Have a look at Sky's official forums re sky talk and see if you think it's worth it, I am still debating what to do. Although I don't think I'd move the line rental to them, some friends of mine went over to them recently and were without a phone for about 10 days (no dial tone) it eventually got fixed but took some time. I'm thinking of just moving the calls to get the discount off BB

The problem with switching calls only is that you have to make 2 chargable or inclusive calls every month on BT to qualify for free BT Privacy (if you use it), otherwise they charge you. Sky Talk calls only apparently stops you from using BT, even with the 1280 prefix.

Edited by Oliver341 (Tue 22-Mar-11 23:41:37)

I scrapped BT privacy and just joined the telephone preference service seperately, but I guess you probably want caller display as well?

I've been considering the same options.

Of course you could pay BT for caller display which is less than the £5 a month you would save with sky talk. This is my current likely option in June when my current contract ends as it would be some saving and keep the same features. I don't like the idea of passing line rental to sky as I am fickle and will probably change BB in a year or so's time.

I'm like you, I'm not one to stick with the same ISP for years. The calls-only option is possible but I don't much like paying for caller-id, even if I will make a (small) net-saving overall. Couple that with the fact that I use 18185 and am worried that Sky may block that option somewhere down the line (if they don't already) and it doesn't look very attractive to me.

I'm still waiting on BT to reply to my question about connection charges when returning to them from Sky line rental. If it's definitely free I'm guessing it will stay that way in a year's time it may prompt me to move, but there's always the possibility of losing my landline number during the switch(es) due to some cock-up.

Is caller ID not available with sky with the calls ony package?

No, caller-id is always tied in with line rental.

Thanks that's decided then I'll have to stay with BT

In reply to a post by tobykim:

Have a look at Sky's official forums re sky talk and see if you think it's worth it, I am still debating what to do. Although I don't think I'd move the line rental to them, some friends of mine went over to them recently and were without a phone for about 10 days (no dial tone) it eventually got fixed but took some time. I'm thinking of just moving the calls to get the discount off BB

I joined sky LLU and phone line rental today, downtime was about 5 minutes.

That's good news. And some more good news is the email I just got from BT about returning to them from Sky line rental:

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I confirm that if you will transfer your services from Sky to BT then there will be no connection charge and the services will not be interrupted as well because it will be a take over of the services, If you wish to make the arrangement then you can directly contact our Customer option team on 0800800030 they will place the order for you.
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So I'm still considering Sky for landline and calls.