ISP Sky Broadband Adds £100 Reward Card to Discounted Packages

UK ISP Sky Broadband appears to have enhanced their existing package discounts for new customers by introducing a £100 reward card (Prepaid Mastercard), which is available across all three of their primary unlimited broadband (ADSL, FTTC) and phone line rental bundles.

The bundles typically include a 12 or 18 month contract term, unlimited usage, an 802.11ac wireless router (Sky Q Hub), Sky Talk line rental (standard UK call rates), unlimited access to WiFi hotspots from The Cloud, Sky Shield (Parental Controls and Anti-Malware), Sky Talk Shield (nuisance call blocking), email and a 12 month free trial of the McAfee Internet Security Suite.

The offer will only be available to order until 23rd August 2018 and we note that the new account must have also been active for at least 30 days before you can claim your card (must be claimed within 90 days of service being activated). The reward card may then take up to 3 weeks to arrive.

Sky Unlimited
* Average download speed 11Mbps (0.8Mbps upload)

PRICE: £18 a month for 12 months (£30 thereafter) + £9.95 one-off setup

Sky Fibre Unlimited
* Average download speed 36Mbps (9Mbps upload)

PRICE: £25 a month for 18 months (£38.99 thereafter) + £9.95 one-off setup

Sky Fibre Max
* Average download speed 63Mbps (18Mbps upload)

PRICE: £30 a month for 18 months (£43.99 thereafter) + £9.95 one-off setup

We note that Prepaid MasterCards can be used wherever MasterCard® is accepted, except for gambling, cash withdrawals, currency, cashback or at petrol stations. Unused card values will also expire 12 months after the cards are printed. Personally we’d prefer it if ISPs would just knock the price of their packages down rather than introduce the extra hassle of reward cards but clearly that way of thinking doesn’t work for the marketing folk at BT, Sky etc.