Sky Broadband, TV and Phone Bundles

• Sky broadband, phone and TV all on one simple, monthly bill.
• Well-priced 2Mb, 10Mb and 20Mb broadband services
• Get Sky TV with 1 pack of channels, add more for just £1/mth each
• Save money with inclusive call plans & Sky line rental that's cheaper than BT

Sky broadband review: Broadband, TV and Phone Bundles

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LONG before Virgin Media and BT muscled in on the scene, Sky were the very first provider to offer broadband, phone and TV bundles.

Their range of See, Speak & Surf bundles still lead the way to this day, offering exceptionally good value and an almost unparalleled number of bundle options.

Sky Broadband

For the broadband part of the bundle you have three choices: Base, Everyday and Unlimited and those names are pretty accurate descriptions of the service that each one offers.

Base isn't the fastest or most generous connection available - up to 2Mb with a monthly usage allowance of 2GB - but it'll be more than ample for basic web browsing and emailing.

Base broadband is a free addition to the bundle so it's well worth a whirl even if you rarely get online.

The next step up is Everyday. This has a much more speedy up to 10Mb connection and a 10GB a month download limit.

10GB will be more than enough if you mainly browse websites, download the occasional file and watch a few BBC iplayer programmes every week and it'll only set you back an extra £5 a month.

If you keep going over your download limit Sky will politely ask you to move up a step but they're less gentlemanly about moving you down (funny that).

So if you can't decide how much allowance you need we'd advise you to go for 10GB and see how you get on.

If you have a need for speed, on the other hand, or you're a heavy internet user you'd be best off with Sky's Unlimited broadband deal. There are up to 20Mb speeds up for grabs plus completely unlimited downloads.

And we do mean completely. Sky is one of the few broadband providers not to practice traffic management so you won't get your service throttled for downloading too much.

Sky Call Plans

Sky's FreeTime, which gives you free evening and weekend calls to all UK landlines, is Sky's bundled home phone add-on and, like Base broadband, it's completely gratis.

However, keep in mind that while you get your off-peak phonecalls included in the price, you will have to pay line rental to Sky. At £11 a month per month, though, it's cheaper than BT's.

You could also opt for the Sky Unlimited phone option - that'll give you free anytime calls to UK landlines and 20 international destinations including Australia, the US and France.

Note that, like the BT equivalent, 'inclusive' calls are only those which last up to an hour.

Sky TV

The 'See' part of the Sky package is your TV, and you'll get all the free-to-air channels you'd find on freeview plus the choice of up to 6 TV Packs, Sky Sports and/or Sky Movies at an extra monthly cost.

The prices we're displaying at the bottom of this page are based on selecting just 1 TV pack (i.e. the bare minimum) but remember that you can add on extra channels without adding too much to your monthly price.

Extra Sky TV packs are an extra £1 a month each and specialist channels are slightly more.

Sky Sports is available as an add on from £9, although this get's cheaper if you choose 4 or more TV packs and Sky Movies is available from £8, again this gets cheaper when you take out 4 or more TV packs.

Note that you'll need to buy a Sky+ HD box (£49) when you sign up. The only way around this is to sign up for one of the - slightly more pricey - Sky broadband, phone and TV in HD bundles which chucks in the HD box for free.

A little more detail...

Broadband		Special Note...	Any good?
Package:	Base	-
Connection:	ADSL	Telephone line
Max Speed:	Up to 2Mb
Usage Limit:	2GB
Totally Unlimited:	No
Hardware:	Wireless Router	-
Internet Security:	Free trial included	McAfee Internet Security Suite free for the first 3 months.
Online Gaming:	All major consoles supported

Home Phone
Summary:	Sky line rental required (£11/month)
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TV
Summary:	Add more Sky viewing packs (£1/month) Add Sky Sports or Sky Movies for an extra monthly cost.
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Payment, Installation & Contract
Setup Cost:	Free
Hardware Cost:	£49
Line Rental Provider:	Sky (£11/mth)
Minimum Contract:	12 months
Payment Method(s):	Direct Debit / Credit Card (Non Direct Debit payments incur 50p extra per month)
Support:	0870 support line. Free email support.
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