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Discussion topic: Sky Q - being phased out?

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This message was authored by PandJ2020 This message was authored by: PandJ2020

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@Fidel+59 wrote:

If there is a demand there will be a supply. It's a fact of capitalism. 


At what price...

I am just another Sky customer and my views are my own
This message was authored by george047 This message was authored by: george047

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To all those Sky engineers out there, thank you and I hope that you don't lose your job!

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@george047 wrote:

 

 I hope that you don't lose your job!


Realistically many will.  The mobile workforce Sky is retaining are their 'broadband engineers' who do some FTTP installations (which will end once the national rollout is complete) and home visits for wireless booster installation.

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@Fidel+59 wrote:

If there is a demand there will be a supply. It's a fact of capitalism. 


Not a whole lot of stagecoaches or VCRs around these days, despite their huge popularity at the time.  Sometimes technologies just get superseded.

 

Satellite broadcast has an inherent obstacle in its high capital equipment cost which requires a long payback period: in the absence of predicted investment return for at least two decades they just don't get commissioned, constructed and launched, no matter what current demand may be.

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This message was authored by Dan189 This message was authored by: Dan189

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I have recently gone to.sky stream.and have the terrible clicking and popping sound from my soundbar which seems to be an inherent fault with the puk that streams sky. I have looked on sky forums and lots of.people have same problem. So I'm still within 30 day cooling.off.period so.want to go to sky q . 

This message was authored by Fidel+59 This message was authored by: Fidel+59

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Everything other than Sky Q is a downgrade. 

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@Dan189 wrote:

I have recently gone to.sky stream.and have the terrible clicking and popping sound from my soundbar which seems to be an inherent fault with the puk that streams sky. I have looked on sky forums and lots of.people have same problem. So I'm still within 30 day cooling.off.period so.want to go to sky q . 


You'll have to call them

This message was authored by OfWolfAndMan This message was authored by: OfWolfAndMan

Sky phasing out Sky Q

Is Sky phasing out Sky Q and moving toward streaming services?

This message was authored by Daniel0210 This message was authored by: Daniel0210

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@OfWolfAndMan 

Sky Q has about 5 years left before the satellite will run out of propulsion. 


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This message was authored by OfWolfAndMan This message was authored by: OfWolfAndMan

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Thank you for the quick reply. 

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@OfWolfAndMan wrote:

Is Sky phasing out Sky Q and moving toward streaming services?


Probably, although no such announcement has been made.  As @Daniel0210 indicates, the three satellites at 28.2E, which do not belong to Sky, will reach end-of-life around the turn of the decade, and their owner (SES in Luxembourg) apparently hasn't placed any order for new orbital hardware to be manufactured or booked launch windows to replace them, which does have a substantial lead time.  Not having anything for all those millions of Sky dishes to point at is obviously a bit of an issue.

 

It's also worth remembering that the satellite boxes were products from Sky as an independent British company going back to the late 1980s, while Glass / Stream is a system from the Comcast Corporation which purchased Sky Group in 2018.

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