rusky Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 The only sport we watch on BT is the Speedway, so as its coming up to the BSI 8 weeks of action we thought we would get BT sports. Now we live in an area where there is a BT monopoly for broadband as its full fibre and BT have monopoly agreement in place (well actually its Openreach, but the same thing....) whereby BT & Plusnet are the only options open to us as ISP's. You would think its fairly logical to be able to get BT Sport added to my Sky subscription fairly easily. If you go to the BT website there is an option to view BT Sport to a SKY box for £29.99 a Month, on a Monthly rolling contract. Great I thought, can see all of the SGP & SON in HD for £59.98 as I would only need 2 Months subscription. Guess what, if you are on BT Broadband, this offer isnt open to you, instead we'll do you 2 years at £20 a Month in SD, If you want HD its an extra £6.50 a Month for 21 Months (You get 3 Months free). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim G Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 50 minutes ago, rusky said: The only sport we watch on BT is the Speedway, so as its coming up to the BSI 8 weeks of action we thought we would get BT sports. Now we live in an area where there is a BT monopoly for broadband as its full fibre and BT have monopoly agreement in place (well actually its Openreach, but the same thing....) whereby BT & Plusnet are the only options open to us as ISP's. You would think its fairly logical to be able to get BT Sport added to my Sky subscription fairly easily. If you go to the BT website there is an option to view BT Sport to a SKY box for £29.99 a Month, on a Monthly rolling contract. Great I thought, can see all of the SGP & SON in HD for £59.98 as I would only need 2 Months subscription. Guess what, if you are on BT Broadband, this offer isnt open to you, instead we'll do you 2 years at £20 a Month in SD, If you want HD its an extra £6.50 a Month for 21 Months (You get 3 Months free). You can add it for £25 a month through Sky on a 31 day rolling contract so will only cost you £50. Log into your Sky account and you add the BT Sport package from your offers menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusky Posted August 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 Cheers Tim, I'll give that a go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted August 19, 2020 Report Share Posted August 19, 2020 If you have bt broadband you get bt sport free if you use the app and watch on a tablet or link tablet to your telly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusky Posted August 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 9 hours ago, Neila said: If you have bt broadband you get bt sport free if you use the app and watch on a tablet or link tablet to your telly Hi Neila, they wouldn’t do that for me. The App was £20 / Month on a rolling 1 Month contract. I didn’t really want the app, I wanted it on my Sky box so that I could record and watch at my leisure as I will be working when some of these events are on. They know they have me over a barrel as such as I can’t cancel my broadband due to the monopoly they have in place in my area in terms of ISP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 You used to be able to watch the "world feed" for free on YouTube if you have a VPN package, I assume that's still the case for this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crump99 Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 16 hours ago, Tim G said: You can add it for £25 a month through Sky on a 31 day rolling contract so will only cost you £50. Log into your Sky account and you add the BT Sport package from your offers menu. I got caught out by this when I tried to suspend my BT subscription at the same time as Skysports. They (Sky) said ok they would do that but the BT bills kept coming. I phoned BT to ask why because I said that I'd suspended BT Sports through Sky but they didn't explain that my BT Sports wasn't actually anything to do with Sky. They did suspend the account although I've now cancelled their more expensive £29.99 account because I can do it through Sky for £25 if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted August 20, 2020 Report Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, rusky said: Hi Neila, they wouldn’t do that for me. The App was £20 / Month on a rolling 1 Month contract. I didn’t really want the app, I wanted it on my Sky box so that I could record and watch at my leisure as I will be working when some of these events are on. They know they have me over a barrel as such as I can’t cancel my broadband due to the monopoly they have in place in my area in terms of ISP Strange watched Moto GP on tablet via app last few weeks no extra charge to do it, got a very good phone/broadband deal for next 2 years. Will be peeded off if they try and charge. I Just downloaded bt app from play store ( or similar, ) then use bt account details to log into app no problems Edited August 20, 2020 by Neila Updated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 We have a great deal as well £29.99 for broadband BT Sports free via the sky box and we pay £6.99 for HD that’s on a 18month contract if we was happy with SD it be free . It’s the second time we’ve had this deal as long as renewed before contract expires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 My missus cancelled BT sport at the start of the lockdown. SKY sports will be next. Watching football matches behind closed doors don't do it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Wait a few days and as last year, watch recording for free on You Tube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC71 Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, cityrebel said: My missus cancelled BT sport at the start of the lockdown. SKY sports will be next. Watching football matches behind closed doors don't do it for me. It seems loads of people agree with you........ since its comeback, I don't know anyone who says they are enjoying football, including me......... still, if it saves 2 lives every 6 weeks......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 34 minutes ago, JC71 said: It seems loads of people agree with you........ since its comeback, I don't know anyone who says they are enjoying football, including me......... still, if it saves 2 lives every 6 weeks......... I've accepted the situation. This seasons FA cup final was the first domestic Arsenal final I've missed in 40 years. With little chance of grounds returning to full capacity anytime soon, I'll give my support to my local non league clubs, that are due to get going next week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC71 Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Respect buddy, I hope you enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWitcher Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 8 minutes ago, cityrebel said: I've accepted the situation. This seasons FA cup final was the first domestic Arsenal final I've missed in 40 years. With little chance of grounds returning to full capacity anytime soon, I'll give my support to my local non league clubs, that are due to get going next week. Enjoy that whilst you can.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWitcher Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 2 hours ago, cityrebel said: My missus cancelled BT sport at the start of the lockdown. SKY sports will be next. Watching football matches behind closed doors don't do it for me. The artificial crowd has made it somewhat more bearable.. without that, it would be impossible. But even that will only keep interest for so long. Quarter full stadiums won't do it either.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) 40 minutes ago, BWitcher said: Enjoy that whilst you can.. I take each day as it comes. I haven't been to football since March 14, but I've managed to squeeze in a couple of speedway meetings at Lydd and Scunthorpe. Hopefully i'll get to a few more. Edited August 24, 2020 by cityrebel Mistake in post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted August 26, 2020 Report Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) On 8/19/2020 at 6:06 PM, rusky said: The only sport we watch on BT is the Speedway, so as its coming up to the BSI 8 weeks of action we thought we would get BT sports. Now we live in an area where there is a BT monopoly for broadband as its full fibre and BT have monopoly agreement in place (well actually its Openreach, but the same thing....) whereby BT & Plusnet are the only options open to us as ISP's. You would think its fairly logical to be able to get BT Sport added to my Sky subscription fairly easily. If you go to the BT website there is an option to view BT Sport to a SKY box for £29.99 a Month, on a Monthly rolling contract. Great I thought, can see all of the SGP & SON in HD for £59.98 as I would only need 2 Months subscription. Guess what, if you are on BT Broadband, this offer isnt open to you, instead we'll do you 2 years at £20 a Month in SD, If you want HD its an extra £6.50 a Month for 21 Months (You get 3 Months free). If you have Plusnet for Broadband then BT sport SD via Sky is just £10 a month, no tie in. Can't see why BT broadband customers would be charged any more? Edited August 26, 2020 by SPEEDY69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted August 26, 2020 Report Share Posted August 26, 2020 56 minutes ago, SPEEDY69 said: If you have Plusnet for Broadband then BT sport SD via Sky is just £10 a month, no tie in. Can't see why BT broadband customers would be charged any more? I was with Plusnet (is owned by BT, as is EE) a few years ago and took out BT sport via SKY and it was £10 month. I did just the 7 month speedway season for £70. My mobile sim is with Plusnet, which is an EE sim. £7.50 for unlimited minutes, unlimited texts, 3gb data. BT and EE are expensive, Plusnet is good value. My problem now is..... I am on fast fibre, 72mbps, and BT is not opening up to other suppliers yet, not even Plusnet. This means if I moved away to get Plusnet, or anyone else’s deal, I would go back to 1.2 mbps and I don’t want to see the spinning wheel again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted August 26, 2020 Report Share Posted August 26, 2020 That's really slow. I am not on any fast fibre deal or anything but get way more than 1.2 download speed with Plusnet. It used to be around 3 to 5 but within the last few months it's gone up to 18-20. Perfectly fine for anything we want to throw at it. I think you may be surprised at the speed you might get now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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