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Originally Posted by supremus
SD VOD standards average 2-3mbit, as far as I'm told. Very few pirate boxes are HD compatible, so not an issue.
No, that clearly does have an effect. Different issue, though.
It's up to VM to disconnect feeds going to non-subscribers. If someone has a minimum subscription, the bandwidth capacity used by a dodgy box is not an issue.
Final verdict: No effect.
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2-3mbit you say, ok say thats true, multiply that by about 30-40 people who are illegally recieving services in that street/area alone, the bandwith bill really adds up, so yes it does have an effect, let's not forget most of the stealers also have a minimum package (net/tv) as well adding up to it.
Funny, i've seen quite a few that can do HD...and watching h264 1080p chews up alot of bandwith that i can assure you.
They do disconnect them when they are caught, problem is some local tech goes and wires everything back up for a tenner, OR and i have seen this happen many times (and even reported it to the police) people have the keys to the cabs and wire themself's back up.
I've also seen techs get threatened by people stealing services after he disconnected them all, the whole street was out in a gang with baseball bats telling him to either put them all back on or face the beating of his life, it's really not a nice experience to be in, fortunetly when it happened to me there was a fair few other techs with me and the police turned up.