Digibox phones speaking clock

navi_5445

In short this guy's digibox dialled the Speaking Clock every nine minutes of every hour throughout last December and from January to March. Anonymous practical joke or fault?

Newspaper article

Tony

Originally posted by navi_5445
In short this guy's digibox dialled the Speaking Clock every nine minutes of every hour throughout last December and from January to March. Anonymous practical joke or fault?

Newspaper article

A fault, this was discussed at a workshop last year.

Tony

watty

I don't know what the truth in that case is, but a particular scam is mistaken beleif that a fake phone prefix or pp3 battery lets you have free Skybox office or pay games.

In fact because the phone may be busy your viewing card has a credit on it.

You can watch till credit used up.

But if the box EVER connect by phone, even for another user you sell it to with a new card your original account DD contract will be debited.

Murdoch does not give free lunches.

Who that has put fake prefix on digibox installer menu and gets caught by big bill is going to admit it? They'll delete the prefix off again.


Not to to say there aren't some innocent punters out there... But I'm sceptical on this one that Sky & Digibox are at fault.

Tony

Watty thats the explanation we wre given IE that someone on the internet said put in these numbers and you will not have to pay. Lots of people caught out, but who would admit it. :-)

Tony

Originally posted by watty
I don't know what the truth in that case is, but a particular scam is mistaken beleif that a fake phone prefix or pp3 battery lets you have free Skybox office or pay games.

In fact because the phone may be busy your viewing card has a credit on it.

You can watch till credit used up.

But if the box EVER connect by phone, even for another user you sell it to with a new card your original account DD contract will be debited.

Murdoch does not give free lunches.

Who that has put fake prefix on digibox installer menu and gets caught by big bill is going to admit it? They'll delete the prefix off again.


Not to to say there aren't some innocent punters out there... But I'm sceptical on this one that Sky & Digibox are at fault.

watty

Is there a genuuine fault on some boxes though?

If it was cable, the operator would be responsible, as cable subers never own box, but unless sky knew a didn't tell the owner is responsible as from day 1 you do own it?