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Old 10-11-2008, 13:44   #31
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Re: Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

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Originally Posted by Nidge View Post
They don't do anything when you phone up anyway, I informed VM that a person was using 3 chipped STB's, they got back to me and said they are on the basic package and no information was coming back off the box to suggest otherwise. I have spoken to some installers over the last few months and they have said, as long as you are signed up to the basic package there's no way they can trace you, one installer said that there were people out there who were running chipped boxes and had been for the last 5 or so years.
To be fair, what can VM do about it? If a customer is paying for their services, VM only have your word for it that they are also using chipped boxes. I doubt that VM would spend time, effort & money on getting the police involved & getting search warrents issued on the basis of a phone call.
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