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<blockquote data-quote="PaulR" data-source="post: 23960" data-attributes="member: 176256">I have 2 experiences of this, one personal.The first is when my late Uncle in Spain had a dodgybox installed to replay the $ky analogue system.&nbsp; He had previously use my mother as an English address and asked her if he could continue doing so.&nbsp; Time passed and, after he had filled in the application form, a $ky digital card arrived.My mother sent the card on to him and he said that he would phone $ky from Spain to get it authorised.&nbsp; I was very dubious about this and urged him to let me do it from England if hr could supply me with the details.Anyway, the next thing I heard was that he had phoned $ky from Spain, given them the details and they had authorised the card.&nbsp; No problems for him.My experience is from February this year.&nbsp; I took my spare dodgybox, with FTV card in, with me when I went to France.&nbsp; When I got down there and plugged it in the card needed reauthorising - it had been switched off since the previous October.I know I should have checked it before leaving England but we can all be wise after the event!!&nbsp; Anyway, I bit the bullet and phoned the FTV card authorising number from France, claimed it as my spare dodgybox (true!) and they then sent5 a signal out to wake the card up again - all without a problem.&nbsp; At no time did I even mention I was in France.&nbsp; So, no problem this time either.I believe that CLI (Caller Line Identification) signal sent with your call can be identified as coming from not-the-UK an various systems.&nbsp; I once phoned a friend and said it flagged up as coming from abroad.&nbsp; I also believe that it might depend on which phone company you use abroad (ie the former national telecoms company or one of the various cheaper competitors), as to whether ither the CLI gets sent to the UK.So, you pays your money and you takes your choice.&nbsp; Given a choice I would prefer not to take a chance.PaulR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PaulR, post: 23960, member: 176256"] I have 2 experiences of this, one personal. The first is when my late Uncle in Spain had a dodgybox installed to replay the $ky analogue system. He had previously use my mother as an English address and asked her if he could continue doing so. Time passed and, after he had filled in the application form, a $ky digital card arrived. My mother sent the card on to him and he said that he would phone $ky from Spain to get it authorised. I was very dubious about this and urged him to let me do it from England if hr could supply me with the details. Anyway, the next thing I heard was that he had phoned $ky from Spain, given them the details and they had authorised the card. No problems for him. My experience is from February this year. I took my spare dodgybox, with FTV card in, with me when I went to France. When I got down there and plugged it in the card needed reauthorising - it had been switched off since the previous October. I know I should have checked it before leaving England but we can all be wise after the event!! Anyway, I bit the bullet and phoned the FTV card authorising number from France, claimed it as my spare dodgybox (true!) and they then sent5 a signal out to wake the card up again - all without a problem. At no time did I even mention I was in France. So, no problem this time either. I believe that CLI (Caller Line Identification) signal sent with your call can be identified as coming from not-the-UK an various systems. I once phoned a friend and said it flagged up as coming from abroad. I also believe that it might depend on which phone company you use abroad (ie the former national telecoms company or one of the various cheaper competitors), as to whether ither the CLI gets sent to the UK. So, you pays your money and you takes your choice. Given a choice I would prefer not to take a chance. PaulR [/QUOTE]

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