My Uncle had a chipped analogue ntl STB. Think it cost him £100. He got all the channels, but it broke after a couple of weeks and the fella who sold him it was nowhere to be found
I've had ntl for about 4 years myself and pay a ridiculous amount of money to them. On average about £110 a month, got movies and sport, 600k and an extra 2 boxes. I can see why folk would want to get a chipped box. Thing that annoys me is that I can't just buy the channels I watch. I've gotta buy a 100 channels I'm not interested in to get the one I watch.
Anyway, if I had a chipped box I'd lay awake at night worrying about it
Some folk I just just don't care what they illegal stuff they do. Would be good if NTL were able to track these people as it surely impacts on the service the rest of us get.