Leaving Sky - Moving to a less integrated service

[stoofa]

So email this morning and suddenly my services with Sky are going up £6/month. Bizarrely looking at my future bills, I'm seeing price increases for the next 3 months. Can only assume offers are coming to a close.
So anyway, within 3 months I'm still going to be under contract (just) but paying £99/month - something I want to completely avoid.

I'm looking to maintain as close as possible to a "Sky Experience" - as much as I hate Sky and their pricing, their interface does work well etc.

Looking at good old BT - I can get their fastest fibre, TV Entertainment, HD, Netflix (says UHD - so assuming one of the better packages) plus an additional box for around £66/month.

Looking at Talk Talk - fastest fibre, Talk Talk TV+ Box, Entertainment for £36/month. Looks like I need to add in a £25 install if I wanted a second box and then I'd have to add in Netflix separately.

I know there are ways of going even cheaper - get broadband only and then buy a FreeView box and have no subscription. The odd Now TV pass for those channels I'd miss.
I'm not going to insult people here and ask have others done similar - more, to those that have done similar, what was the experience like?
If you're now getting a TV service from BT or TalkTalk instead, how are you finding it?

I've been a Sky customer for too long. I always say "I'm going to leave" but something stops me - time, an offer or the fear that I won't get used to the alternatives. So looking to set mind at ease!

 

[stoofa]

Cheers guys.
I've spent more of the weekend looking into options - I've ruled out the Talk Talk solution mainly down to their box choice and it's lack of UHD support for things like Netflix.

I was favouring the BT solution, but then I got to thinking.
If I was to purchase a Humax DTR-4000 (Which I believe is the YouView box BT supply) separately there is no subscription charges for FreeView channels and the like. I could then simply buy NowTV Entertainment and TV Boost passes for £11.99/month and basically have access to the same as what I'd get from BT - but without the subscription?

So for example - PlusNet fastest fibre is £26.99/month. The Humax box seems to be available for around £135. Then £11.99 of NowTV passes - call it £40/month (I don't include the likes of Netflix and Amazon in my costing as I already pay for those as a "separate" thing). Compared to the Sky price which is going to reach £99/month in three months time once price rises kick in and offers disappear, seems a bit of a no-brainer.

 

[stoofa]

Cheers again people - I'm going to go away and have a think about things now.
I've ended up in this horrible situation where I've got a split Broadband/TV renewal date.
So if I renew my Sky Broadband now, then that rules out me using a BT TV service - I see now the advantage of using BT for me would be the NowTV Entertainment channels would be available for rewind, pause and record from the EPG.
If However I don't renew my Sky Broadband and instead move to BT - that will be £13/month more for my broadband, but would give me room to give Sky a chance to give me a good deal or I can make good on my promise and just leave them.

Meh - too much choice, such a 1st world problem!