Bye Bye Thiefs
11-15-02, 03:07 PM
Inserted letter to all Expressvu customers:
Dear valued customer,
Bell Express Vu has had a very successful 5 years, becoming the number one satellite provider in Canada.
However, with these great accomplishments, come obstacles which are costly to both company and customer.
Over the last 2.5 years satellite piracy has become a multy million dollar cost to Bell Canada and is currently growing at an alarming rate.
Our highly trained technicians have been working very hard to combat illegal programming by using electronic counter measures (ECM'S) to disable pirated programs manufactured by "hackers".
Although ECM'S are working as an inconvenience for people pirating bell Express Vu programming, it is not effectively preventing it.
Dish network©®, an American satellite company in the U.S. and Microsoft©® are currently working on a smartcard system which is hopefully going to be highly effective with the fight against satellite piracy.
Once the first run of tests are completed, Dish network©® will be launching a program that consists of both software upgrades and smartcard replacement to 60% of its customer base. After all of the chosen customers follow the instructions and activate their new cards, a 2 month test will be conducted to assure Dish network©® this new move to end satellite piracy is at least 85% effective.
If all goes according to plan, the rights of the new system will then be released to Bell Canada, and we will soon also follow the same program to swap smartcards and apply any necessary software upgrades to your set top boxes so we too can combat the theft of our satellite programming.
The procedure is very simple and will not cause any programming interruptions to you what so ever. The new system is very much like the activation process used with Microsoft©® windows XP©®. When you receive your new smartcard, you will have a toll free number to call and a list of instructions on how to activate your system.
We ask for you to please wait until you get your card to call us, and to use the number provided on the instruction sheet, not the common 1-888-SKYDISH number. We also ask for you to read the instructions before inserting the card. If the card is inserted incorrectly, it will not work. It has a locking mechanism that prevents it from being removed from the set top box.
Starting in January 2003, you will frequently be asked to upgrade software for your receiver. We ask that you take all upgrades when provided, this will only be of help and speed up the activation process for you, when you receive your card later in the year.
We hope you find this an easy and convenient procedure to assure you competitive pricing and programming for years to come.
Sincerely
Bell Canada
Copyright © 2002.Bell Canada. All Rights Reserved
Dear valued customer,
Bell Express Vu has had a very successful 5 years, becoming the number one satellite provider in Canada.
However, with these great accomplishments, come obstacles which are costly to both company and customer.
Over the last 2.5 years satellite piracy has become a multy million dollar cost to Bell Canada and is currently growing at an alarming rate.
Our highly trained technicians have been working very hard to combat illegal programming by using electronic counter measures (ECM'S) to disable pirated programs manufactured by "hackers".
Although ECM'S are working as an inconvenience for people pirating bell Express Vu programming, it is not effectively preventing it.
Dish network©®, an American satellite company in the U.S. and Microsoft©® are currently working on a smartcard system which is hopefully going to be highly effective with the fight against satellite piracy.
Once the first run of tests are completed, Dish network©® will be launching a program that consists of both software upgrades and smartcard replacement to 60% of its customer base. After all of the chosen customers follow the instructions and activate their new cards, a 2 month test will be conducted to assure Dish network©® this new move to end satellite piracy is at least 85% effective.
If all goes according to plan, the rights of the new system will then be released to Bell Canada, and we will soon also follow the same program to swap smartcards and apply any necessary software upgrades to your set top boxes so we too can combat the theft of our satellite programming.
The procedure is very simple and will not cause any programming interruptions to you what so ever. The new system is very much like the activation process used with Microsoft©® windows XP©®. When you receive your new smartcard, you will have a toll free number to call and a list of instructions on how to activate your system.
We ask for you to please wait until you get your card to call us, and to use the number provided on the instruction sheet, not the common 1-888-SKYDISH number. We also ask for you to read the instructions before inserting the card. If the card is inserted incorrectly, it will not work. It has a locking mechanism that prevents it from being removed from the set top box.
Starting in January 2003, you will frequently be asked to upgrade software for your receiver. We ask that you take all upgrades when provided, this will only be of help and speed up the activation process for you, when you receive your card later in the year.
We hope you find this an easy and convenient procedure to assure you competitive pricing and programming for years to come.
Sincerely
Bell Canada
Copyright © 2002.Bell Canada. All Rights Reserved