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Originally Posted by ajvb
I had a 30 min phone call yesterday from one of their sales guys trying to get me to sign up. I have just cancelled my Sky subscription so was intrigued by what they they were offering & was interested. He claimed that every premiership game was screened live which I was dubious about as I thought Sky / Setanta had exlusive broadcasting rights. I haven't got the technical knowledge of IPTV to know whether what they are offering is possible, feasible or realistic.
What put me off was :
1) I couldn't find out much about them,
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True, as I said earlier, any new company going up against the established companies (Virgin Media, Homechoice/Tiscali and Sky) would need as much publicity as possible, and would need to be advertising what programmes they have as much as possible. Play TV don't even seem to have a list on their website.
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2) He couldn't give me an acutal go live data - he was talking about January & when I asked him for an actual date he had to ask his supervisor & then said 1st Jan.
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Odd. When any new system is launched, there will be problems. This, sadly, is a fact of life. On New Years Day, most companies will have a minimum number of staff working, so I doubt any company would start a service on that day.
I know that this is the reason that Virgin Media don't generally have major upgrades in December, and the early part of January.
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3) The price he quoted changed during the conversation. He started off saying it was £25 a month for BB, entertainment package & sports package. After checking with his supervisor (again!!!) it suddenly became £45.99 (including phone). No longer the bargain he was initially pushing.
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Possibly a mistake, but also odd.
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4) Most importantly I want to see something before signing up to it!
After spending an hour reading this thread I'm very glad I said no. I'm a freelance web developer so having reliable BB is critical to me so this just seemed too risky to me. The sales guy said twice . To me that shows the sort of unprofessional people they are employing.
If it does take off then great & I may re-consider but I think I'm going to get BT Vision. What I ultimately want is to pay for the games that I actually want to watch. I'm sick of spending £43 per month with Sky & then watching one game a month.
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BT Vision is apparently good, if you get good freeview reception. Can't say I have seen it myself (well, not the on-demand stuff anyhow). It's always good to see if you can watch something on a DTV platform first though.