Just so that people know, the Republic of Ireland card currently on offer from skydigitalcards seems to be one good offer running currently for the moment

(a) You get 2 months of free Sky sports and movies, specially useful in case you want to try out whether you have enough time or enthu to watch any of those premium channels and hence, whether its worth going in for those after two months by shelling out the difference.
(b) As long as you are going in for a subscription, I don't think you will miss Five, Five US or Five Life much since most of the programs are anyways shown on one of the Variety Mix channels or even the TGE channels.Channel 4 is part of the deal.
(c) With the money saved on shelling out for the card, you can go in for a freesat card anyday you decide to cancel the Sky subscription. Even postage it seems is free.

Admin - There are two sockets I find for inserting cards in the 2600 or DS430N box. Is it for use with two different cards (like a Freesat card that i may buy separately) or I can use only one for inserting a card, the other is for some home banking or something else as was mentioned in one of the earlier posts?