[Escapee]

Is it still financially viable for Virgin to catch people with chipped boxes?

I ask that question because ntl used to make a token effort to catch these people, just enough to keep the program providers off their back. It was due to the fact that the program provider pricing to ntl meant more £ from a basic subscriber than they made from a customer taking a premium package.

In the older days customers who subscribed to the basic package but had a chipped box to receive premium services were a good money spinner for ntl, and the effort to catch them was mainly hot air.

Those legally paying for the full service earned the company less money than those stealing.