Log in
Register
Menu
Log in
Register
Home
What's new
Latest activity
Authors
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Sky Digital BSkyB, Freesat & Saorsat support forum
Sky
Sky Digital Faulty - Uses your phone bill
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="froggs" data-source="post: 1866" data-attributes="member: 175224"><p>I work for sky digital, and have visited many customer's now with the same fault, the digibox keeps using the phone line and they have recieved a huge bill from bt, the reason being, there was an add in on the internet posted by some daft lad stating, put 123 in the telephone prefix menu on the digibox setup, saying if you do that you would get sky box office without paying, this is not true, all that happens is , you will reach your credit limit and will then have to ring sky, who will ask you to connected your stb to the phone line to enable a call back to empty the memory, but the box is already connected but can not connect to sky because it is interupted by the talking clock, so yes, you won't get a bill from sky, but you will from bt, the digibox is programmed to repeatadly keep trying to connect to sky to empty it's memory if it contains any ppv movies which you have watch, it's a simple case of reseting the phone prefix on the digibox's setup menu, this will solve everything apart from who is going to pay for the bill. after a long debate with a customer , he finailly admitted that he had saw it on the internet and he would get his box office films for free,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="froggs, post: 1866, member: 175224"] I work for sky digital, and have visited many customer's now with the same fault, the digibox keeps using the phone line and they have recieved a huge bill from bt, the reason being, there was an add in on the internet posted by some daft lad stating, put 123 in the telephone prefix menu on the digibox setup, saying if you do that you would get sky box office without paying, this is not true, all that happens is , you will reach your credit limit and will then have to ring sky, who will ask you to connected your stb to the phone line to enable a call back to empty the memory, but the box is already connected but can not connect to sky because it is interupted by the talking clock, so yes, you won't get a bill from sky, but you will from bt, the digibox is programmed to repeatadly keep trying to connect to sky to empty it's memory if it contains any ppv movies which you have watch, it's a simple case of reseting the phone prefix on the digibox's setup menu, this will solve everything apart from who is going to pay for the bill. after a long debate with a customer , he finailly admitted that he had saw it on the internet and he would get his box office films for free, [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Sky Digital BSkyB, Freesat & Saorsat support forum
Sky
Sky Digital Faulty - Uses your phone bill
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top