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andybr1ggs · 26-04-09, 09:52 AM

I found a working modem outside of my UBR in another town i brought this modem home coz it looked brand new and i thought it might work as from the condition.......anyway what i wondered is can the modem be turned off by virmin as i think of virnins network as a map and unless they can send signal down every path that it cannot be turned off unless they know what ubr it is on ??

any help would be much appreciated.

wizboxes · 26-04-09, 12:04 PM

no mate you are deluded they can turn it off anywhere in the uk it dont matter what ubr its in after all its the mac which gets deactived

andybr1ggs · 26-04-09, 12:17 PM

lets just hope its part of an xl package then

physicalfire · 26-04-09, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by wizboxes

no mate you are deluded they can turn it off anywhere in the uk it dont matter what ubr its in after all its the mac which gets deactived

Yes they can turn it off, and I would recommend not connecting the cable modem to your connection. They can tell the address in which the signal is being sent to if I'm correct.

cockneysean · 26-04-09, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by physicalfire

Yes they can turn it off, and I would recommend not connecting the cable modem to your connection. They can tell the address in which the signal is being sent to if I'm correct.

No no no

jojolv_vm · 04-05-09, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by cockneysean

No no no

At this day and age they can do any thing

cockneysean · 04-05-09, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by physicalfire

Yes they can turn it off, and I would recommend not connecting the cable modem to your connection. They can tell the address in which the signal is being sent to if I'm correct.

They cannot easily do this.

Or we would all be screwed.

It's a completely different system to BT where each line is isolated.

highholmer · 04-05-09, 02:53 PM

I moved 2 years ago,same ubr, took my old subbed 200 with me, it worked fine,kept waiting for vm to turn it off. Moved again 6months later different ubr did'nt work,gave it to a mate in first ubr worked ok,he used as a spare.Lost all my connections here past few weeks so picked up the old 200 from my mate,tried it again no joy,so i tried the legit mac off of it,been going strong for 30 hours now fingers crossed,the longest mac i've had running for weeks,plus you have a spare modem to mod

jojolv_vm · 04-05-09, 07:28 PM

Its far from legit. Don't get fooled keep smart mate. Careful.

superste2201 · 05-05-09, 01:46 PM

i had 1 of these where virgin never deactivated the mac, in the end just flashed sb5100 mod to the ram (option g in bootloader) and typed in a lload of protection cmds.

26-04-09, 09:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
andybr1ggs Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: leeds Posts: 419 Thanks: 56 Thanked 61 Times in 49 Posts	I found a working legitimate modem I found a working modem outside of my UBR in another town i brought this modem home coz it looked brand new and i thought it might work as from the condition.......anyway what i wondered is can the modem be turned off by virmin as i think of virnins network as a map and unless they can send signal down every path that it cannot be turned off unless they know what ubr it is on ?? any help would be much appreciated.

26-04-09, 12:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
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26-04-09, 12:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
andybr1ggs Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: leeds Posts: 419 Thanks: 56 Thanked 61 Times in 49 Posts	Re: I found a working legitimate modem lets just hope its part of an xl package then

04-05-09, 02:53 PM	#8 (permalink)
highholmer Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 47 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: I found a working legitimate modem I moved 2 years ago,same ubr, took my old subbed 200 with me, it worked fine,kept waiting for vm to turn it off. Moved again 6months later different ubr did'nt work,gave it to a mate in first ubr worked ok,he used as a spare.Lost all my connections here past few weeks so picked up the old 200 from my mate,tried it again no joy,so i tried the legit mac off of it,been going strong for 30 hours now fingers crossed,the longest mac i've had running for weeks,plus you have a spare modem to mod

04-05-09, 07:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
jojolv_vm Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 59 Thanks: 17 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: I found a working legitimate modem Its far from legit. Don't get fooled keep smart mate. Careful.

05-05-09, 01:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
superste2201 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 82 Thanks: 11 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts	Re: I found a working legitimate modem i had 1 of these where virgin never deactivated the mac, in the end just flashed sb5100 mod to the ram (option g in bootloader) and typed in a lload of protection cmds.

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