krisagg75 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 are'nt they kind of copying bt's deal of free broadband and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Just get Adrian Chiles to present it and it will be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Well I went ahead yesterday and added it to my subscription it went through and there is no new contract involved. A new contract is only involved if you take the broadband offer. You will not be re-contracted if you do not take up the broadband offers and only activate the channel. I do however have to ring them up because I did it twice by accident and it created an error but yeah the above is right as outlined here which may help some people http://tinyurl.com/n9c538m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted June 13, 2014 Moderator Share Posted June 13, 2014 So there is a new contract involved But only if you take the broadband, which is what I would expect I just wasn't aware you could take one and not the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 That's right. I should've stated no new contract involved for my situation. But yes anyone who takes out the broadband offer will be subject to a new contract. But if like myself you just want the channel activated there is no new contract. Also a few people had issues yesterday activating via the red button I think this problem is now sorted though I can't confirm either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 13, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted June 13, 2014 I'll take the new channel then. Free broadband isn't even that great. It's the line rental that costs the money and you still have to pay that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Remember it'll look rosey at first. It'll only be a matter of time and possibly if they wrestle enough of the saturated market from BT but I see crap costs in the future. That slight bitterness may be because I had sky sports 1 and 2 and got stung when they introduced 3 and 4 and shifted half the fecking games onto the channels I wasn't paying for. Gits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Too much footy on tv already. No need for more! Turn your TV off and get some exercise then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Glad to see more Eredivisie coverage but I am so sick of seeing adverts for this channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Signed up for it today. Seems a no brainer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted June 27, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2014 I see the free broadband offer as an incentive to prevent people switching to BT broadband and then getting BT Sport for free. I've signed up for both, if I find I'm missing loads of games to BT then I'll upgrade to BT sport, but don't watch much Champions League to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcTheObsession Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Hmm not overly interested in foreign football so not sure there's much point me doing anything. Try to get to Aston Villa game most weekends, if other Prem games are on at other times I'll watch (though don't believe in it)l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Do you actually have to do something to get the channel? Not fussed about the free broadband, I'm on a family deal which would probably be described as a grey area (pay £26 to get an incoming signal, different card in so I get everything) so i can't phone them up and activate anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 cant you activate on the red button? think that's what I saw from the advert though haven't activated myself yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted July 1, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2014 You'd be a fool to take the free broadband offer for 2 years. 1. I believe it isn't Fibre Optic, so you'd be stuck on a slow internet for 2 years. Almost all of the UK can get fibre now, and files are only getting bigger. 2. It's obviously just a ploy to keep people next summer when they lose the CL rights. They are losing PL games to BT and have lost all European football to them too. 3. If you want free broadband anyway, just phone up and tell them you want to leave. They'll instantly offer you half price TV, probably free non-Fibre internet and a discounted phone line. I pay them £53 a month for their top internet package, sports, HD and a phone line. You'd be looking at £100+ if you carelessly just paid for the standard price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 1, 2014 Moderator Share Posted July 1, 2014 Signed up for it today. Seems a no brainer? Only that you are tied in on the broadband beyond the time at which the CL moves to BT which is why they've done it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 But the broadband is free so it doesn't matter if that's all you're tied in with, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 It does if the broadband speed sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 3, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted July 3, 2014 (edited) Surely this channel will just come free with the Sports pack I already pay for? By "free" I don't mean it in the true sense, but why should I have to opt in for a sports channel, when I'm paying for a sports package already? Plus my bill has just gone up £4 a month somehow. Edited July 3, 2014 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdabush Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 I see that the Sky Sports subscription is going up by £2.50 a month in September. Interesting definition of 'free' there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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