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Originally Posted by clelland1982
The box is a genuine telewest box, with a card, the same as I have got at the moment. Can you explain briefly why it wont work? and what does the Telewest engineer do that I can't do if I pay the £15 a month for them to install one?
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It won't work because the serial number and smart card details are linked to your account. The only way you will be able to get any service from the box is if you phone up and explain that you have the box and wish to add it onto your account. The problems with that is:
1) They'll want to know exactly how you came by the box without the installation being booked via them - if they will do this for you they'll probably ask (quite rightly too) a few questions.
2) If you get passed point 1, when they add the second stb onto the account and send down the channel package to it that your paying for, it will add on the second stb charge of £15 anyway.
Hence why the box you have is as noted earlier just a glorified doorstop.