SKY - Price changes 1st October 2023

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#306709 15-Aug-2023 16:21

I got an email today to say my Sky Fibre is increasing $5 per month. Makes it about the same as the competition now. The real news is in the entertainment packages.

Sky Entertainment is up from $25.50 to $28 p/month but Soho is no longer stand alone ($9.95 p/month) and is bundled into Sky Entertainment.

Sky Movies is down from $20.93 to $20 a month.

Sky sport stays the same.

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#3116316 15-Aug-2023 16:28

They are actually lower increases than I would expect. But with all these price increases occurring including petrol price rises partly due to the weak NZ dollar, I can't see inflation dropping much.

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#3116321 15-Aug-2023 16:30

Queue the outrage!

Wait... Let me get popcorn!

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#3116326 15-Aug-2023 16:43

networkn:

Queue the outrage!

Wait... Let me get popcorn!

Heh, I used "changes" as effectively they are price decreases on both Entertainment and Movies

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#3116329 15-Aug-2023 16:52

Not big changes when compared to competing services. The last increases and pending increases of the various streaming services are making Sky services more competitive.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#3116348 15-Aug-2023 17:27

Hadn't they just, 6months ago(???), put the price for all the channel packages up? We dumped entertainment and movies because of it.

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#3116412 15-Aug-2023 18:46

Personally, I think the price is fair. If only they had something like the Sky Pod that actually worked well, or even better an Apple TV app, I’d subscribe again!

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#3116424 15-Aug-2023 19:48

palmypete:
Hadn't they just, 6months ago(???), put the price for all the channel packages up? We dumped entertainment and movies because of it.

2019 was the last increase to entertainment & movies as per the article. Sport went up a few months back.

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#3116948 17-Aug-2023 01:52

JPNZ:

I got an email today to say my Sky Fibre is increasing $5 per month. Makes it about the same as the competition now.

The competition have to put their prices up too, as this is coming from a price increase from the fibre companies (Chorus, Enable, ...). Some have already announced the increases and others are just doing it. It is pretty unlikely that any of them will eat the increase - that would make them unprofitable.

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#3117057 17-Aug-2023 10:33

Perhaps I've got this all wrong, but I can't see the justification for the increase on the 50Mbps fibre. Its my understanding that Chorus may have actually lowered the price of 50Mbps HFS this year.

If this is the case, I find it disingenuous that Sky are blaming the fibre providers for the increase.

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#3119371 23-Aug-2023 14:25

Turns out that Sky made a mistake with their initial communication. The price of their 50Mbps fibre is not going up. (Potentially a good value option for those wanting basic fibre and an ONT connected landline)

"Fibre Pro and Fibre Everyday plans to increase by $5.00 (incl GST). Please note our Fibre Starter plan is not included in these changes as was previously communicated."