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Originally Posted by greencreeper
Sky+ installed - about 5 minutes ago  Bit of a panic when the drill bit was left stuck in the wall, but the engineer managed to free it by drilling around it. Just a 2p sized hole. Otherwise a smooth install. Oh and it took a few attempts to phone home, which brings me to my question - why does it need a phone line?? Is it a £1 a minute number it's phoning?? |
The initial hits which give your smartcard its entitlements to the channels you selected are initiated by the installer and are sent over the phone line. A free call!
All subsequent entitlements are sent over air.
The phoneline from then on is only required for the interactive stuff (you pay for) and for the callbacks (free calls) to report any movie purchases etc.