And the modem inside the Digital decoder must be connected at all times to the phone line otherwise your service will be cut off<br />Phil <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="images/icons/default/mad.gif" /> [/QB][/QUOTE]<br /><br /><br />I know this is a bit dated, but I have had fox digital for the past 4 months and have never had the phone line connected. even the installer said it wasnt necessary, unless i wanted to watch the pay movies etc... which i don't subscribe to. there's enough movies on the p2p networks anyway :-)