Now TV Sports Passes and how to watch?

[Anonymous User]

Hello.

I have a Now TV box and find it very very frustrating that I cannot get in touch with Now TV.  Not everyone is tech savvy and understands many of the terms used on boards etc.  I  want to know how I can purchase a sports day pass and when I have purchased it how the hell do I watch it?  On my telly, on my lap top?  I do not have a mobile phone, or a smart TV, whatever they are and not great broadband speed.  My partner watches Now Tv on our telly occasionally so I assume this means it is good enough signal to watch football from a day pass?  Do I have to purchase the day pass only on the day I want to use it or can I purchase in advance?

[Anonymous User]

Hi

I am very nearly persuaded to drop my BT TV subscription I purchased
yesterday and go for the smart Samsung TV. I hope you don't mind me asking
a couple more questions? So because we have slow internet and no idea if
fibre will reach us in the near future, will this 2.6 -.3.0 mbps (at
present with EE, cant see this improving with BT but who knows) be enough
to power the smart TV and all the apps I want to watch footy on? It was
the BT chat person who said not to buy a 4K TV, I though that was something
to do with the speed and HD stuff, but like you say they may have been
talking garbage. Thank you

[gavs82008]

@Anonymous User 

Again if I was you, I would seriously consider checking the speed on your 4G phone. If it is anything over 15mb on your 4G then that would be a great start. 

So just because you wanted to purchase a 4K TV that should not put you off from doing so. In terms of BT TV, my understanding is that the connection reliant on a suitable speed for broadband, more so if you want to get the Max package for BT sport 4K. 

My recommendation, if you want a 4K TV, don't let anything stop you. Also do a speed test of your 4G mobile and even off a 2 bar signal you should be getting much more than your broadband speed of 3mb!

In my work we can only get a strong 3G signal and that gives me 10+mb. So if you try to switch to 3G only on your device if the 4G is that bad. 

[Anonymous User]

Hi

I am getting a bit confused again.  So I found out that I need at least 5mbps to run Bt Sports even though I told them it was around 2.8mbps they still sold me the package, so I am going to get back on to them.

I am not really a mobile phone user so not sure about 3g, 4g etc, I have a Samsung galaxy work mobile and that's all I own.  So I am not sure what or how checking the speed of my phone would help, sorry. Are you saying if I have a 3G or 4G signal over the 5MBPS I could somehow run BT sports from this?  I also guess that 2.8MBPS is nowhere neat enough for a smart TV? 

[Anonymous User]

Hi

So I have been in contact with EE (our present broadband provider) and they say 4g should be able to give me around 25mbps at home.  So they then say for £15 per month I can have  10GB  and a small box that  I should be able to hook to my TV  (hopefully this would be compatable with  smart tv)and have enough juice to watch BT sports  (obviously I would have to buy a BT sports pack form BT)and hopefully this would be the same for Now TV so I could get  a pass to watch Sky Sports.  I am not really sure what this small box is they are talking about but I guess I would still need the landline and broadband package for phone and  e mail, surfing web etc?  Does this sound like a good option?

[gavs82008]

@Anonymous User 

My recommendation is to cancel your broadband completely. 

Purchase a WiFi dongle from Amazon decent one will be £40-60

Purchase EE unlimited data sim for £34 (through EE for fastest speeds possible)

or Vodafone Max for £30 and it will only be a 12 month contract. If you or your partners work get you discount on either then all the better.

Or yet you can get the 4G Gigacube with Vodafone unlimited at £50 a month for unlimited data. This is effectively home broadband in a different form and gives you what looks like a router.

https://www.vodafone.co.uk/gigacube/?icmp=HeaderLink

Do not go with what they have suggested, you will be in for a shock on how much data is used for streaming, trust me I know. Had run out very quickly when I was in a hotel using my phone as a hotspot and 8GB lasted 2/3 nights!

25mb for your 4G is just fine for HD streaming. 

[Anonymous User]

@Anonymous User 

Check the link below to the Now TV Help section on Sports Passes...... this may help with some answers:

https://help.nowtv.com/gb/article/sky-sports-day-week-month-pass?DCMP=IA_pases1