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Plugging a telephone line into the Sky digi box
Plugging a telephone line into the Sky digi box
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"If you connect the phone by an extension only when you type the PIN in to watch a PPV event the order is not actually sent to Sky at that point. All that happens is the digibox checks the phone is connected (dial or busy tone) then allows you to watch the event and stores that you have watched it. At periodic dates the box calls Sky and tells them what PPV events you have watched.
So by connecting it to a phone extension temporarily you can watch PPV, but wonât know about it. After you have watched a certain amount (c£30-50 on average) the box will refuse to allow you to view any more PPV until it has called Sky to report what you have watched.
And little fingers like to play the games at 50p per minute!!! Eek!
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