Re: [ukha_d] RE: RE: Re: TiVo £98 Deal?

[James Fidell <james@xxxxxxx>]

Quoting Doogie Brodie (ukhad@xxxxxxx):
> M McAree wrote:
> > BUT TiVo have no way of knowing that I get a second TiVo, get
a
> > discounted Sub (because I have 2 boxes) and give the TiVo to my
Father.
> 
> Exactly what I was going to say. You can subscribe at the same
address, 
> use the same credit card/ direct debit details, but they don't have
any 
> way of knowing that you *are* using it at the same address and not
that 
> you're running a Tivo cut-down-subs reselling business (I need 150
> Tivos, yes, of course I do!)  ;)
> 
> The only way they could tell is by the CID, but Tivo's dial up to a
POP 
> supplied by an ISP (can't rembember who... pipex or uunet or
something) 
> so Tivo can't get your CID themselves.

Not necessarily.

If Tivo manage the authentication service it's quite possible that they
will have access to the CLI even if they don't actually look after any
of the other hardware.

James


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