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Originally Posted by ianathuth
Sky do not download sofware via the telephone connection. If Sky want the box to call home it is done via a freephone number. Sky only uses telephone numbers that you have to pay for after warning you of the charge. There are charges for some of the interactive content on Sky, just as there is on NTL, but the main use of interactive on Sky is for multi screen events such as the Champions League and these are provided free for subscribers to the relevant channels.
My own view on which platform provides the best DTV service is that Sky has always given me a far better picture quality than NTL and that is based on simultaneously having both systems for a couple of years. NTL was always having picture break up, pixallation and freezing which despite many engineering calls and box swaps was never cured. Eventually dropped NTL DTV and replaced that with Sky+ which is television as it should be.
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All well and good, but I was making a point that Sky boxes don't call sky unless necessary. When I mentioned interactive (admittedly I should have made this clear) I was referring to the various online games which do cause the box to call sky. I wasn't saying there are no free interactive services on Sky.
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Originally Posted by spiderplant
No, it doesn't. There wouldn't be a lot of point, as the box doesn't know who is watching it - or even whether the TV is switched on.
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I did say I could be wrong, or the article I read could be wrong.