Fancy A One Month Free Foxtel Trial On Xbox 360?

26 responses to “Fancy A One Month Free Foxtel Trial On Xbox 360?”

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   Chuloopa

   June 2, 2011 at 9:35 am

   They had a deal like this on one of the coupon sites yesterday.

   there are 2 things to keep in mind

   1. You will have to physically call and cancel the subscription before the end of the free month, otherwise you will start being billed

   2. If you are not with bigpond, you will cop data usage charges through the roof. So if you don’t have an unlimited plan or bigpond, then give this a miss

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   1. 

      FatShady

      June 2, 2011 at 10:08 am

      Im not sure about having to call them. I called foxtel and confirmed yesterday and they informed me that i had to cancel online, which was foxtel/xbox.com.au or similar.

      You are right about the data usage though.

      I just got it to test it out on my pissy ADSL2+ connection which is 6km from the exchange. It actually works REALLY well. Not 1080p but streamed flawlessly. I was actually really happy with it.

      I wont use it because i already have foxtel and multiroom so this is a waste, but for nothing, Ill have it for a month.

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2. 

   Batguy

   June 2, 2011 at 9:42 am

   Mark, you may want to add that you also get a voucher for 30 days of xbox live gold as part of this deal.

   I signed up for this yesterday and will probably set it up tonight. I figure it’s going to be terrible quality with my connection speed anyway, but there’s only one way to find out!

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3. 

   Dissection

   June 2, 2011 at 9:45 am

   Pass.

   Thanks Chuloopa, confirmed exactly what I was going to ask.

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4. 

   Strange

   June 2, 2011 at 9:46 am

   Yeah, Foxtel’s sneaky. With the non-xbox version they’ll usually give you first month free with all the channels. You get used to having them so you don’t change to a lesser package andthey get more money out of you than they otherwise would have.

   I don’t think I’ll ever get Foxtel again until they let you pick and choose exactly what channels you get in their ‘basic’ package instead of automatically giving you channels you’ll never want to watch.

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      Dissection

      June 2, 2011 at 9:57 am

      Indeed.

      I remember when Galaxy was still around (before Foxtel ever existed) their packages were very flexible and had the pick and choose style. Foxtel were the first to come onto the market with strict package setups. The bastards! 😛

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5. 

   Munky

   June 2, 2011 at 10:01 am

   Sweet – I can watch the NBA finals live and then cancel in 2 weeks 🙂

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   1. 

      solypsis

      June 2, 2011 at 10:57 am

      oooh -good idea!

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         ash

         June 2, 2011 at 4:07 pm

         I was thinking the same thing and have just signed up.

         I’m willing to take the hit to my internet downloads to watch the finals 🙂

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            Munky

            June 2, 2011 at 4:31 pm

            As a Heat fan of 20yrs Foxtel’s timing could not have been better 🙂

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6. 

   Michael Carroll

   June 2, 2011 at 10:06 am

   Being in a rural area I can’t even sign up 🙁 Not until the Foxtel / Austar merger all goes through

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      Jack

      June 2, 2011 at 10:44 am

      Just put in a different postcode/address – you’ll be fine…

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7. 

   Nick

   June 2, 2011 at 11:18 am

   I’ve been using the service since it was introduced, was a no brainer as the basic package + entertainment was half the price of a cable connection, plus I can hook it up anywhere with a stable net connection.

   When I moved the other month, all I had to do was plug it into the net and off it went!

   In regards to usage, I had to seriously look at it as my new place can’t get TPG’s unlimited plan. According to Foxtels FAQ the usage is approximately the following;

   High Quality: 800MB
   Medium Quality: 540MB
   Low Quality: 360MB

   Personally I chew through around 60-80GB of bandwidth a month on this service, but am on an iinet 200GB plan so its not a hassle.

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8. 

   Brewer74

   June 2, 2011 at 11:25 am

   Yea, you will be charged after the free month, so I would have to actually remember to cancel the subscription, which is has danger written all over it. Good deal if you have a good memory, check out the free sample vids to see what the quality is like, it works pretty well.

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9. 

   DENAz

   June 2, 2011 at 11:25 am

   Also worth noting that we get Showtime, and antoher movie channel for free for the month of June

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10. 

    Sam

    June 2, 2011 at 12:12 pm

    Too bad you can only get it in the capital cities..

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       ash

       June 2, 2011 at 4:07 pm

       You can always move house

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11. 

    Stevorooni

    June 2, 2011 at 1:34 pm

    Too bad it’s not available in my area because I’m in an ‘Austar’ region 🙁

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12. 

    Zeedee

    June 2, 2011 at 4:36 pm

    If i sign up for this, get the email for the free month of xbox live gold then cancel the foxtel part of it, will the xbox live gold be cancelled as well?

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13. 

    john

    June 3, 2011 at 7:46 pm

    Why does it say it will charge $19.50 and then it asks for credit card details, people have very different definitions of the word ‘Free’ these days..

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14. 

    Jamie

    June 5, 2011 at 3:39 am

    John it only says that but one you go through it all they send you an email pretty much saying “you have purchased foxtel blah blah blah because you have set up a new subscription you have one month free if not cancelled with in a month you will be charged $19.50 for every month after” also they will send another email with 1 month gold membership for free

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15. 

    Mr. Slippyfist

    June 5, 2011 at 4:15 pm

    Suspiciously, I haven’t been asked for credit card details or anything, I’m half way through setting it up and I’ve already selected the $19.50 a month subscription option, so does this mean that they can bill it straight out of my Xbox Live account?

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16. 

    Mr. Slippyfist

    June 5, 2011 at 4:16 pm

    I’m not signing up for this, I can already see the debt collectors on my ass.

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17. 

    Submutant

    June 5, 2011 at 6:18 pm

    This is a scam by Foxtel
    If you have already registered for a Foxtel profile you are ineligible for this offer.
    However when you sign up for the offer the website asks if you already have a profile as part of the steps to register. It does not tell you that if you click yes you are now no longer going to get free foxtel.

    F*** you foxtel

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18. 

    HerpyDerpy

    June 15, 2011 at 2:12 am

    Has anybody tried to cancel their subscription?

    Everything on their website says I haven’t been billed anything, which is promising, but when the time comes I want to know how to break free.

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19. 

    Squibbly

    June 19, 2011 at 4:28 pm

    i’ve tried about 6 times to cancel online and each time it says there is an error. tried calling but i sit on hold for 1/2 hour and hang up in frustration

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