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many110 · September 29th, 2009

Cardsharing and IKS are very different in the way that they work, but they both give you the same end result. Captiveworks does not offer/support IKS but is capable of cardsharing. The main difference between the two is that IKS requires an up front cost (hub) in order to deliver the control words, so no monthly charge. Cardsharing on the other hand does not require any up front cost (no hub's or equipment to purchase) but does require a monthly subscription to a private network, which normally runs about $25.00 a month. IKS is more of a public server, cardsharing is private server. IKS you must depend (and wait) for the company to open/view channels. Cardsharing is smaller group and easier to share/open up channels that you would like to view.
Again, Captiveworks does not support IKS, but does support cardsharing.
Hope that this helps to clear up any confusion.

September 29th, 2009	#16 (permalink)
many110 FTA Newbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 21 Credits: 166.65 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Can cw4000HD get IKS Cardsharing and IKS are very different in the way that they work, but they both give you the same end result. Captiveworks does not offer/support IKS but is capable of cardsharing. The main difference between the two is that IKS requires an up front cost (hub) in order to deliver the control words, so no monthly charge. Cardsharing on the other hand does not require any up front cost (no hub's or equipment to purchase) but does require a monthly subscription to a private network, which normally runs about $25.00 a month. IKS is more of a public server, cardsharing is private server. IKS you must depend (and wait) for the company to open/view channels. Cardsharing is smaller group and easier to share/open up channels that you would like to view. Again, Captiveworks does not support IKS, but does support cardsharing. Hope that this helps to clear up any confusion.