Setanta better than Sky

[Master]

For the 2008 schedule Setanta is the official channel for boxing it has the major world title fights in Jones v Trinidad, Haye, Paquiau and some minor fights. It seems sky spent all their money on the Hatton fight and got nothing left. I know Setanta are doing it to get viewres and their broadcasting is second rate to Sky but at least they are showing the major fights. I have cancelled my Sky.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Setanta are tapping in early to the new audience boxing is gaining in the alst number of years. And I agrre they show better fights than sky and usually have a better price.

[Fenster]

It's great Setanta are picking up fights that would never have been shown live in the past - N'yoyo-Powderpuff etc...

Sky are still showing the domestic stuff though.. which I sometimes look forward too more that "big" fights from across the pond

[donnydarkoIRL]

It's great Setanta are picking up fights that would never have been shown live in the past - N'yoyo-Powderpuff etc...

Sky are still showing the domestic stuff though.. which I sometimes look forward too more that "big" fights from across the pond

As a matter of interest what did you think of the Malignaggi fight?

[ono]

It's great Setanta are picking up fights that would never have been shown live in the past - N'yoyo-Powderpuff etc...

Sky are still showing the domestic stuff though.. which I sometimes look forward too more that "big" fights from across the pond

As a matter of interest what did you think of the Malignaggi fight?

I might cancel sky to be honest. It's far too expensive.

Setanta kick arse

Malignaggi was crap.....Hatton would eat him.

[Tins06]

Yeah i was happy with the fights setanta have got lined up...I can get it on free view as well plus premiership football.Can't go wrong really can you.

[superheavyrhun]

Yup, looking at the schedule they've got nine bills from the UK and the USA penned in between January to March, and for my mind that's great.

However, I do think that Sky's domestic boxing coverage is very good, and fights put on there are often more competitive than the one-sided affairs sometimes put forward by Sports Network.

[Mark TKO]

I agree re Setanta and their boxing coverage being better than Sky (at moment)

BUT what effs me off is their customer service - it's a bag of shit. Here's my exoperience with them so far. Would be interested to hear if any of you lot have had problems.


In the 6 months I have had Setanta I have had to ring them... :

- when they have taken their monthly subscription off me twice in a month

- once when they disconnected me. I had got a new credit card and got a letter from Setanta saying my payment had failed and could I contact customer services within 10 days to sort this. I opened another letter in the SAME POST ON SAME DAY saying I had been disconnected as I hadn't contacted them !!!

- AGAIN this month when they took the monthly payment off me twice again !! The idiot on the phone even said they hadn't though I was looking staright at it on my bank statement (have now set up a direct debit straight from bank account) - he said I would have to send photocopies in to prove it !! So I have now cancelled my direct debit (with my bank) and will have to contact Setanta to set it up again as next month the payment will fail


Add to this the fact you have to wait ages to talk to someone and that sometimes they just have a message saying that due to demand they are currently too busy please call back later, and you can probably see why I am very near to cancelling Setanta.

So even though yes they have great boxing shows is the stres and hassle and anger all worth it ?? I will give them one last chance. If anything goes wrong again with them then will disconnect for good.


Thinking about it in the ten years or so I have had SKY it's very rare that I have had to ring them with issues or problems.

[donnydarkoIRL]

I don't think Setanta's service is actually great, I merely think their line up of fights is.

As regards coverage, quality and analysis it's Sky all the way.

And I hear ya on customer service.

[beerjelly]

No chance would I cancel sky sports, I love all the domestic fights on there. I have been impressed with the amount of big fights from America Setanta have shown and like the look of their upcoming lineup of shows but the one main thing that pisses me off is that a lot of Setanta's coverage isnt live - we get a delayed feed and thats the main thing they need to sort that out this year.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Yeah that annoyed me too, I started a thread here wher bzkfn and I asked people tosign a petition for it's improvement but the thread was tarnished and couldn't be sent.

[beerjelly]

Yeah that annoyed me too, I started a thread here wher bzkfn and I asked people tosign a petition for it's improvement but the thread was tarnished and couldn't be sent.

Oh what was wrong? I think I signed it when it was up.

[donnydarkoIRL]

HA hA a heap of pro setanta comments in the middle of a petition, showing the posters arguing.

[Master]

Noticed Sky will be showing the Paul Williams fight which puts me in a dilemma. No still not subscribing back.

[Master]

Any one showing Vasquez v Marquez III?