Yes it's true, As was anticipated in 2008 that the providers will be looking at doing a card swap the first signs are here... on BEV ch.263 they have added the SWAP channel for instructions to subs on how to go about the swap. The new card they are going with is the S06. They have also released 2 new HD receivers the 6141 and 9242 which are 8psk ready. They have already tried sending out new firmware to some of their subs IRDs yesterday which in turn caused many subs IRDs to reboot constantly. Many new changes to come and will have to see how things transpire. There is still long life in FTA and VS is on top of it all.
They did a card swap in summer of 2005 as well. I was under the impression this card swap has more to do with features on the older units like 2700 and 3100 as opposed to security? Many BEV receivers are cardless now.
There is still long life in FTA...yes.... VS hopefully...i wouldnt worry about this, i imagine eventually there will be a perma fix, wat rec it is supported on i cant say, vs does lead it thow, cw and neosat seem to be looking alot better