Do you leave your router on at all times?

neilmcl

50Twuncle wrote: »

Your Sky box does not need to be connected to the internet to operate - the only reason, for the first 12 months - is to allow Sky to reap data - ie) Your viewong habits
My HD box does not even come with "wireless" capability anyway !!

They don't use your internet connection to do that either. In fact the ONLY thing that your Sky box uses your internet for is on demand services.

50Twuncle

neilmcl wrote: »

They don't use your internet connection to do that either. In fact the ONLY thing that your Sky box uses your internet for is on demand services.

When we started with Sky in about 2002 - we were told that it was a requirement to have a phone line connected for the first 12 months !!

S0litaire

Yup SKY used to (don't know if they still do!) send a OTA ping to your sky-box, it would then reply via the Internet.

If too many of those "pings" didn't get a response, SKY would send an OTA command, to your Sky-card, to disable some of the functionality of your Sky box until it's been connected to the Internet for over 24 hours.

Not sure the frequency of those pings. Some people went weeks without problems, others got a few days before having to connect the box to the internet again.

neilmcl

50Twuncle wrote: »

When we started with Sky in about 2002 - we were told that it was a requirement to have a phone line connected for the first 12 months !!

And what has that got to do with the internet!

DoaM

neilmcl wrote: »

And what has that got to do with the internet!

Back then the Sky boxes often came with their own modem (as I recall) hence why they were connected to the phone line rather than an existing modem/router.

It's also one of the reasons why (when people got their own ADSL broadband) they ended up having connection problems ... the Sky box caused interference because it was unfiltered.

neilmcl

The only reason why a telephone line was required, especially with a multiroom subscription, was to ensure all boxes were in the same household. It is no longer a requirement afaik.

DoaM

And how did they do that? They "phoned home" to Sky. This was a data connection, hence (originally) a DSL (dial up) modem connection. And they didn't just phone home for that purpose either.

neilmcl

DoaM wrote: »

Back then the Sky boxes often came with their own modem (as I recall) hence why they were connected to the phone line rather than an existing modem/router.

It's also one of the reasons why (when people got their own ADSL broadband) they ended up having connection problems ... the Sky box caused interference because it was unfiltered.

I don't think that's true at all. As I said the only reason for the phone line was that Sky could send out an OTA update and get the box to dial back to ensure it was still connected in the same location, that's all. Data, such as viewing habits etc are not sent via the phone line. You did require a phone line if you wanted to use certain services such as Sky Box Office or interactive services.

AndyPix

DoaM wrote: »

DSL (dial up) modem connection

DSL != Dial up

DoaM

I was being brief. People know what I meant.