RE: RE: Re: TiVo £98 Deal?

["Marcus Warrington" <marcusw@xxxxxxx>]

From: "M McAree" <michael.mcaree@xxxxxxx>


> You'd think TiVo
> would give a discount on a second subscription at the same
address.

How can they tell ?

AFAIU the subscription is linked to the serial number of the machine
(or at least some unique number). I'm guessing that when the TiVo dials
up to get its programme guide it must tell the servers its serial
number
which the server then looks up to see if that box is subscribed. All
that
would be needed is a reduced bill to the owner.. the boxes would update
as normal. If they really wanted then they could implement a CLI to
make
sure that both boxes were ringing from the same phone line.

Am i right... or am I wrong... ?

Marcus

Marcus Warrington
marcusw@xxxxxxx MIS Computer Services (UK)

Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

ADVERTISEMENT

http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
Post message: ukha_d@xxxxxxx 
Subscribe:  ukha_d-subscribe@xxxxxxx 
Unsubscribe:  ukha_d-unsubscribe@xxxxxxx 
List owner:  ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
List of UKHA Groups here - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UKHA_Grouplists/

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.