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Thankyou for your replies.  Sadly didn't receive horseygirls' reply til it was too late - had I known that they were happy just to let you pay double & not disconnect you then I would have done just that.......but have now returned box to UK....Grrrrr Just in case anyone else is interested in this topic (has been a total nightmare for me with loads of time wasted trying to get answers)...... Sky have now apparantly (from May 1st 2005) brought in a new contract where you do NOT need to have a landline to register & get Sky.  There is a one off fee of £25 if the box is not connected to a landline but after that you can move the box without them knowing it's been moved (if you're happy doing that.......) So, for anyone who hasn't yet got Sky but does have a UK address the situation returns to what it used to be.  For those unfortunate enough to have been caught in the trap of phone line connections (think just the past 12 months or so) take the advice of horseygirl & pay double.    

Hello All!  I have Sky in the UK but am now living full time in France.  Knowing lots of people who have Sky here (by having bought a 2nd box & paying Sky for additional viewing) I did the same & had a 2nd box installed in the UK.  I then brought the old box out here to France. After 2 months I received a letter in the UK saying that unless both boxes were connected to my UK BT telephone line then I would either be cut off OR could pay double the subscription. The majority of people I know out here have not had this problem & it seems to be because the much older boxes are not plugged into the phoneline & therefore Sky do not monitor where the boxes are located.  However, for anyone trying to do the same thing now this problem arises with phoneline monitoring. I fully appreciate that Sky do not want people having a 2nd box so that they can give it to a friend who then only pays a proportion of the subs instead of the full amount.  I am more than happy to pay twice but the question is - will they actually let me do this? I have just called them & they are saying that there is no option to pay twice (even though their letter says I can) & that both boxes MUST be connected.  I tried to say that I had one box in a caravan but this didn't help either as they said that was not allowed. Are there any answers?  I thought I would try to say that it was for a second property in the UK but have that sinking feeling that they will insist on visiting the second property & overseeing installation / connection to a landline. Does anyone know how to get around the phoneline connection / any circumstances that Sky will accept for non-connection to a phone line - I am more than happy to pay double subscriptions & desperately don't want to lose Sky! Thank you in advance!