Very important info for cable modem subscribers

[someoneelse]

Ok, this should work for everyone in theory, at least it does with @Home in my area. For those of you who already know, go ahead and gloat; for those who don't you can thank me later.

My friend does installations for @Home and gave me some facts that every cable modem user should know. Cable modem installs generally bypass cable TV filters. So, those of you not already paying for cable TV should get it for free by just hooking your TV or VCR to the same cable line the modem is on. It gets better, at least it would for me. I had a new line dropped, so I could have my access in my office. This not only bypassed the TV filters, but also the movie channel filters. I would get FREE cable TV and all the movie channels, but not Pay-Per-View.

If you get a good enough splitter, you won't even have to swap TV and cable modem.

I encourage everyone not to do this of course because it is most likely illegal. If you so choose to explore your opportunities, you do so at your own risk. It is unethical, however, it seems economical for the end-user who undertakes this task. Like I said: "Don't do it!"

Comments about your results are most welcome. Remember, I told you not to do it, but if you did anyway, you may be smiling right now.

[Mr.Goodbytes]

Sounds like this guy has a great idea. Anybody try it yet?

[GroundZero3]

my mom has the cable box on her puter so i tried what you said since she has an ATI pro and it doesn't work http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif to bad i wouldn't mind watching a little movie channel

JaYsin

[shadow]

Our cable system apparently has put a stop to it by trapping out the sound portion of the tv signal, so you could get cable tv as well but with no sound. I pay for the tv and cable modem http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif

[Solidus]

so you can just hook the cable wire up right to the tv, or do you need a descrambler?

[codybear]

with road runner you wont get the movie channels but you could get cable tv through it

[jpeppers]

I wonder with road runner will this differentiate from city to city?

[This message has been edited by jpeppers (edited 09-25-2000).]

[HfdWolfPack]

you wouldnt even need a descrambler, just a cable-ready tv or vcr.Here you only get "basic cable" for "free"(using the modem line) but it works.My brother does cable modem installation and he TOOK AWAY my free HBO and Moviechannel!!!!!! (he had to since he was the last person up on the pole) He said the reason those filters (and the reason youd be getting free access) is cause the guy who was on the pole last was lazy and/or forgot about the filter.

[NDC]

Yeah, it also works on my cable modem cable. The cables that the cable modems utilize were originally tended for cable TV viewing. Cable modems only utilize about 20% of the cable that cable modems run on.

[crockett]

hummmmmm.ok im not going to try it hehe..(with a evil smirk on his face).but something else you might want to not try..is i had a friend that worked 4 Road Runner and and he came across a extra cable modem..well he was only paying 4 basic cable tv but with the cable modem it allowed him to have cable access to the net.well he had 2 get a different isp..but what he told me is there is noway they can shut the internet feed off if you pay 4 tv cable ..because it runs threw the same cable .now im not sure if you have to use the same cable modem or if any will work..but with a simple web search i found the same Toshiba modems that RR uses think they were about $140 or so but i checked this out along time ago so dont quote me

[crockett]

ok well.when i didnt try to get free cable tv..threw my road runner cable which is time warnner here.well it didnt work..well dose anyone know why...

[randy48]

When you "uplink" with a cable modem, you need an account. This enables you to "lease" your IP address. But if you find a cheap cable modem, buy it! MY cable service costs $49.95 a month, 10 bucks of it is rent on the modem! At $140 +/- you'd more than pay for it in a year!

[bhess]

I thought that the box for cable TV is a type of modem? If power goes out it take a few min to download the programs.

[Toadman]

With @home, I believe their cable modems use an internal MAC address that links with your account info.