Has Anyone Got BT TV?

Vertigo1 said:
So if you want BT Sport via Sky it costs over twice what it does from BT directly?

Sick of this crap tbh and don't know why Ofcom don't consider it anti-competitive. If Sky charged Virgin Media double to carry their sports channels they'd be slapped down in no time but BT are allowed to get away with it?
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You cant really say that without knowing the facts. Not so long since Sky got into trouble for charging over the odds for Sky Sports to be sold on 3rd party providers. Sky and BT have always been at odds over each others content. Sky Sports on BT costs about £28 and you only get two channels Sky Sports 1 and 2 so who has got who over a barrel ? Last year Sky chucked their toys out of the pram and forced BT to stop having Sky Movies but then relented and a new agreement was made when the "rebranding" of Sky movies occurred and its available again. I think Sky has the upper hand and still dictates most of the pricing. BT Sports used to be free on Sky if you had BT broadband not sure whether it still is. I wouldnt be surprised if Sky price for BT Sports has a premium on top for Sky so dont be so quick to blame BT. Sky is a lot more powerful broadcaster than BT its one of the most powerful.

Another thing Sky has control over is if you have BT TV and pay for Sky Sports you can only have it on one box. Really annoying if you have two boxes. Thats why I get Sky Sports on Now TV as and when.
 
varkanoid said:
You cant really say that without knowing the facts. Not so long since Sky got into trouble for charging over the odds for Sky Sports to be sold on 3rd party providers. Sky and BT have always been at odds over each others content. Sky Sports on BT costs about £28 and you only get two channels Sky Sports 1 and 2 so who has got who over a barrel ?
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At least Sky charge everyone about the same - if you want it on Virgin then it'll cost you much the same as on BT or from Sky themselves.

The point is that BT charge massively more to Sky customers than literally anyone else. BT customers get it for free or for a few quid a month. Virgin Media customers get it bundled with the higher-end packages. It's only Sky customers who they charge through the nose and that's the point - if Sky charged BT customers £28 but everyone else a fiver, Ofcom would be all over them.

I have no time at all for BT. I ditched them as a provider when I last moved house over 15 years ago because they were beyond dreadful and they haven't changed. When they pinched some of the football from Sky they lauded it as a victory for the consumer and that they were adding competition to the marketplace yet all they've done is left us with a situation where you need both Sky Sports and BT Sport if you want all the football and they're at war with each other so we, the consumer, lose out. This is the type of anti-competitive crap that Ofcom need to be stamping on.
 
Vertigo1 said:
The point is that BT charge massively more to Sky customers than literally anyone else. BT customers get it for free or for a few quid a month. Virgin Media customers get it bundled with the higher-end packages. It's only Sky customers who they charge through the nose and that's the point - if Sky charged BT customers £28 but everyone else a fiver, Ofcom would be all over them.
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You don't know what the deal is though. Maybe Virgin absorb some of the cost rather than pass it all onto consumers in a bid to win market share.

And it makes sense for BT to offer it cheap as it's a great way to tempt customers to their platform. Some may say it's the only reason.

For all we know, BT might charge Sky £5 per user and Sky whack the price up to put off it's customers from using BT in a bid to hurt BT's margins.

Without all the facts we're all just making stuff up.
 
Marvt74 said:
You don't know what the deal is though. Maybe Virgin absorb some of the cost rather than pass it all onto consumers in a bid to win market share.

And it makes sense for BT to offer it cheap as it's a great way to tempt customers to their platform. Some may say it's the only reason.

For all we know, BT might charge Sky £5 per user and Sky whack the price up to put off it's customers from using BT in a bid to hurt BT's margins.

Without all the facts we're all just making stuff up.
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Here here and Vertigo1 is basing his opinion on BT 15 years ago without current clarification ? :) No one provider is perfect and it is personal taste. We dont watch every football match so for us the answer is BT TV and Now TV for Sky Sports. This is the best choice because I can chose to pay for the matches I want to watch on Sky and I dont have to pay a monthly fee.

Just to give you a comparison if I didnt get BT TV free it would cost me about £80 for TV, Fibre, phone, line rental and the odd football match say two a month about an extra £9. Sky wanted me to pay £80 a month (without doing the discount merrygoround) just for TV, Sports and Movies. So for me BT TV and Now TV gives me everything I want and we are saving a packet.
 
Bugger, i just rang up as was cancelling my mother in laws BT and the guy offered me the Entertainment plus package for £5 a month with a £10 delivery charge. Figured i couldn't complain at that and it was worth it just to have the ability to pause tv again!

Then checked my room and don't have an aerial socket. Really can't be bothered getting one installed either so i've spent about 40 minutes on the phone, ordering and then cancelling my order!
 
Well, the plan to get a cheap freeview PVR worked even better than expected.

The day after my box was arrived, I got my BT price increase notification so phoned them to try and negotiate a deal.

They were unwilling to budge on anything, so agreed to let me cancel everything (incl TV.) without any charges.

I'm therefore moving my broadband elsewhere, and have managed to get the PVR for something like £6 (just over 1/2 a months TV subscription)
 
Surprised they didnt ask for the box back as you only just got it. My email arrived today notifying of the price rise. If it wasnt for the TV I'd probably look elsewhere for my broadband too although I`m still considering dropping to Infinity 1 which would save me about £4 for not much less speed.
 
varkanoid;30490569 said:
Surprised they didnt ask for the box back as you only just got it. My email arrived today notifying of the price rise. If it wasnt for the TV I'd probably look elsewhere for my broadband too although I`m still considering dropping to Infinity 1 which would save me about £4 for not much less speed.
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There is a specific clause in their terms which says you dont have to give anything back if you leave because of a price rise.
 
I was tempted to leave as i've got my TCB payout but ultimately the deal is still pretty decent and £33 a month for 76mb and discounts on the mobile side of things were too good to pass on.
 
Hi Guys,

Think I'm being ripped off. Inc the price rises I'll be paying £51 a month for

50mb Broadband
Line Rental
Starter TV (think its just freeview)
BT Sports

Can I legally cancel my BT contract early due to the price rise?
 
glen8;30491508 said:
Hi Guys,

Think I'm being ripped off. Inc the price rises I'll be paying £51 a month for

50mb Broadband
Line Rental
Starter TV (think its just freeview)
BT Sports

Can I legally cancel my BT contract early due to the price rise?
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Sounds like a good price to me. I get Infinity 2 with line rental and phone for £53.50 under the new pricing. No TV !! If I paid for my TV it would be £83.

Yes you can cancel if its within 30 days of receiving your price increase email.
 
I pay £32 + £18.99 + £6.50 for Infinity 2, line rental and Unlimited Anytime Calls. I think I need to give BT a ring since my broadband contract finishes next month. But I am so happy with the service, the most reliable/speed I can wish for. Literally I get the max speed and no drop outs unless i turn off the router. So I am not sure I wanna change ISP.
 
I get Inifnity 2 from BT and TV from Sky which combined is about 100 quid a month. They've both announced price rises so thought I'd look at a combined package from either or jump ship to Virgin. Rang BT to ask about my contract end date. They sent me a newer Home Hub a while back (unprompted) and the acceptance of which meant another 18 month contract so my end date is 2018 or have to pay £370.

Right at the end of the call she asked my why I was thinking of moving so mentioned it was too much, thinking of combined phone, broadband and TV, oh, and the recently announced price rise. She said, "As you've mentioned the price rise, we'll waive the cancellation fee and you're free to leave as long as it's within 30 days of this call".

If I hadn't have said the words 'price rise' I would have been locked in for another year. Mulling moving all to Sky but probably going with Virgin.
 
BillHicksRIP;30493867 said:
I get Inifnity 2 from BT and TV from Sky which combined is about 100 quid a month. They've both announced price rises so thought I'd look at a combined package from either or jump ship to Virgin. Rang BT to ask about my contract end date. They sent me a newer Home Hub a while back (unprompted) and the acceptance of which meant another 18 month contract so my end date is 2018 or have to pay £370.

Right at the end of the call she asked my why I was thinking of moving so mentioned it was too much, thinking of combined phone, broadband and TV, oh, and the recently announced price rise. She said, "As you've mentioned the price rise, well waive the cancellation fee and you're free to leave as long as it's within 30 days of this call".

If I hadn't have said the words 'price rise' I would have been locked in for another year. Mulling moving all to Sky but probably going with Virgin.
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Did you not received your BT email yet ? Already been mentioned several times on here that you can cancel withing 30 days of receiving the price rise notification.
 
varkanoid;30497513 said:
What did you end up getting ?
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If you decide to leave before your out of contract, ring BT so they can put something on your account to waiver the termination fees. Just takes a couple of mins. You then have 30 days IIRC.

anyway, I phoned Sky and got the following

Sky Q 2TB Box
Sky Q Mini Multiroom
Full TV Package with Boxsets, Movies, Sports, Sports HD pack
Fibre Max 80Mb Broadband
Sky Talk Evenings and Weekends + Line Rental

£25 Install Fee
£87 a month

Considering I was paying £50 with BT, and then paying for Now TV vouchers (inc the £33.99 sports one) I don't think it's too bad.
 
glen8;30491508 said:
Hi Guys,

Think I'm being ripped off. Inc the price rises I'll be paying £51 a month for

50mb Broadband
Line Rental
Starter TV (think its just freeview)
BT Sports

Can I legally cancel my BT contract early due to the price rise?
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Yes you can, ring them up and negotiate if nothing acceptable is offered you have the right to cancel and you're definitely paying too much!

The thing that most annoys me still is all the new customer offers I move my broadband and landline every year (been flip flopping between sky and BT for about 5) all because they won't offer incentives to stay! This year BT have given me £85 cashback via quidco and £125 pre-paid visa card so once that's all taken into account my monthly bill for infinity1 and line rental is less than £20 a month but I know in a years time I'll have to go back to sky or similar to get a similar offer!
 
Would the people who have/had BT TV recommend it? I've seen the same offer as the OP and thinking it might be a good way of reducing my monthly spend on TV subscriptions compared to Sky. I can get most of the Sky stuff I'd want to watch via NowTV on the box on a month-to-month basis, plus do the same with Netflix as and when I feel like it. Might be better than paying a fixed amount each month for Sky, plus I'd get a nice new box as opposed to my ageing Sky one.
 
I have it and overall I could live without it tbh. But since I have phone and broadband with them the tv costs very little. On its own it's not that much more than Freeview (assuming you use Netflix, Prime, Now, etc. one ot more of these).
 
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