[access-uk] Re: Sky Disability Services, was Re: Re: Cable, Freeview or Freesat

Hi Billy.
My plan includes unlimited broadband for £10 a month, unlimited landline calls for £5 a month on top of my line rental, which is £11 a month. 
Hope this helps.
Take care.


Chris Hallsworth

On 28/03/2011 08:45, BlueNose wrote:

Hello Chris, What kinda plan do you have with Sky for your broadband and
phone.
I'm thinking of moving from Virgin Media,

Billy

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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
chris hallsworth
Sent: 26 March 2011 16:22
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Sky Disability Services, was Re: Re: Cable, Freeview or
Freesat

Hi all.
Can I have Sky Disability Services' number please? I use Sky myself for
phone and broadband and, you never know I may need their help as a blind
customer.
Take care.


Chris Hallsworth

On 26/03/2011 15:26, rex holmes wrote:

Hi
I have to admit I chose SKY as a bundle, TV,phone and internet.
I did this reluctantly because I don't like the power of the owner.
However I did it because the customer service is outstanding.
they have a designated line for disabled people but my wife who is fully
sighted finds them great as well.
for me being a bit technically illiterate and my wife being technically
challenged this was important.
Probably off topic, sorry.
Rex.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns"
<jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:<access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 2:53 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cable, Freeview or Freesat



Hi Carol

Me too, that's why I'm not buying yet. We've got a Sky Plus box, and only
get the standard channels because we don't subscribe to any packages.

I think there are differences in Freeview and FreeSat, but that's why
it is
confusing, because some say it's the same and some say the channel
listings
are different.

Our current analogue TV is ok and we are in a similar situation to
yourself
in that regard. If the telly conks out, then I don't know what we'll
go for
either.


Kind Regards,

Jackie Cairns
J&M Work-Ability

jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.work-ability.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
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Carol Pearson
Sent: 25 March 2011 12:55
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cable, Freeview or Freesat

Yes, it's not being able to record at all from this box that makes it
unattractive to me.

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Carol P
---- Original Message ----
From: "william lomas"<will.d.lomas@xxxxxxxxx>
To:<access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 12:50 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cable, Freeview or Freesat


Well you do ahve the RNIB talking freeview box that reads all EPG info
etc. and it completely speech-enabled apart from interactive services
and you can't record programs.

That costs around 99 GBP from RNIB online shop

info here

http://www.rnib.org.uk/shop/Pages/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=tv0401


On 25 Mar 2011, at 12:32, Carol Pearson wrote:


Hi all,

We've been Cable customers for ages but are considering moving either
to Freeview or Freesat and would be grateful if you could help us to
look at these alternatives as we don't know a great deal. The cost
is obviously going to be one benefit, since we're only going to have
one initial layout, presumably?
Primarily, though, for various reasons we're tired of being tied to
Cable and just a few, rather unknowledgeable engineers who visit.

This has all recently come to a head as, with various movings around,
our workable setup has gone wrong once again and no current Cable
engineer seems to be able to put it right and we have no
knowledgeable friends who can either. I should explain that our
setup to date has been that our TV has retained the terestial
channels for our use primarily so that we could continue to use our
analog video, with Cobolt's handset. In addition, Cable was tuned to
another channel so we didn't miss anything there we wanted, plus
audio description, of course.
This gave us real flexibility. Now, however, nobody has the
knowledge to retune the TV and it's considered it could be a TV fault
anyway.

If we're going to purchase a new TV then we may as well think
possibly Freeview enabled.

OK, here are a few questions to get us started:

1. Are the channels on Freeview the same as those one
would get on Freesat?

2. Has anyone yet found a good and reliable way to
record programmes in our absence as a totally blind person with
either of these two alternatives?

3. How good is the freeview coverage across the
country these days?

4. How high does the dish need to be seated
(generally) for good reception using Freesat? (We only have a
bungalow, so no second floor ...)

Any help on the above would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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Carol P

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