Really confused about R10 upgrade w/ my old dish. Help?

[Neutron]

The phone line isn't needed for any Tivo functionality, except for the initial call, which you can still get out of using a phone line if you know how to configure a PPP session with a PC.

 

[cr0mag]

I have heard that this works, but let me ask you this, how well does the season pass, wishlist, and search by title functions work... from my understanding these capabilities come straight from the phone line... I'd like to know so I can pass it on...

Everything worked find. I never found a feature that didn't work... As far as PPV, I just ordered them online. The only thing I had to deal with was the nag messages.

Obviously though, if you are expecting a s/w update you will be out of luck until the unit makes a call (as far as I know). That's one thing you have to have a phone line for.