i have just had sky tv but i didn't want a home telephone, when the guy came to fit sky he said it had to be connected to a active phone line? when he found it wasn't, i had a phone call off sky saying i would need to get one organized within 6 weeks......... why do they need it put in a phone line? do i need to get one, can they find out i haven't got it connected to a phone line after the instalation?

metrix, March 2007

If you have an ordinary Sky box it is part of the contract that you have it connected to a telephone line for 12 months. After that you can disconnect it. Or you can pay Sky an additional fee and they will waive the telephone line. If you have one box my advice is to connect it to the telephone line tell Sky that you have done so and then disconnect it some time later as they do not police this.

If you have Sky Multi-room however both (or more) boxes MUST be connected to the telephone line at all times because Sky DO police this and they WILL send you a bill for a full subscription.

t, March 2007