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    As the provider knows the serial number of both the STB and the smartcard, I cant see any problem with them 'wedding' the pair.
    So long as they can 'software' it from 'On High' without doing a recall then I am sure they will.
    Austar has done it with all their STB's as has UEC with their VAST stb's and Foxtel appear to be going along the same path.
    The providers are there to make money and while no doubt they would prefer not to have to spend out to resort to these security measures, in the long term it will repay the cost by reducing multiple unpaid viewers and card piracy.
    Maybe in five years or so, all these options like Card sharing and cloning/hacking will be just another entry on the page of Television history.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gordon_s1942 View Post
    As the provider knows the serial number of both the STB and the smartcard, I cant see any problem with them 'wedding' the pair.
    So long as they can 'software' it from 'On High' without doing a recall then I am sure they will.
    Austar has done it with all their STB's as has UEC with their VAST stb's and Foxtel appear to be going along the same path.
    The providers are there to make money and while no doubt they would prefer not to have to spend out to resort to these security measures, in the long term it will repay the cost by reducing multiple unpaid viewers and card piracy.
    Maybe in five years or so, all these options like Card sharing and cloning/hacking will be just another entry on the page of Television history.
    Austar's service is the one thats hacked and measures like card/box marrying do absolutely zilch in regards to piracy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sanity View Post
    measures like card/box marrying do absolutely zilch in regards to piracy.
    I totally agree. I know of 3 people who cancelled their service with the last round of changes, and only 1 who has bought a sub.

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    Quote Originally Posted by the1magoo View Post
    I totally agree. I know of 3 people who cancelled their service with the last round of changes, and only 1 who has bought a sub.
    Do you think they really care
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    Quote Originally Posted by noname View Post
    Hmm, I think I agree: something seems to have also changed on the Blueys themselves. I tried my bluey in another F*xbox just now, only to receive the error message on screen: This is not the smartcard for this receiver.
    Either the Pace boxes are now wedded to the cards, or both the cards and boxes are wedded just like the IQ boxes.

    That's happened to me in the past, long before the recent changes were made.

    I had two blueys. One stayed in it's sub box and the other was in a dreambox. There was a period a few years ago where I had to take the card out and stick it in the sub box to get it updated (I can't remember why).

    But when I did it, I couldn't just stick the bluey into the running sub box. I got the "This is not the smartcard for this receiver."

    I had to pull the second box out of the cupboard to get the card to work.

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    Foxtel have had the Foxtel STB married to the card for quite a while now....

    meaning you can not use a foxtel card with another Foxtel STB, i.e. only the card the Foxtel STB is married to will work in that Foxtel STB

    but up until last year, Foxtel cards were able to be used in some third party STB's

    Now Foxtel have made changes that mean Foxtel cards will only work in The Foxtel STB it is married to, (& not in any third party STB's)

    in effect the Foxtel STB is married to the Card & the Foxtel card is married to the Foxtel STB
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    Hence the whole point of the boxid configuration in softcams like OSCAM so it can pretend to be the box. OScam and get the boxid from the card on the blue cards, but on the orange you have to calculate/enter it manually.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OSIRUS View Post
    Foxtel have had the Foxtel STB married to the card for quite a while now....

    meaning you can not use a foxtel card with another Foxtel STB, i.e. only the card the Foxtel STB is married to will work in that Foxtel STB

    but up until last year, Foxtel cards were able to be used in some third party STB's

    Now Foxtel have made changes that mean Foxtel cards will only work in The Foxtel STB it is married to, (& not in any third party STB's)

    in effect the Foxtel STB is married to the Card & the Foxtel card is married to the Foxtel STB
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    Quote Originally Posted by oyama View Post
    time for a divorce
    Yeah, but not over stupid Poxtel!

    Personally I'm moving to a HTPC box solution for now, recording from poxbox through the analogue outputs. But meanwhile like others here, I'm not giving up hope on finding a solution and still looking at what's going on in Europe. Have to find a way to treat it as a hobby, as then the challenges are just part of the fun and any result is a bonus. I've been playing with this stuff for more than 10 years and we've been in similar situations a few times!
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    Quote Originally Posted by noname View Post
    Yeah, but not over stupid Poxtel!

    Personally I'm moving to a HTPC box solution for now, recording from poxbox through the analogue outputs. But meanwhile like others here, I'm not giving up hope on finding a solution and still looking at what's going on in Europe. Have to find a way to treat it as a hobby, as then the challenges are just part of the fun and any result is a bonus. I've been playing with this stuff for more than 10 years and we've been in similar situations a few times!
    I think he's talking about the box and card

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vic View Post
    Do you think they really care
    Trust me Vic, they do care, call them & cancel the sub, you then get the speal of how they dont want to lose you yada yada yada, make all sorts of offers to try to keep you - then once you return the fox kit - you get called monthly trying to con you into returning to poxtel, of course they do care, they are losing clients afterall.

    And of course, with all sorts of enticing offers to return to poxtel with each phone call they make to you

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hannible View Post
    Trust me Vic, they do care, call them & cancel the sub, you then get the speal of how they dont want to lose you yada yada yada, make all sorts of offers to try to keep you - then once you return the fox kit - you get called monthly trying to con you into returning to poxtel, of course they do care, they are losing clients afterall.

    And of course, with all sorts of enticing offers to return to poxtel with each phone call they make to you

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    This.

    Wifey rang up a few days ago to cancel, and on the spot (Not retention team
    ) they gave $20 a month off our plan if we stay 6 more months (Basic + a couple of basic packages).

    I think they will have a hard time keeping us after the 6 months.

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    Quote Originally Posted by whiteb View Post
    This.

    they gave $20 a month off our plan if we stay 6 more months
    i got $33 off when i wanted to cancel, i took it

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    Quote Originally Posted by whiteb View Post
    This.

    Wifey rang up a few days ago to cancel, and on the spot (Not retention team
    ) they gave $20 a month off our plan if we stay 6 more months (Basic + a couple of basic packages).

    I think they will have a hard time keeping us after the 6 months.
    You gave in to early i got $33 a month off my plan (sportsHD $69) for the next 6mths today,its the 3rd time i have recieved this offer and there was no need for retention team. I realise retentions probably would have done better but im happy to pay the $69 and as i said its the 3rd contract ive had with this deal.
    I believe the $33 off any package is pretty standard these days.

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    I got offered 50% off a $120 package..

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    I cancelled my $170pm odd sub cost with Fox IQ2's, they didn't try to offer retainers or other incentives.

    I view FTA sat stuff happily anyhow....
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    Quote Originally Posted by the1magoo View Post
    I got offered 50% off a $120 package..
    Thats the irony.....if they offered that to everyone even on a 12/24 month contract people would be signing up in droves.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keepleft View Post
    I cancelled my $170pm odd sub cost with Fox IQ2's, they didn't try to offer retainers or other incentives.

    I view FTA sat stuff happily anyhow....
    i just got mine lowered by 25 bucks a month im happy with that for now!!
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    Their boxes SUCK!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sanity View Post
    Thats the irony.....if they offered that to everyone even on a 12/24 month contract people would be signing up in droves.
    that's the truth...

    It was always worth about $10 a month for your favourite dozen or so channels..

    If they priced it like that and gave people what they actually wanted almost EVERYBODY would have a sub..

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