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ScottC2105 · 21-03-2008, 21:18

You can use ether a BT line or Virgin Media Line. If you inform Sky you have no phone line they usually allow it if you pay a Â£25 fee. If you take Multiroom you MUST have a phone line and a point for ALL boxes. Without paying this fee the Sky box must be connected to a phone line for 12 months. If you need to unplug it you have roughly 24 hours to reconnect it, any longer and you will most likely get a call from Sky asking why the box hasn't phoned home.

If you plan to move house all you need to do is call them.

We have SkyHD on a Virgin Media phone line at the moment and it is working fine. The installer couldn't call home so he called CS and got the box activated and soon after the box could successfully call home and use all the interactive services.

SkyHD is far superior to Virgin's TV in both SD quality and HD channel offerings although Virgin's OnDemand is at present much more superior.

EDIT: Forgot to mention. If you tell Sky you are getting a BT Line installed they may allow you to get it installed and activate the viewing card yourself once you have a phone line installed. Although, I hear that Sky have bolted down on doing this since the new year. The first thing our installer said is "Before I start, do you have a phone line? Without one I can't do a thing!".

21-03-2008, 21:18	#6
ScottC2105 Inactive Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: England, UK Services: VM XL Phone, VM XL Broadband, Sky+ HD, V+ XL TV. Posts: 58	Re: Getting Sky Hd without Bt Phone Line>? You can use ether a BT line or Virgin Media Line. If you inform Sky you have no phone line they usually allow it if you pay a Â£25 fee. If you take Multiroom you MUST have a phone line and a point for ALL boxes. Without paying this fee the Sky box must be connected to a phone line for 12 months. If you need to unplug it you have roughly 24 hours to reconnect it, any longer and you will most likely get a call from Sky asking why the box hasn't phoned home. If you plan to move house all you need to do is call them. We have SkyHD on a Virgin Media phone line at the moment and it is working fine. The installer couldn't call home so he called CS and got the box activated and soon after the box could successfully call home and use all the interactive services. SkyHD is far superior to Virgin's TV in both SD quality and HD channel offerings although Virgin's OnDemand is at present much more superior. EDIT: Forgot to mention. If you tell Sky you are getting a BT Line installed they may allow you to get it installed and activate the viewing card yourself once you have a phone line installed. Although, I hear that Sky have bolted down on doing this since the new year. The first thing our installer said is "Before I start, do you have a phone line? Without one I can't do a thing!".