wreck90: This problem is fixed for my parents - why is it still happening for new Tivo subscribers?
No idea, it happened to me to too. When I bought my Tivo in January 2011 from Telecom my metering stopped then a few months later I get the "freeride is over letter".
I thought that perhaps I bought it during the changeover period from the "old way" to the "new way" of handling Tivo usage.
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