There was several adverts in the Hull Daily Mail today for BT Sport, boasting about the broadband and TV deal. Trouble is, BT Internet and BT phone lines aren't available in Hull!
It's probably to make people jealous in Hull, and a helpful reminder for those readers outside of KC's grasp.
Interesting to see how ESPN are handling the transition, suggesting that there's a continuation ... and driving people to a Next Season website. BT seem to be doing well to maintain the relationship with existing ESPN customers, the ad now being shown is very good in my opinion.
I hope the studio designs are a bit more elaborate then Sky Sports, want to see nice desk designs, more innovative use of screens, consistent graphics across the board with subtle changes for each sport, just being back the dynamism and making the sports coverage they show as an event.
You don't have to have a BT phone line to have BT Broadband BTW. I'm in such a position.
You do have to have one provided by OpenReach though don't you? AIUI the issue is that Kingston Communications own the infrastructure all the way to your master socket - whereas almost everywhere else, whoever provides your phone service, OpenReach provide the infrastructure from your socket to a single exchange.
Looking into subscribing, it seems incredibly confusing for the consumer:
1) If you have BT Broadband and Sky, you can get it through the Sky box for free.
2) If you have BT INFINITY BROADBAND and a Youview box, you can get the channels streamed down the line to your TV
3) If you have BT Broadband and BT Vision, you can't get it through your tv, but can watch on your iPad or laptop
4)It
might
appear through DTT soon.
You don't have to have a BT phone line to have BT Broadband BTW. I'm in such a position.
You do have to have one provided by OpenReach though don't you? AIUI the issue is that Kingston Communications own the broadband infrastructure all the way to your master socket - whereas almost everywhere else, whoever provides your phone service, OpenReach provide the infrastructure from your socket to a single exchange.
KCOM own all the infrastructure in Hull, and any broadband is either through KC or resold KC (excepting Wimax services and 3G/4G). If you enter a Hull house number and postcode into the BT postcode checker (e.g. 77, HU5 3QU), it won't even be recognised.
On the question of Hull, another thought has arisen; am I right in thinking that it's not BT on the Isle of Man, but Manx Telecom? And if so, doesn't the same situation arise there as in Hull?
On the question of Hull, another thought has arisen; am I right in thinking that it's not BT on the Isle of Man, but Manx Telecom? And if so, doesn't the same situation arise there as in Hull?
Hull and Guernsey were the only places never absorbed into the GPO - Jersey and the Isle of Man were later split off. The same situation does apply to all three islands (the combined population of which is more or less the same as that of Hull).