well....he`s been , rang at 11.40 arrived at 12 had a look at box and he said it was a return path fault which couldn`t be fixed till tomorrow and he will ring me to make sure all is well. he then asked if i had any other problems and i mentioned about a smartcard fault which appeared once or twice a month, he had a look and said he would change my box to....wait for it...... ep a lovely little silver samsung smt 2110c oh yeah really fast and epg is so quick .only thing now is to set those damn favourites

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i also asked him about v+ box and he said it was due for release nationally in april /may

i told him everyone was told 23rd jan and he said that that was the date for the manchester trials

oh well we shall see!!