Understanding Sky Stream

[BobClarke1953]

I am moving to a new house considering having Sky installed but don't understand Stream.

I know stream is TV but is it also your broadband and if so what speed is it or do you have to pay extra on top of Stream subscription for WiFi?

Where can I get the best deals to join Sky as a new customer?

[Jones_The_Cat]

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@BobClarke1953 wrote:

I am moving to a new house considering having Sky installed but don't understand Stream.

I know stream is TV but is it also your broadband and if so what speed is it or do you have to pay extra on top of Stream subscription for WiFi?

Where can I get the best deals to join Sky as a new customer?

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Sky Stream is the TV service delivered via broadband to a little box called a Stream puck. 

Broadband is a separate charge and Sky Stream doesn't have to be used with broadband from Sky - you can use any other provider as long as it's fast and stable. 

The best deals to join Sky as a customer I find are via some of the cashback sites. If you look at Topcashback for example you can get over £100 cashback for signing up to Sky Stream and Sky Broadband. The 18 month TV service contracts are also cheaper - starting at £19pm instead of £26pm. 

[BobClarke1953]

Thanks for that info I live on my own in one bedroom flat all I have on the internet is my fire stick, tv & mobile what is a good speed to get the flat is very small

[MarkGoldsmith]

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@BobClarke1953 wrote:

I am moving to a new house considering having Sky installed but don't understand Stream.

I know stream is TV but is it also your broadband and if so what speed is it or do you have to pay extra on top of Stream subscription for WiFi?

Where can I get the best deals to join Sky as a new customer?

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@BobClarke1953 so the minimum required speed for Sky Stream is 30 Mbps, so anything above that and you shouldn't have any issues.

Its also a good idea to check which channels are available by Sky Stream, as for various reasons its not the same list that is available via Satellite. Some channels are only available via Satelliete and the odd few are only available via the Sky Streaming platform: https://www.sky.com/help/articles/tv-channel-list-sky-glass.

[BobClarke1953]

Thanks I am going to go for Broadband only deal so what speed is needed for very small 1 bedroom flat and connections for just smart tv, fire stick and mobile phone 

[Floydianslip]

@BobClarke1953 Do you live in an area that has Fibre To The Premises (FTTP) broadband?

Heres a postcode checker

https://www.openreach.com/fibre-broadband/where-when-building-ultrafast-full-fibre-broadband

[BobClarke1953]

 Yes all good thanks

[BobClarke1953]

Anyone know best number to ring to see what deals Sky do for new customers 

[MarkGoldsmith]

@BobClarke1953 

this link should help:
https://www.sky.com/help/home Scroll down and click on ‘Need more help’ and it provides a 0333 number. If you are in the ROI on the same link change the flag in the very bottom corner to the ROI flag to obtain an 0818 number.

[Jones_The_Cat]

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@BobClarke1953 wrote:

Anyone know best number to ring to see what deals Sky do for new customers 

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If you live alone and have few streaming devices then please don't let a salesperson talk you into signing up for an expensive broadband service with a speed way beyond what you may actually use or need. 

A Sky Ultrafast 145Mbps broadband service will probably be the absolute most you'd ever need. You'd only need more speed if you had several other people in your flat using the WiFi all at the same time for watching 4K video.  

[BobClarke1953]

Thanks to everyone for advise given

last question any thoughts on stream tv v skyq?

[Jporch316]

@BobClarke1953 

Not to muddy the waters but you can get a better deal from sky normally if you take out their stream tv and broadband together 

stream is live tv and on demand over the internet .... there is no recording function but you are able to bookmark most tv shows etc for playback at a later date ...

if you are able check out some YouTube videos (skys channel has a few ) to see how it works etc