topic Re: Currently have just a £10 month deal to allow us to access non Sky channels was considering upgr in Sky+

Currently have just a £10 month deal to allow us to access non Sky channels was considering upgrade

lj-billingham — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:30:10 GMT

When we moved into our current property we realised the only way to access "normal terrestrial channels" was going to be via the already in place sky dish — but we didn't want any of the extra channels as we stream most things! I'd had a Sky sub since the very beginning (1990s!) and we had a Sky+ box, so Sky offered us a £10 month deal — basically a connection I guess.

Recently I've seen ads that mention a Sky/Netflix bundle, and as I pay separately for Netflix (and Amazon Prime!) I tried to investigate if it was worth me switching up the Sky package... but can I find out how, or how much, on the website... NO! The chat assistant is useless, and I can't figure out how to speak to a human...

Ideas anyone?

Re: Currently have just a £10 month deal to allow us to access non Sky channels was considering upgr

TimmyBGood — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:54:24 GMT

@lj-billingham wrote:

Recently I've seen ads that mention a Sky/Netflix bundle, and as I pay separately for Netflix (and Amazon Prime!) I tried to investigate if it was worth me switching up the Sky package...

I suspect that would be Essential TV on the Sky Stream (online only) platform.

There's also Ultimate TV on Sky Q.

Re: Currently have just a £10 month deal to allow us to access non Sky channels was considering upgr

lj-billingham — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:12:17 GMT

I managed to get to the page that said "compare packages" and it listed Sky Essentials and Ultimate BUT would only let me click on the Ultimate package!

Will have another look at some point.

They obviously don't want my money unless I go for the more expensive package - quelle surprise 😀

Re: Currently have just a £10 month deal to allow us to access non Sky channels was considering upgr

TimmyBGood — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:58:11 GMT

@lj-billingham wrote:

I managed to get to the page that said "compare packages" and it listed Sky Essentials and Ultimate BUT would only let me click on the Ultimate package!

Be careful: 'TV Essentials' on Sky+ or Sky Q is absolutely not the same as 'Essential TV' on Glass and Stream.