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Sky Digital and Broadband

Phil772 — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 01:35:35 GMT

Hi,
Apologies if this is a bit off topic. I have sky didgital and was wondering how it works with broadband phone filters provided with ADSL modems. Should it plug into the phoneline part of the filter like a normal phone? What does sky digital use on the phone line? ADSL?

If anyone can rescue me from my ignorance on this matter I'd appreciate it.

Thanks
Phil

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

Akanksha — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 02:40:19 GMT

Yes, it goes into the filter where both your broadband and your TV signal comes.
Coz the satellite signals are encrypted it needs to authorize viewing which is generally done by dialing using the phone however I guess you could call them up to do it for you somehow, I am not sure how that works!

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

kee-lo_ — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 20:58:00 GMT

You should fit a filter on every phone line socket, like Sky, and your main phone.

Sky use a 56k modem to contact Sky to enter competitions, allow unencrypted Box Office watching (PPV) and sports events.

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

feederfan — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 22:07:51 GMT

Our sky box never worked after we got broadband, if we want box office we have to phone up, very annoying! And yes i made sure ive used microfilters in the correct places n all the rest!

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

kee-lo_ — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 23:00:31 GMT

Same problem, so I had to disconnect so they could watch Box Office.
Now we rent DVDs.

Sky now charge £65 just to look at the box, and if there's nothing wrong they still want £65..... damn meglomainiacs!

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

feederfan — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 11:35:41 GMT

We had it worse, we had Sky out, they charged us £65 to tell us it was BT's fault, then my friends dad, who is a BT engineer said it was the sky box's fault! mad!

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

TygerTyger — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 14:15:27 GMT

I had to disconnect Sky as well. In fact i had to take the panel off the front of the phone socket in order to plug it in because Sky had put their own one on. And I'm 99% sure it's Skys fault that it won't allow broadband, they as good as told me when I asked them.

It's in the Sky contract that it must be plugged into the phone at all times, so be sure to ring up and ask so there's a record and you can't get bitten later on.

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

kee-lo_ — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 15:27:22 GMT

I hate Sky, bunch of meglomainacs!
They want to start their own BB you know.... probably an antitrust case

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

chris_lewis — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 15:43:56 GMT

I use DSL Cable, phone, tv, Broadband through 1 coaxial cable,
With BT & Sky the only connection to your house is a standard phone line it cant do dial up & BB @ the same time.

Telewest (or Telestress as I now call them) have a brilliant system, just a shame ther customer service is not up to scratch.

C

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

kee-lo_ — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 15:46:55 GMT

I don't understand why Sky doesn't upgrade the system to handle broadband connections.

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

GBS — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 18:47:02 GMT

Hi

I was surprised to see this post as I have had no problems. We have Onetel broadband. I have plugged the tel cable from Sky box into one filter, and the telephone into the other filter (yes, onetel even send 2 filters, nice of them hey). No problems, and have just checked in case I had missed something, so I am not sure it is sky's probelm (though they are power crazy zealots).

cheers
Graham

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

kee-lo_ — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 19:43:39 GMT

PIPEX sold us 3 for £2

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

Akanksha — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 23:14:33 GMT

Telewest does its job best, in fact in the future, we may have cabletv over broadband like in some places in Europe, so that rules out sky completely! But then again, who wants all those wires?

By the way, completely off the topic, saw TT's avatar - Jennifer Aniston,
did you know she and Brad split up this morning, isnt that awful ? ahem! Brad's available again

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

TygerTyger — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 23:31:21 GMT

They split up? Excellent, now she can stop making excuses about why she hasn't called, the tease.

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

kee-lo_ — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 17:56:37 GMT

Hehe they probably wouldn't look twice at us, we need to have like 100000000 quid

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

TygerTyger — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 18:45:12 GMT

They? Well I'm only interested in her, but far be it for me to judge those who swing like a barn door.

Nah, only joking.

Re: Sky Digital and Broadband

kee-lo_ — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 20:31:14 GMT