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to Cable Forum
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Originally Posted by merg
People 'steal' because they can... and who is it stealing from here?, "Which we all pay for", do you personally lose out? - NO.
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Yes.
VM have to ensure that their network and other infrastructures and systems are capable of carrying all of the load that they're subjected to.
The addition of several thousand 'hacked' boxes places additional load on the network.
All of this work costs money. The more work there is to do the more money it costs.
VM (like any other sensible company) attempt to recoup their operating costs by covering it with what they charge to their
paying customers.
The more load, the more work, the more their
paying customers get charged.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by merg
You pride yourself on paying for something that others can get for free...
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Almost.
I pride myself in not STEALING something.
Just because you CAN get something for free (that packet of sweets on the shop display, that DVD in Tesco, that CD in HMV,
your car [if you own one]) it doesn't make it right to do so.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by merg
The point im trying to make is that many of the replies here are from 'Victims' of these box thieves, however i dont see any Virgin Media Officials or Richard Branson posting on the site and its them who are ultimately losing out.
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See my point at 2. above.
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Originally Posted by merg
[...]if my moral stance was a bit different i know which id prefer.
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But it isn't, and neither is mine, and that's what makes us different from the rest of the **** in this country that have no respect for anybody else's lives/property.