On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:26:41 -0000, "Vortex"
wrote:


"Neil" wrote in message
...
Seasons greetings,
The " kids" have dragged us into the 21st century with a sky installation.
Unfortunately I need to put a telephone extension in, to accommodate it.
The only way is through an outside wall in the bedroom down the outside
wall and back in to the living room. Do I need special cable for outside,
or is the white stuff okay to use?
Many thanks for any advice.
Neil

I wouldn't bother.

FYI whilst Sky make it a contractual obligation you don't need the extension
at all. If you have the system installed and it works then you can just
leave it at that. Software updates are done via satellite.

Sky make it a contractual obligation to tempt you to use the PPV and
nasty games easily. They also check up...
You really do have to connect the box up to a telephone line to get
the cheap installation (well, for the first year anyhow). We
disconnected our phone from the box for a week while decorating and
they called us up to find out why! Although they were very polite
about it (said NP but don't forget to reconnect when you've finished)
they did make it quite clear that if it was not reconnected they'd
cease the service.

You can disconnect it after a year if you want.
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ACK and you shall receive.