Re: Tivo

["domdevitto" <dom@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Phillip Harris <phil@...> wrote:
> Surely the days of the installer being able to add you a few channels
sho=
uld have gone with the passing of analogue cable ... even using a dreambox
=
is getting to be more hassle than it's worth for all but the most ardent
sk=
inflint.

I'd agree with that, and one that doesn't mind spending =A3120 every few
mo=
nths!

> Using cablemodems from other areas seems to be one way of getting
freebie=
internet access (as the modem isn't registered on the local network) and t=
here are a few other ways (they always say that the people who know the
bes=
t places for drugs are the police and that applies to other industries
too)=
...

You can't use a modem from another area in this way anymore, and cloning
in=
general is pretty much extinct, except for maybe the 2mb and less tiers - =
and even that is getting harder week by week.
=20
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Tim" <tim@> wrote:
> >> It will be interesting to see what actually transpires.=20

What transpires is that all the people involved (including foreigners) get
=
arrested, and all 44,000 dodgy STBs go offline, and stay, offline.  All of
=
them were less than 12 months old, and some only a couple of months old. =
=20
=A3120 for a couple of months TV is a pretty expensive pass-time,
especiall=
y when it's at least four times VM's prices!

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Trio-accused-massive-fraud-TV-contra=
cts/article-3188145-detail/article.html

They would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for those
meddl=
ing security super-geniuses!  :-)

Dom



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