Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes?

[Toto]

Originally Posted by Sirius

This has made my year it really has. Those in the trial areas for this are going to have a very Merry Christmas watching there chipped box act as a door stop

Oh behave

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Toto

Oh behave

Ok

[tony_i]

Originally Posted by Sirius

This has made my year it really has.

You must live an interesting life.
The long winter nights must fly by at your house.

Originally Posted by tony_i

You must live an interesting life.
The long winter nights must fly by at your house.

Unlike the houses with "dead" boxes.....

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

Unlike the houses with "dead" boxes.....

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Originally Posted by tony_i

You must live an interesting life.
The long winter nights must fly by at your house.

I just like to see thieving gits get there payback

[Ignitionnet]

Blimey I can see a couple of people getting a tad upset in this thread.

Losing free cable after several years will do that I guess, be even more complaints when the security enhancements to the cable modem platform are complete and that disappears as well

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

Unlike the houses with "dead" boxes.....

Originally Posted by Broadbandings

Blimey I can see a couple of people getting a tad upset in this thread.

Losing free cable after several years will do that I guess, be even more complaints when the security enhancements to the cable modem platform are complete and that disappears as well

This is the one that I am waiting for as this impacts the network

The cable box issue may add a few quid to our bills but thats implying everone using a dodgy box would subscribe to virgin if they never existed of course. Also there is the cost issue that virgin are to blame for by not picking up boxes adding to our bills.

It really makes me laugh when people who openly download warez and pirated media come into this thread slagging off people who use these dodgy cable boxes as in the real world its no different. I wonder if these people would be so pleased if Virgin did start blocking P2P BT and Newsgroup access because users are most often taking money out of the media industries pockets eh?

[Toto]

Welll, it had to come didn't it.

I agree with B'bandings and Zing, that when the security enhancements are rolled out across the networks for the cable modem system it will be the start of the end for cable theft.....and likely to cause a big impact.

[wilsonreece]

I am in Teesside, not Hull or Leeds and if that was a suggestion that I have a dodgy box it proves that this forum is full of tools. I am against every single kind of media piracy, I work in the movie industry which has probably taken the biggest hit, second to the music industry.

Originally Posted by wilsonreece

I am in Teesside, not Hull or Leeds and if that was a suggestion that I have a dodgy box it proves that this forum is full of tools. I am against every single kind of media piracy, I work in the movie industry which has probably taken the biggest hit, second to the music industry.

They may be wrong about you wilsonreece but I think they are right to wonder why anybody is less than enthusiastic about the prevention of cable theft and be suspicious of their reasons. If you work in the movie industry and really are concerned about media piracy why aren't you applauding this long overdue move instead of finding reasons to be less than cheerful? It really doesn't have any downside for honest people does it?

[wilsonreece]

I am applauding it, I simply stated in the first place that it will lose Virgin money and they could have approached it differently by making a better package service than sky for slightly cheaper. That can't be too difficult with Sky's operating costs rising by £114m per year!

[BenMcr]

Virgin is cheaper for TV than Sky.

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Virgin is cheaper for TV than Sky.

Don't tell Ofcom that, makes Virgin's complaints about Sky overcharging them for some channels look a bit silly if they are able to undercut Sky and still make an operating profit doesn't it?

Should be noted it's hard to compare the two directly, Sky can't force you to take a phone line to get their TV.

[BenMcr]

And as I've noted elsewhere, from this week Virgin don't force you either