Sam,
I don't know if the line has to be BT, but the reason Sky needs a
phone line is to upload information from your box. For example, if you
book
a pay per view movie, the information is transmitted back to Sky using
your
phone line.
I think software updates to your box may also be dealt with via the
phone line, but can't be sure. Usually, only broadcast signals and data
are
transmitted to you via the satellite, the phone line completes the
circuit
from you back to Sky.
Léonie.
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Sam Howie
Sent: 20 July 2008 14:42
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky And a BT Line
Hi Kevin
Your correct my question was around do I need to have a BT line to
receive
Sky TV Sam
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
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Kevin Lloyd
Sent: 20 July 2008 14:29
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky And a BT Line
Hi Chris.
Just to clarify, Sky do provide a line rental should you wish to switch
from
your BT line rental. However, I'm not sure the question was just around
having access to a landline to be able to use certain functions of Sky TV
such as ordering movies and the like to which the answer is, no, you
don't
need to be hooked up to a telephone line at all as long as you don't want
to
use those features..
Regards.
Kevin
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From: "Chris" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Sam Howie" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:27 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Sky And a BT Line
Hi, I think it's because unlike Virgin Media, for example, Sky doesn't
provide any kind of line rental, nor does it provide cable services, so
I
guess one way around this is to require users signing up to their
broadband service that a BT line is necessary. I know there's Virgin
Media
and other companies offering their own line rental, but it must be a
fierce competition out there, and since 90 odd percent of us are on BT,
Sky might as well use the most common denominator. Hope this helps.
--
Chris Hallsworth
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You wrote:
Hi All
I was just wondering if anyone knew if their was a particular reason why
if
you had Sky TV you needed a BT land line
Thanks
Sam
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