Goodbye Sky TV
#76
Re: Goodbye Sky TV
TMN don't seem to be offering the 3G dongle or service on their web site. There is a .pdf document with all the tarrifs - but my Portuguese is not up to the translation and as it's a .pdf then google wont touch it. On the 3G tarrif it says €0,32 per min!
#77
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#79
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Look at this.. http://www.europa-network.com/
We're Virgin Media customers in the UK and they have recently launced TVAnywhere. Anybody know if it's restricted to the UK? Anyone tried it?
#80
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Location: Ayamonte
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Re: Goodbye Sky TV
Don't forget you'd need a lindline as well - so add that rental. Then you'd have to hope that Telefonica will provide better than 3Mb consistently in order to get SD quality.
We're Virgin Media customers in the UK and they have recently launced TVAnywhere. Anybody know if it's restricted to the UK? Anyone tried it?
We're Virgin Media customers in the UK and they have recently launced TVAnywhere. Anybody know if it's restricted to the UK? Anyone tried it?
#81
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Don't forget you'd need a lindline as well - so add that rental. Then you'd have to hope that Telefonica will provide better than 3Mb consistently in order to get SD quality.
We're Virgin Media customers in the UK and they have recently launced TVAnywhere. Anybody know if it's restricted to the UK? Anyone tried it?
We're Virgin Media customers in the UK and they have recently launced TVAnywhere. Anybody know if it's restricted to the UK? Anyone tried it?
I have to say that the service and picture quality is excellent. Believe me, I wouldn't be with them if it wasn't
John.
#82
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Mate here pays €40 a month .. That gets him Internet, Phone calls and UK TV..
#83
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Hi Mike, I believe its the same as Sky Go and is aimed at Mobile devices i.e. smartphones, tablets etc and is designed for Virgin customers in the UK. I don't know whether you could sign up in the UK and watch in Spain via a proxy server but if you Google their website all the details are there. Regards Bryony via Mike
I suspect that it is UK only but it doesn't tell you on the website.
It looks like a great service but would probably need a VPN to use in CE.
I saw this on the Portugal forum: http://uk.newfreevpn.com/ which may be useful to others in the same boat. I will see if my G3 dongle is up to it when were next out there and if not I might invest in a G4 dongle and a month's subscription.
#84
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We have a hopper box from Has Europe
It Plugs into our Movistar router and then we can watch BBC Iplayer/ITV Player etc on TV/PC/IPod.. It also plugs into the sky box to get sky on demand....
http://http://www.haseurope.com/vpn.aspx
It Plugs into our Movistar router and then we can watch BBC Iplayer/ITV Player etc on TV/PC/IPod.. It also plugs into the sky box to get sky on demand....
http://http://www.haseurope.com/vpn.aspx
#85
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Joined: Sep 2011
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Posts: 67
Re: Goodbye Sky TV
We have a hopper box from Has Europe
It Plugs into our Movistar router and then we can watch BBC Iplayer/ITV Player etc on TV/PC/IPod.. It also plugs into the sky box to get sky on demand....
http://http://www.haseurope.com/vpn.aspx
It Plugs into our Movistar router and then we can watch BBC Iplayer/ITV Player etc on TV/PC/IPod.. It also plugs into the sky box to get sky on demand....
http://http://www.haseurope.com/vpn.aspx
#86
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I thought it said €150 per annum but that includes them joining you to Sky and then maintaining your membership. There is a one off fee for the hopper box.
#87
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My friend and I tried my TMN 3g dongle at his place an apartment on Las Encinas on the ground floor last night. He wanted to see if we could get a good signal - before considering buying it - or a subscription using it.
It is probably one of the furthest places from Portugal and hardest to get a signal, being lower down as well.... But no problem, a good signal strength. We streamed TV from filmon and it was fine.
The download speed was 3.64 mb/s perfectly good for SD streaming.
Now I am hoping that our PAYG is time based only - with no data limits.......
Jon
It is probably one of the furthest places from Portugal and hardest to get a signal, being lower down as well.... But no problem, a good signal strength. We streamed TV from filmon and it was fine.
The download speed was 3.64 mb/s perfectly good for SD streaming.
Now I am hoping that our PAYG is time based only - with no data limits.......
Jon
#88
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I have yet to see any 3G service that doesn't have a speed limit after a certain time. There just isn't the bandwidth available. OK Portugal may be different but I haven't seen one in Spain.
4G may well be different as there isn't much point in having a 50mb connection with a low data limit.
#89
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Why don't you just try streaming for a few hours and see what happens.
I have yet to see any 3G service that doesn't have a speed limit after a certain time. There just isn't the bandwidth available. OK Portugal may be different but I haven't seen one in Spain.
4G may well be different as there isn't much point in having a 50mb connection with a low data limit.
I have yet to see any 3G service that doesn't have a speed limit after a certain time. There just isn't the bandwidth available. OK Portugal may be different but I haven't seen one in Spain.
4G may well be different as there isn't much point in having a 50mb connection with a low data limit.
I could do that - but at the moment no need to try as the 3G service is perfect for me. So no need to toss the money away.
When the satellite is switched off - I will automatically find out if there are data limits when I connect up to the TV and use remote desktop for Belgian TV... and filmon for UK TV.....
But still
Thanks
Jon
#90
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Then you pay an annual subscription €150....
This works for SKY and for IPLAYER etc...