Having both Sky TV and broadband and virgin TV and Broadband

[202104]

I have a friend moving in to my place for a bit and to save cancellation fees etc we are wondering if it would be possible to have my virgin media (TV, broadband, landline etc) with his sky (TV, broadband, landline etc). Obviously will be in different rooms. 

My understanding is that they're different wires and it will be OK. Is this true?

I've renewed recently with Virgin and he with Sky both long term contract. Please help 

[japitts]

Virgin Media is a cable-based system, Sky is satellite-based - they are totally separate.

The phone, broadband & TV service are totally separate

[202104]

Perfect. So he will be fine to bring his package to my address and we can both continue our contracts? 

[newapollo]

Hi @202104 

Yes you will both be able to continue your contracts and have the individual services from VM and Sky 😄

You may also want to consider cancelling one of the services if you are affected by the annual price rise introduced by both suppliers.

If affected by the price rise with VM then yuo should be able to cancel all of their services without early termination fees, however as far as I'm aware with Sky you can only cancel the broadband part of the services without penalty.

[202104]

That's great! Thank you

Does my friend need to tell sky anything? Would they try and cancel my landline/broadband if my friend doesn't mention that I'm keeping my virgin package? 

[Roger_Gooner]

Sky TV works with any ISP, so he can cancel his broadband and use yours. What you can do is run an Ethernet cable from your hub into his room, connect it to a gigabit network switch and plug a wireless access point and his Sky box into the switch. You can charge him a modest amount for this, so it's a win-win.

[202104]

Sounds like a great idea but cancellation fees is something we would prefer to avoid, especially if it is possible to have both. 

Also for ease of him moving the contract and package later on it will just follow him. 

[Roger_Gooner]

Changing your contract is often best done when your contract is due to expire.

[jbrennand]

Dunno re Sky, but once VM issue a price rise letter you can cancel before the date on the letter (28/30 days?) and incur no exit fees. I am sure Dave is correct (above message 4) saying you can cancel the BB with no exit fee but not the TV package.

Have either of you had the dreaded letters/emails yet ?

[nodrogd · Accepted solution]

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@202104 wrote:

I have a friend moving in to my place for a bit and to save cancellation fees etc we are wondering if it would be possible to have my virgin media (TV, broadband, landline etc) with his sky (TV, broadband, landline etc). Obviously will be in different rooms. 

My understanding is that they're different wires and it will be OK. Is this true?

I've renewed recently with Virgin and he with Sky both long term contract. Please help 

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Your friend just needs to tell Sky that they are moving to a new address & require an install at that address. It’s not a change of provider & as Sky are not taking over a line being used by anyone else, there is no need to even mention that Virgin is already installed at the address. The only thing I would be careful of is that installers have a habit of cutting a competitors wiring. Usually the excuse is so that they don’t have to drill additional holes in walls, so keep an eye on them.