Why would anyone buy Sky via dish in 2025

I’m astounded by the fact that so many people are stillll buying services such as Sky and feeling obliged to bolt an ugly big dish to the side of their houses. With FTTP fibre internet becoming near ubiquitous, there’s simply no need to lock yourself into a service. If you have a decent 100meg + service, the route to go is via App.

In recent years Now TV was always a tempting choice for the sports fan. Turn it on and off month by month. In the summer when the footballs not on, save yourself a packet. The issue holding it back was always reduced quality both in terms of sound and vision. All this has changed in recent months with the introduction of the new ultra boost packages.

So now you have two choices:

  1. Buy Sky Q/Stream – and be locked into an echo system where you have cables , dishes and are locked into multi year contacts.
  2. Buy NowTV, add the ultra boost , and for £35pcm(for Sky Sports) you have the same 4K, Atmos enabled service.

And what do you need to spend? Well any device that can run Now TV app, so SMART TV or such and you are off to the races. Even better – get yourself an Apple TV or Nvidia shield and allow hook up to sound systems etc. Want service in the kids bedroom- no bother, fire in a Smart TV or a fire stick. All this is legit, tested and incredibly simple.

Going away on holiday? – cancel the service for the month

Need to add a TV – no extra charge. It’s really win win.

Here at Gorilla.networks, our focus on improving your network underpins such options. We can have similar conversations about TNT Sports etc. It’s the world your way.

Get in touch for a demo or a discussion.

The Problem with Wi-Fi (or not)

There is often a tendency for consumers to refer to their internet connection and their wifi connection as a single entity. Given the latest marketing promising “wifi garuntees” from the leading ISPs, nobody can blame them. This however is one of the leading causes of dis satisfaction for consumers.

The good news: the reality is that most home internet connections are incredibly reliable, the bad; poor wifi, and ISP provided routers tend to let down a good internet connection by providing spotty coverage and unreliable speeds.

The simple truth is that in a good many cases, it would be better to throw away your ISP provided router and instead fit separate wifi equipment to provide consistent coverage. Here at gorilla networks we can guide you through that journey.

What we do:

We’ll visit your property for a site survey. During this we’ll check your internet connection and ensure it’s working correctly.

We’ll understand your requirements of your home internet: do you want to stream 4K in every room, do you want to game on Xbox live, do you work from home?

From there we’ll provide you a range of options at different price points.

This may include: a recommendation on a better broadband provider.

A selection of wifi solutions, using wireless mesh or wired technologies

A pros and cons of each solution.

After the initial survey there is no obligation to use our services – but you’ll come away with a clear idea of where your issues stem from.

All this for only £59.99

Should you choose to have us provide further services, we can;

Assist in changing ISPs

Migrate your wifi and network devices to a new mesh network.

Assist in any enhancements- would you like a VPN to be able to access your home whilst away on the road? Would you like to centralise a printer? file server etc. We can also recommend tradesman should you want to add wired network connections to your home (good for TVs/ home offices etc).