Quote Originally Posted by abward View Post
Nearly every night, there is a 1 or 2 minute call in the logs to DirecTV (8666858469) at about 03:00. I understand that my receiver is probably sending usage stats or something to the mother ship.

Is it doing this each night because it is failing and retrying, or is this normal? I am thinking about unplugging the phone line from the receiver!
Do you have an older DirecTV TIVO or is it one of the newer boxes? TIVO modems are not compatible with most all VOIP providers, the new models work fine (I have 5 DirecTV HD-DVR's). If it's a TiVo the number you are calling may also now be non-working. You would need to update local numbers. Other then that it doesn't need a phoneline anyway but depending on which model you have it may nag you daily. Mine are all connected to my router so all calls are done over the net.