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Originally Posted by WillPS
The Ethernet ports were used in some houses as the Cable Modem. Think this only happened in ntl: land though.
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Happened in ex:TW for a while too, but the STB cable modem provided limited speed (and in my experience wasn't as reliable as a CM) so the option was ditched when the never-ending speed increase battle began.
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Originally Posted by WillPS
The 'interactive card' slot was for a payment system called Mondex. Mondex was a type of pre-pay debit card that you'd use to pay for services from interactive services (e.g. Dominos Pizza on Sky). It never actually happened though.
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Also, Sky issued a credit card that was serviced by sticking it in the front of the Sky box - your statement was then displayed on screen (after dialling into Sky). Didn't last very long.
Was just an idea that didn't really catch on