Can anyone recommend a cheaper alternative? Been with Sky for about 15 years mainly because partner loves the sport channels but it's getting ridiculous the amount we pay, I just want to cancel the whole thing, my partner however is slightly more reluctant to try some thing new.
Depends what you want. Sky is very expensive, but that is partly because they are really the only option if you want a variety of sports and entertainment that go beyond the usual plethora of rubbish channels.
Now TV, which is basically Sky offering their premium services as a sort of pay as you go (you buy "passes" for specific lengths of time), non-satellite option, might be worth looking at.
Freeview is free, but rubbish, BT Sport is good but .... just sport.
We switched to Bt just over a year ago. We now get the sports channels which we didn't have with sky and fibre broadband which we didn't have either. Broadband much faster now and all the football I need. This is around £30 cheaper than sky was. You will get faults with them all but so far it is working out fine.
Ring Sky and threaten to cancel and then haggle - I've currently got well over 60% 'loyalty discount' with no minimum contract period - I pay £35.60 a month for all the sports and all the film channels (can't have Sky broadband as no fibre in the village).