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Originally Posted by newbie1001
Well if Virgin Media were more carefull with their equipment piracy might not be an issue. I have an ntl box and modem in my loft for over 5 years now and no doubt i will have this V+ box,V Box and cable modem for years as well. Contract ended 21st of january and they have made no effort to retrieve the equipment.
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I agree, VM have their own part to play in the mass piracy in cable , not collecting old equipment and even worse, not disconnecting people from the taps in the cabinet, of course, some determined people may break into the cabinet and reconnect but most won't and it just leaves a live feed asking for non-subbed equipment to be connected.
The points on the age of Nagra 3 made aren't really valid, N3 has only be comprehensively used in the US for just over a year, the US is far more important in this respect than Europe since it's been the source of most of the old Nagra hacks, probably because that market offers the biggest financial return which is important if you're going to invest a few million in breaking an encryption system. European providers have been using it for a similar time period simulcrypted with other open versions or encryption systems.
It often takes 3-5 years of installation before any real progress is made but by all accounts N3 is so dynamic that it may take much longer this time around and by that time card based encryption systems may be deprecated.