BT and sky

Pittcity I tried that, didn't work for me, I think I didn't sound convincing enough! It's annoying though: I want to stick to Virgin because BT internet where I live has an awful rep wheas with fibre it's fine.

Update.
I have just rung BT to cancel BT Sport.
They can't believe I want to leave them so they will see what they can offer me!!
If I agree to stay with them for 18 months they will cut my monthly bill from £46 to £26. So why am I currently paying them £72 ? Ah well...
I am still going to sky.

devongirl we've been with Virgin since they were NTL, about 14 years.....we would need to get a new aerial for Freeview and reception is pants here. Virgin's broadband is hard to beat and DS is a computer gamer.
So we really don't want to leave.
We just ask for the offers that new customers can get by telling them that we will leave. It has always worked until now.

When we moved here 10 years ago we tried to get the complete Sky package but were told it was not available here. There is no cable, so we have phone & broadband from BT and TV from Sky (we only really have that as it's the only way DH can watch his beloved cricket).

devongirl I was told this price would apply for 18 months. I will read the small print when the welcome pack arrives.

Devongirl,
Virgin finally offered me a reduction when I changed to talktalk!
I had phoned them a few times in the last few years, to ask if there was anything I could do to reduce my package, but they claimed there wasn't.
Just before the change went ahead, they phoned to offer a price match, which was almost half what they were charging. I declined.

pittcity good luck with getting a reduction out of Virgin! I've been a customer for over 2 years and of course after the introductory period the price went up - and up and up.. I rang a couple of times but have never been able to get a reduction in price other than by reducing the components of my package. I'll be interested to hear how you get on!

annsixty this may also apply to your price reducti0n, i.e. you have a special reduced price for the first 3mths, 6mths whatever..

We have Sky HD, broadband (fairly slow here) and telephone. We do not have sport or movies. We pay about £78 a month. I had thought of going for SkyQ. Has anyone had this? I haven't checked how much extra it costs.

Wouldn't be without HD now!

Had a look on the BT page and it seems like you need an ethernet cable from hub to TV, that means three doors to go round. Sky is wireless.

I thought Sky packages were all delivered through the satellite. DD has Sky as they were much cheaper than anything else - just the basic package with phone as well as wifi etc- and she has some thing which looks like a memory stick from Amazon which allows her to watch films and box sets etc. She needs to have a good broadband connection as often needs to work from home.

I will have a look. Do you get pause on BT vision? - absolutely essential in this house as I have a hubby who asks what is happening as he wasn't concentrating so then I miss what is happening now as I have to tell him what happened a minute ago IYSWIM

Tizliz we get them on BT Vision along with many other channels.

Quite happy with Sky+. Love being able to pause, record etc and OH likes all the outdoor type programmes on Nat Geo - Live Below Zero, Mountain men etc - which don't seem to be available elsewhere. Refuse to pay extra for HD, can't see the point.

We have BT Vision & fibre optic broadband unlimited use along with BT Sports (free) all the free channels and 2 packages from BT for £46.00 per month includes line rental,I renegotiate every October and always keep the amount similar to this or threaten to change suppliers there is a department within BT to do this but not sure what the dept is called,I can't understand paying money for channels that you don't watch you might as well throw it away.

Made me go and work mine out. Total of £81 gives me all my phone calls, broadband - about 35 mbs, and a fairly basic Sky+ package. Plus of course the TV licence. We all do seem to pay a lot for our entertainment, is it worth it?

We have Virgin and get broadband of >=200 mbs, this means that we've got smart TV in all rooms plus tablets and lap tops, which can be on at the same time with no deterioration of service including my beloved Alexa, plus an xl package with the TV ( no films or sport) although we do have BT sport for free. Our land line gives the usual free calls to other Virgin numbers but have to have a separate contract for mobiles and we get all this for £76 a month.

Well I never! We pay something like £127 pm (!!). DH does this and when I , regularly, complain about the waste of money he gives me some tale about availability in our area. The REAL reason, of course, is sport-morning, noon and night, somewhere in the world someone is doing something. What a waste of money IMHO

We have Sky with multi room and sports, no movies, and pay £45 month. My broadband and phone with Plusnet, line rental paid year in advance so cheaper than monthly (179 if I remember correctly) and £12.99 month for fibre unlimited bb. Calls on top but we often don't make any and rarely go above a fiver a month. Sky we negotiate every renewal time, usually cancel and then get better offer. My plusnet was negotiated down on last year too. I left BT as they were getting so expensive.

My BT phone and broadband is £150 per quarterly bill, much more than when I changed to them 2 years ago and am wondering who to go with. But, I've just cancelled Sky. It's £68 a month and it was my late DH and later my DS who wanted it. The Sky channels are only watched by family when they visit at weekends so it's far too much money. I hadn't thought of asking about combining phone and broadband with it as I feel I just don't need it.

I almost feel sorry for virgin when they put our bills up.
OH ties them up in knots and then screws them into the ground. It's almost embarrassing.

annsixty, I did exactly the same last month. BT was incredibly overpriced. For my landline and broadband I was paying £65 a month with BT.
I now have the whole lot from Sky and paying £75 a month! We have multi room, no movies or sport.

I phoned BT to cancel my package and they asked why I was leaving I told them they were far too expensive. straight away she said she could lower my bill to £35. I asked why they hadn't offered this before and she said they don't unless asked!

I still went with the Sky package as even with the reduction it was going to be very similar and at least it is only one bill.

We are limited here as to who we can use, Virgin aren't in this area.

It seems we have done the right thing then Tippy
We don't have movies but do have the sports channels for which I was quoted £20 a month.

annsixty we have just done exactly the same and also halved our bill. We don't have the movie channels and limited sport but that suits us. The BT bill was just getting too much especially as we never used BT to make a phone call. We are apparently too close to the coast to be able to use Freeview which is a shame because they have a lot of the local radio stations which Sky doesn't have.

That includes line rental of about£ 19 a month, I can't remember exactly but have it written down . It was certainly no more than that.