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#34511 25-May-2009 13:17

Anyone know is it possible to get Sky if I don't have a physically landline? Looking into future, I may be moving away from physical landline to VoIP. I currently have TelstraClear digital TV which I'll keep, and possibly add Sky MySkyHDi in another room which has Sky dish/cable already.

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#217672 25-May-2009 14:07

We had Sky Digital installed last year in September. Sky tech didnt install a phone jack for it as was too tricky. So dont need telephone to view sky.

Need telephone for ordering pay-per-view movies etc although you can do this by actually calling Sky (although that is a PITA)

Not sure about MySky?

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#217673 25-May-2009 14:08

AFAIK the phone line is only for pay per view? I have HDi that is not connected to a phone line and it works perfectly...

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#217680 25-May-2009 14:24

Balchy, have you use your MySky HDi for PPV without landline - without calling up Sky.

PPV isn't such a big deal for us, as we have been pretty happy with Fatso, and hardly do PPV on TCL digital tv at all these days. So it's not a big deal breaker, just curious that's all.

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#217681 25-May-2009 14:26

Havent done it without calling sky - from memory (I only tried once) it errors and makes you ring sky - havent tried with the on demand service though to be honest

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#217685 25-May-2009 14:34

I phoned for a PPV movie once - it was quick and painless. (Surprisingly so).

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#217686 25-May-2009 14:35

I have Sky without a landline and never had any issues. I guess if I ever want to buy a movie from the Box Office, I'll just ring them.

One of the techs did install a phone jack but we have nothing plugged in it.

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#217688 25-May-2009 14:36

must have been a quiet night for Sky.....we havent had any of above mentioned quick and painless experiences

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#217692 25-May-2009 14:41

JimmyLizar: must have been a quiet night for Sky.....we havent had any of above mentioned quick and painless experiences

Do you use the automated IVR booking system or wait to talk to someone?

The automated booked is really easy, enter your phone number, select the movie, session time - voila, all done

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#217694 25-May-2009 14:43

I got My Sky HDi installed last week and I don't have a phone line, the installer was quite happy with that.

As the others said, it is only used for PPV

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#217695 25-May-2009 14:43

my wife does it...she waits to speak to someone......will soon be a thing of the past for us......getting MySky in 6 weeks

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#217699 25-May-2009 14:46

I spoke to a real person. They had me sorted in less than a minute, and were knowledgeable and polite.

This was last year sometime.

The rep seemed to have all the info in front of her, and never hesitated in getting it sorted.

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#217700 25-May-2009 14:46

chiefie: Anyone know is it possible to get Sky if I don't have a physically landline? Looking into future, I may be moving away from physical landline to VoIP.

We have MySky (original version) and it works fine with the VFX VoIP service when ordering PPV movies.

I would imagine that MySky HDi should also work, although the only way to know for sure is to try it.

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#217706 25-May-2009 14:54

I had my Sky landline disconnected years ago when I had broadband installed.

No problems what so ever.

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#217725 25-May-2009 15:26

Cool. Sounded like I could warm my feet into MySky HDi some point later this year, and have it installed in our (now) spare room.

Shame TCL isn't stepping up with their offer... stupid TCL!

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#217754 25-May-2009 17:11

I believe it only becomes an issue if you have multiroom. If you have a single decoder they dont mind, but if you have multiroom not connected to the phoneline this concerns them, as obviously one decoder could be used by someone else for much cheaper.

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