As
many Jamaicans may have heard, ReadyTV is making plans to expand islandwide in
June 2018, just in time for Summer as noted in my Geezam
blog entitled “How
ReadyTV will go National in June 2018 to reach Montego Bay and Manchester”.
With
a single tower in Coopers Hill, St Andrew, they’ve managed to supply service to
the following parishes:
1. Kingston
2. St
Catherine
3. Clarendon
4. St
Ann
5. Parts
of St Mary
6. Hills
of Manchester
That's
35% of Jamaica with two (2) more transmitters in the following areas:
1. Flower
Hill, St James
2. Huntley
tower in Manchester
This
would extend their reach to the Western and central part of Jamaica to cover
the following parishes:
1. St
Ann
2. Clarendon
3. Trelawny
4. St
Elizabeth
Their
prepaid cable subscription model is also a part of the attraction, with 10 free
digital cable channels as I'd pointed out in my Geezam Wars blog article entitled
“ReadyTV’s
prepaid cable TV comes with 10 free digital TV channels”
So
how does their service work?
How ReadyTV Service
Works - The Installation
ReadyTV's
Technicians come to your home and based on your location, they determine if you
can get coverage from their tower. Three options exist as listed in the table
below:
Delivery Method
|
Time
|
Location
|
Cost
|
Additional Information
|
Home Delivery
|
Within 24 hours
|
Kingston, Portmore
& Spanish Town
|
$900. The cost of the
box is not included.
|
$1800 in other areas.
|
Home Delivery &
Installation
|
48 hours
|
Kingston, Portmore
& Spanish Town
|
$2500. The cost of the
box and outdoor antenna is not included.
|
$4000 in other areas
within 48 hours.
|
Installation Service
Only
|
4 hours (Premium
Service)
|
Premium service in
Kingston, Portmore & Spanish Town
|
$4000 in 4 hours $2500
within 24 hours
|
$3500 for Standard Installation for other
areas
|
The
$4,000 setup cost is far cheaper than any cable company on the market and you
get 10 free channels; eight local and two overseas. While your Prepaid TV
Starter Pack includes a basic indoor antenna to help get you started, and
outdoor antenna to optimize your viewing experience is highly recommended.
An
outdoor antenna will overcome most signal interference issues you might
encounter, including:
1. Distance
from our broadcast tower
2. Obstructed
lines of sight
3. Hilly
terrains
4. Buildings
or environmental factors
There
are many types of powered and unpowered UHF outdoor antennas that will work
with your digital box. Always check the manufacturer’s label to ensure the
antenna covers the UHF 470-862MHz frequency range.
Coverage
is not a guarantee from their one Tower in Cooper's Hill so call 1-888-429-5RTV
(788) to find out if we have coverage in your area.
So
now on to the packages!!!!
How ReadyTV Service
Works - The Packages
Subscribers
have a choice of one of five (5) packages of 33 channels each:
1. ReadySTART
2. ReadySET
3. ReadyGo
4. ReadyWIN
5. ReadyMax
The
cost of packages depends on how long the subscriber wishes to enjoy watching
these packages and how many channels they wish to have:
1. $150
per day
2. $900
per week
3. $2,700
per month
Please
see the ReadyTV brochure for more
details on the channel offering for the different packages.
They purchase their packages using ReadyCredit Scratchcards/e-vouchers, which is denominated in a manner similar to Prepaid Phone Card used by Telecom Providers.
These ReadyCredit Scratchcards/e-cards are denominated in a manner similar to Prepaid Phone Card used by Telecom Providers:
1. $100
2. $200
3. $500
They
also purchase ReadyCredit Scratchcards/e-vouchers from some local merchants who
help to sell their prepaid card use to log on to the services listed out in my
Geezam blog article entitled “ReadyTV garners
support from Local Merchants to reach 800000 subscribers”.
They
are among the many ReadyTV Sales
Locations listed on their Website!!!
How ReadyTV Service
Works - Registering your ReadyTV Box
After
Installation, setting up the ReadyTV box is also very simple as the video
shows:
So
too is as registering it and adding on the prepaid service as can be seen from
this Twitter post on their ReadyTV
Twitter page.
Registering your Digital Box is as easy as flipping a switch! #ReadyToLearn?— Ready TV (@ReadyTV_Ja) November 29, 2017
Watch this quick tutorial and join the #ReadyFam pic.twitter.com/xS43oUXR1e
To
register follow the simple steps:
1. Find
the Box ID# on the base of your Digital Box
2. Send
text message to REGISTER to 822-4788 in the format *FirstName*LastName*BOXID#1
3. You
will receive a text message with you User ID
So
how do you buy service on ReadyTV?
How ReadyTV Service
Works - Topping up, Buying Service and Checking Balance
Topping
up with ReadyCredit is very simple:
1. Use
the Scratchcard or E-voucher purchased at one of several ReadyTV Sales Location to Top Up
your account.
2. Dial
822-4788 (4RTV) on your smartphone
3. Enter
the following code; *USER ID*16 DIGIT
PIN#1
4. Read
the text message with your purchase confirmation and remaining credit balance
5. Allow
up to 30 minutes for purchased channels to be authorized
You
can also check you balances using the following code:
1. Dial
822-4788 (4RTV) on your smartphone
2. Enter
*USERID*Bal#1 to see your balance
Good
to note that your “USER ID” is the four digit number you will receive upon
registering your box. You'll also receive a text with Top Up approval and
credit balance and codes available to buy channel packages.
Folks, with ReadyTV going National in June 2018, expect more news from the Geezam blog as well as on this blog as we'll be testing out their product and doing a video von their service
Here's
how to get in contact with ReadyTV:
Juven
Montague-Anderson
Marketing
Manager
Telephone:
549-6017, 704-2426
Suite
13-15, The Palms Plaza,
23
West Trade Way,
Portmore
, St. Catherine, Jamaica.
Email:
info@ReadyTV.com
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