Is is likely that UPC upgraded to n2 just to be able to use the same
STB's that they use in their other european operations and that
they have no intention of switching off n1?
Is is likely that UPC upgraded to n2 just to be able to use the same
STB's that they use in their other european operations and that
they have no intention of switching off n1?
thats what i was hoping / thinking.
Can you imagine the logistics of sending someone out to every house to change the card in the stb.
a lot of cable subscribers have trouble checking to see if cables/wires are loose. let alone changing a card, and in the process of changing the card they might knock some of these wires loose.
N-tee-| and Ch0®us would be seriously stretched to have the man power to make all of those house calls.
at the moment people complain of 3 or 4 days wait for an engineer.
i know its simple... but most people doent even realise that their stb has a card in it.
and how many people will knock cables loose, and need an engineer to come out and plug it back in
customers are generally thick
cards will be put in upside down, backwards, possibly even inside out
lol, there's at least 2 segments. exNTL & exChorus.
Dunno if there's any more than that though, my knowledge of the Irish network setup is a bit limited.
is ROM110 or 142 going to be used?
or is it still a case of wait and see
its rom110 revA05
The present UPC N1 setup in Ireland is still using the NTL/Chorus management keys so is likely presently being run by Kudelski or possibly still by NTL (cant see NTL handing over its active management keyset to another company) so I imagine UPC will want to migrate to N2 as quickly as possible in order to have sole control of the system.
UPC dont have N1 agreements set up with Kudelski as they have settled on N2 (Rom110) in other countries in which they are active. The current N1 usage in Ireland will be under temporary licence only whilst migration occurs.
I would imagine the delay in migration at the moment is simply down to waiting for the Nagra2 Cams to be completed and tested for the various stb's in use.
has there been many people sending in the new cards for testing?
what i'm trying to get at is,
If N2 Rom110 A05 has been in use on the continant for a while now, and they still havent cracked it.. we could be waiting a long time.
Its not as if there will suddenly be a break thru, just because a small irish market needs such a crack.
i'm begining to believe that, as soon as N1 is switched off, we could be waiting a long long time before we get to use our box's again
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