We are going digital. How do I get sky tv without a landline?

[Riberac]

We have an old landline sky ox, do we get an automatic update when we go digital? 

[Mark39]

The requirement for Sky+ boxes to be connected to your phone line was dropped many years ago, so it's not something you need to worry about.

[SKY1992bf]

But on demand/catchup services would require a phone connection if you use these services unless the sky box has a Wi-Fi modem 

[Mark39]

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@SKY1992bf wrote:

But on demand/catchup services would require a phone connection if you use these services unless the sky box has a Wi-Fi modem 

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Not sure On Demand works via the 56kbps modem in the Sky box? It's far too slow.

[TimmyBGood]

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@SKY1992bf wrote:

But on demand/catchup services would require a phone connection if you use these services

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I'd be amazed if Sky still has its modem pool ; )

[TimmyBGood]

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@Mark39 wrote:

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Not sure On Demand works via the 56kbps modem in the Sky box? It's far too slow.

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I suppose in theory you could bring in an on-demand item over dial-up. 

A rough calculation suggests one hour of HD (say 3 GB) would take about a week.

Of course, someone would make a phone call five days into the download...

(That's made me nostalgic for my USR 56K which is still in a box somewhere ; )