a phone line round the living room and the guy did a good job keeping it neat. But a couple of days later I was attempting to fit a router and saw that the end of the line had come out of its connector. It did not appear to have been properly wired in place in the first place. I phoned Sky and they said they would not send out an engineer for such a small repair. So I told them I would just leave it. Have'nt heard back from them since.

 

[Anonymous]

I got Sky HD earlier this year, and I don't have a landline at all. You have to phone Sky rather tha trying to subscribe on-line, so it's possible you may miss out on the very best offers but for me it was worth it. I told them I din't have a land line nor was I going to get one and asked if there was any way to have Sky regardless. I was after Sky HD ( which I think is great by the way). I had to pay an extra one off fee of £25 when registering for the privelege of not being conected to a land line, but other than that, bingo!

 

[Anonymous]

Many thanks for the replies.

I have just had a chat with Sky via web messenger and they say -

You: I am looking at getting Sky HD but am concerned about the need to connect the box to the BT landline I have. The connection point is miles away (not literally). Is there an option to not connect to the landline?

Sky: What we can do if you order now is, send out an egineer, he can discuss the options with you and if you cant agree a connection method you can just pay £25 one off fee for a wireless connection.

Will order later today!