RE: Changing ITV Region on SKY

["Bricknell, Tony" <tony.bricknell@xxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Des Gibbons [mailto:des@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 16 October, 2002 21:56
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Changing ITV Region on SKY

>>
>> Well they seem to be doing more checking, and I know a number of
people
>> who've received warning letters from Sky.

>Within the first 12 months? or is it because they are using the phone
line
>to order events, and the logs are showing 2 different numbers for a
>dual-sub?

You are contractually obliged, within the first 12 months, to have the
Sky
box plugged into the telephone line.  BUT you're not obliged to keep
mains
power supplied to it!  Sky cannot dial-in to the box, but they can
(and do
according to a report in New Scientist) send a command over the air to
get
the box to call them (New Scientist reported data was being uploaded
from
the dodgy box to SkyHQ - probably "only" viewing habits but Sky,
when
questioned, refused to comment).

Standard disclaimers apply as in:  If I were to have Sky installed
then I
would let the engineer connect it to the phone line (enabling me to get
the
subsidised price for the box/install).  As soon as the engineer left I
would
disconnect the phone line and fit a mains power switch in line with the
box,
(officially) only powering the unit up when viewing Sky.  If Sky sent
the
"dial-home" command, the box would not be able to comply, Sky
_could_ write
me a stinky letter but, Mr Murdoch, the box was not plugged into the
mains
at the time...

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