derrick wrote on Feb 7
th, 2009 at 1:04pm:
None of those numbers work now, (including 01506 677010), just the message; - "I am sorry, you are calling a number that is no longer in use, please redial SKY on 0844......."
I concur with Derrick's recent findings.
I tried to contact Sky today (Saturday 7th February 2009) at 4pm with a tech support query about whether their new Auto-Standby feature is managing to make my oldish model Panasonic TU-DSB20 Digibox permanently lock up and not respond to remote input after it is left without a channel change for a while (even though Auto-Standby has been turned off in the Services menu) and found every single Verified and Unverified number listed by
www.saynoto0870.com no longer operational.
All the 01506 numbers are now met with messages from male or female scottish announcers saying the number is longer in service and to call an 0844 or 0870 alternative, whilst the London 020 7979 9500 number that used to work 24/7 is currently permanently engaged. There may be a limited number of tie lines on this 020 number so it remains to be seen if it will still work at at quieter times of day like midnight or 1am.
Either way it seems that Sky have deliberately closed down all numbers that allowed people to avoid calling its 0844 rip off numbers. Presumably this is all part of a dastardly plan by Sky to force us to switch our phone service to them (Sky Talk) as the only way to avoid having to pay to call their 0844 numbers.
If you are not a Sky Talk customer the only way to now get in touch with Sky without using their ripoff 0844 premium rate numbers seems to be set yourself up an online account at
www.sky.com and then whilst logged in use their hard to find option to send an email query about Sky tv account issues. This includes a number to be called back on and they do eventually call back but it can be two to three days later and usually from someone at the call centre in India.
You can find the link to ask for a call back when logged in to your online Sky account at:-
https://mysky.sky.com/portal/site/skycom/skyhelpcentre/contactus/kana