[ian@huth]

The only times when not having the phone line connected causes problems is with ordering PPV movies and events, some paid for interactive content (most is free) and if you have Sky multiroom. The Sky system sends a signal via satellite to your digiboxes each month if you have multiroom and tells the boxes to phone home. This is to stop people with multiroom having the two or more digiboxes at different addresses. The phone check needs to be able to check the phone number that is calling back on, not just that a phone line is connected.