Signing up to Sky without having to take installation?

[COOBS]

Is it possible to order a multi room sky viewing card ONLY for my spare sky satellite receiver in my bedroom without having to get an extra phone line installed and having it connected permanently?

I do not want to sign up to another new contract for 12 months. I want to be able to stop and start the multi room card whenever I want, not be stuck in a contract.

 

[Lazarus]

You can certainly get a Card only - But there is no way around the requirement for all multiroom Boxes to be connected to the same phone line: Its an anti-fraud measure and is actively policed. That said, quite a few people have reported that they have never so much as received a snotty warning letter despite regularly using a multiroom Card at eg a Caravan or Holiday Home.

AFAIK they won't start charging full Subs until after two warning letters have been ignored.

As for the 12 month Contract, I'm afraid you're stuck with that.

If they allowed stop/start usage, I might even have cracked myself and given myself visual access to The Ashes (Albeit I am one of those who strongly believe its a Sporting Crown Jewel and should be FTA!).

 

[ziggyblue]

I am back from the UK where I used a friend´s phone to order a Sky contract. She said is it for this phone number and I said no and gave them a UK mobile number. I am just waiting for the cards to be sent to the UK address given. How long does it normally take for them to arrive?

 

[Lazarus]

I am back from the UK where I used a friend´s phone to order a Sky contract. She said is it for this phone number and I said no and gave them a UK mobile number. I am just waiting for the cards to be sent to the UK address given. How long does it normally take for them to arrive?

Not long at all - within 3 days unless your local Postie is inclined to go on strike!

 

[ziggyblue]

I got the new sky cards but they couldn´t activate it because the second hand box is already activated with the existing card that was in it which is to an unknown person. How the hell do I get this activated now?

 

[A nonymous]

Ring them and tell them to activate the card. If they don't tell them to stuff it as you are well within your rights to do so if you are still inside the 14 day cooling off period

 

[ratbiker]

I know this is an old thread, but I just want to confirm before I make an ass out of myself.

I have a self installed dish and cabling, and a Sky box I got given a while back.

If I call Sky and ask for a second user subscription as I have a fully setup and working installation with a Panasinic Sky box, they should just set an account up without asking too many questions, or am I going to have to exercise my extreme skills and completely blag them to do it? May be able to use the fact that we have cable downstairs to persuade them, and Sky is not needed, just wanted in my home theatre room :-beer

I plan on using the card in my media centre PC and continue using the Sky box for a few music channels in the kitchen, not that they need to know

Cheers.

 

[satelliteman]

For a second hand box contract, they will set up an account and send out a card for the digibox. No phone line req

 

[lofty531135]

Hi.
Would I need a phone line connected if I asked for a second hand box contract with a full package including Hd.
Thanks,Lofty.

 

[satelliteman]

Hi, in short no

 

[lfc30]

Can you not just buy these 12-month cards which seem really cheap at £145 for 12 months full package? Does anybody know anymore about these cards, whats the catch?

 

[Topper]

Can you not just buy these 12-month cards which seem really cheap at £145 for 12 months full package? Does anybody know anymore about these cards, whats the catch?

Would you care to give us a clue as to what your post is about precisely?

 

[lfc30]

Would you care to give us a clue as to what your post is about precisely?

!
Sorry i forgot to paste the link which was:
_http://www.falconsat.co.uk/categories/Viewing-Cards/Sky-UK-Freesat/


I've since looked at this closer and notice that you pay falconsat for the card then still pay another £450 ish to sky per year for subs, so not the bargain it looked at 1st. I've also read a few thread complaining about this supplier since