If you are in Bristol and weighing up whether to leave Sky or Virgin Media, the sensible move is to test the thing before paying for it. The Bristol trial runs 24 hours, needs no card, and works on the telly you already have. That is long enough to check Bristol City and Bristol Rovers in the EFL, plus the Champions League and the rest of the European nights.
Local viewing guide
Bristol is a genuinely split city, with Bristol City at Ashton Gate and Bristol Rovers on the other side of a divide that runs along family lines. The derby between them is a proper local occasion. Bristol is also a serious rugby union city, with Bristol Bears sharing Ashton Gate and drawing big crowds for Premiership and European fixtures. That mix of football outside the top flight and Premiership rugby is exactly the combination that standard packages handle badly, because second-tier football and club rugby have tended to sit with different broadcasters. The city is well served for full fibre, so the practical question here is almost always about which competitions are carried rather than whether the line can manage them.
Bristol has a wide housing spread, from the Georgian conservation stock in Clifton where installations are restricted, through the terraced streets of Bedminster and Easton, out to suburban Fishponds and Filton and across to Portishead. Coverage across the city is strong, with substantial full-fibre availability. The city has two universities, a young population and one of the higher private-rental shares outside London. What is worth testing specifically in Bristol is the combination: second-tier football and Premiership rugby together, which is precisely the pairing that conventional packages handle badly. Check both inside the 24 hours rather than assuming either follows from the other.
The honest test in Bristol is not whether the menus look tidy. It is whether Bristol City and Bristol Rovers in the EFL come through cleanly at kick-off. Find those channels on your first evening and give them a proper look. Time it for a Bristol City v Bristol Rovers derby if you can, because that is the real stress test. It will never be Ashton Gate, though on a good line it comes closer than you would think.
Connection check
About the line in Bristol: one of the better-connected cities in the south west. Ten Mbps or so covers HD and 25 Mbps covers 4K. Sky Sports carries most EFL fixtures, with rugby on TNT. Test it at nine on a weeknight rather than at noon, since the evening is when a stream has to prove itself.
Setup
If you are already with Sky or Virgin Media in Bristol, do not cancel a thing yet. Run the trial alongside what you have, compare the two on the same match, and only decide once you have watched Bristol City on both. That is precisely why we do not take a card.
Send a WhatsApp with your name and number. No card details are asked for.
We reply with your login, usually inside a few minutes.
Someone talks you through the setup on whatever device is already in the room.
You get 24 hours to judge it. Nothing auto-renews, because we hold no card.
You do not need one. We ask for a name and a WhatsApp number and nothing more. No card means no accidental renewal, which is usually the part people in Bristol want reassurance about.
No. It runs over your existing broadband, so there is no dish, no aerial and nobody calling to the house in Bristol. If you have a smart telly, a Firestick or an Android box, you already have everything you need.
The library includes the EFL coverage, so if a Bristol City game falls inside your 24 hours you can check it on your own telly. Rights and fixtures move around between seasons, so testing it on a real match night is the only honest way to know.
About 10 Mbps for HD and 25 Mbps for 4K. One of the better-connected cities in the south west. Test during the evening peak rather than the middle of the day, because that is when the line is under load.
The login simply stops working. Nothing renews, because we hold no payment details for Bristol customers or anyone else. To continue, The Taster costs £85 once and covers 10 months, or The Owner costs £255 once for lifetime access on one device. Both carry a 90-day money-back promise.
The same free trial applies wherever you are. If one of these is closer, start there.
See every city
No card. Nothing to cancel.
A full day on your own telly in Bristol, no card taken and nothing to cancel. If it does not suit, you walk away having spent nothing at all.
Channel and event availability changes over time, so nothing here guarantees any given match. Use the trial to check your own must-have channels before paying. If you continue, The Taster is £85 once for 10 months and The Owner is £255 once for lifetime access, both with a 90-day money-back promise.
