Plenty of homes around Exeter are paying Sky or Virgin Media prices out of habit rather than choice. Before changing anything, spend a day testing the alternative on the screen you already own. No card at any point, nothing to cancel, and Exeter City and Exeter Chiefs in the EFL and Premiership Rugby, plus the Champions League and the rest of the European nights to judge it by.
Local viewing guide
Exeter is a two-code city with Exeter City playing football at St James Park and the Exeter Chiefs playing Premiership rugby at Sandy Park, and the Chiefs have been the bigger draw for some years now with European nights that fill the ground. That split matters for telly because club rugby and lower-division football have sat with different broadcasters, and a household following both is unlikely to be covered by any single conventional package. Exeter also serves as the hub for a large rural catchment across Devon where connection quality varies considerably once you leave the city. Testing on your own line rather than trusting a regional coverage map is worthwhile here.
Exeter has reasonable coverage across the city and out through St Thomas, Heavitree and towards Topsham and Exmouth, but the wider Devon catchment it serves is considerably more variable, and the terrain across the county compounds the distance. The city has a large university population with the usual short-lease churn, and a historic centre with conservation constraints. The distinctive test here is the two-code one: with the Chiefs' Premiership rugby the bigger draw and the football in the lower divisions, a household follows two sports that conventional packages handle badly together. Confirm both inside the 24 hours, at your own address.
Devon viewing tends to revolve around Exeter City and Exeter Chiefs in the EFL and Premiership Rugby, so those are the channels to open before anything else. A service can look flawless on a quiet Tuesday and fall apart at kick-off, which is exactly when you should be watching. Nothing at home matches Sandy Park when the Chiefs are at home, but the picture should still do the night justice.
Connection check
Broadband first, because it decides everything else. In and around Exeter, good city coverage, rural Devon weaker. HD wants about 10 Mbps and 4K about 25 Mbps. Sky Sports for football, TNT Sports for Premiership Rugby. Run your speed test at the busy hour, not the quiet one.
Setup
Before changing anything in Exeter, work out what you would actually miss. For most homes it comes down to one competition and a handful of channels. Find those in the guide on the first evening, watch Exeter City if the fixture falls right, and judge it on that rather than on a feature list.
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We send your login back on WhatsApp, usually within a few minutes.
A real person walks you through the setup on whatever telly or box you already own.
You watch for 24 hours and decide. Nothing renews, because there is nothing on file.
No. Nothing is taken up front and no payment details are stored anywhere. That is deliberate, because it is the only way a trial in Exeter can genuinely cost you nothing.
No engineer and no hardware. The setup happens on WhatsApp, usually in under ten minutes, using the device you already own. Plenty of Exeter customers do it themselves while we talk them through it.
The library includes the EFL and Premiership Rugby coverage, so if a Exeter 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. Good city coverage, rural Devon weaker. Test during the evening peak rather than the middle of the day, because that is when the line is under load.
It ends, and that is all. No charge, no reminder emails, no cancellation to chase down. If it did suit you, The Taster is a single £85 payment covering 10 months and The Owner is a single £255 payment for lifetime access on one device, each with 90 days to change your mind.
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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.
