Sky Tv.

[Ama16]

Can anyone recommend a cheaper alternative? Been with Sky for about 15 years mainly because partner loves the sport channels but it's getting ridiculous the amount we pay, I just want to cancel the whole thing, my partner however is slightly more reluctant to try some thing new.

[ichkeria]

Depends what you want. Sky is very expensive, but that is partly because they are really the only option if you want a variety of sports and entertainment that go beyond the usual plethora of rubbish channels.
Now TV, which is basically Sky offering their premium services as a sort of pay as you go (you buy "passes" for specific lengths of time), non-satellite option, might be worth looking at.
Freeview is free, but rubbish, BT Sport is good but .... just sport.

[ichkeria]

Virgin cable I guess is the other option, but I have rarely heard a good word said about them ....

[theshedman]

We switched to Bt just over a year ago. We now get the sports channels which we didn't have with sky and fibre broadband which we didn't have either. Broadband much faster now and all the football I need. This is around £30 cheaper than sky was. You will get faults with them all but so far it is working out fine.

[theshedman]

Forgot we can't get cable here is Devon where I live so can't compare the 2.

[Ama16]

Thanks for replies, I'll look into Now tv, am off to work now but I plan on ringing sky on Monday to see if I can cancel.

[mccfluff]

virgins very good, i have it and rarely any issues but like sky its not cheap - NOW tv, as Ickeria mentioned, is probably your best bet

[sunny-dave]

Ring Sky and threaten to cancel and then haggle - I've currently got well over 60% 'loyalty discount' with no minimum contract period - I pay £35.60 a month for all the sports and all the film channels (can't have Sky broadband as no fibre in the village).

[Hopkirk]

Their loyalty department will always offer big discounts if you try to cancel. Why would anyone pay full price?