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spiney wrote:
: It's partly to "encourage" you to use the various interactive services, It is actually mainly so you can buy PPV movies and events. These are stored on the smartcard and only reported back to Sky (on an free 0800 number) once a month. : The box does dometimes make a random call, to check the phone line's : connected. No it doesn't. It gets this fact from the monthly PPV (or lack of!) reporting call : I've also heard it rumoured that the box collects viewing information : and sends it back to Sky. Possibly, who knows, has anyone put a : breakout box on one of these "calls"? This myth has been comprehensively debunked on numerous occasions. |
"Brian McIlwrath" wrote in message ... spiney wrote: : It's partly to "encourage" you to use the various interactive services, It is actually mainly so you can buy PPV movies and events. These are stored on the smartcard and only reported back to Sky (on an free 0800 number) once a month. : The box does dometimes make a random call, to check the phone line's : connected. No it doesn't. It gets this fact from the monthly PPV (or lack of!) reporting call : I've also heard it rumoured that the box collects viewing information : and sends it back to Sky. Possibly, who knows, has anyone put a : breakout box on one of these "calls"? This myth has been comprehensively debunked on numerous occasions. Sky have a viewing panel of several thousand households, who have a special Sky box that does this. Ordinary ones dont. Its always possible that the rumour has originated from such a source. -- Tumbleweed email replies not necessary but to contact use; tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com |
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