- Cable question for gurus
- Posted by T-bone on October 20th, 2004
I live in Michigan, comcast country.
I recently went to Lousiana for a couple of months to work. Got an apartment
with basic cable included. Went to a garage sale, and laying on the wet
sidewalk was the same cable box that I use at home [Motorola DCT2224]. The
lady wanted $10, I offered $5 and she took it. When I finally got around to
getting an extra cable a week or so later I hooked it up. Much to my suprise,
it recieved all of the pay channels save for PPV. Worked like a charm for
more than a month.
Now that I'm back home, yes indeed I'm gonna plug this baby in.
Will comcast find out ? Would it matter, since people are allowed to use
their own boxes right ?
Aren't these boxes adressable ? Why wasn't this thing shut down in LA if so ?
Could it be because it was in an apartment complex with 100's of cable
connections ?
I don't expect people to help me scam here. Honestly, I don't watch all that
much TV anyhow.
I'd just like a rational explanation as to how a box bought at a garage sale
could pull in all premium channels for a month and why it wasn't sent a
signal to stop doing so.
Regards
- Posted by Andrew Rossmann on October 20th, 2004
In article <Xns9588116FB961Bewrfdgrstnetaakeanfk@140.99.99.13 0>,
mis@take.net says...
For one, the boxes are typically owned by the cable company. It should
not have been for sale in the first place.
It's possible the account it's tied to is still current, so it's still
active. At some point, it will probably be shut down.
Another possibility is that it has been hacked.
Whether or not it will work outside it's native area depends on how
it's working in the first place. At some point, they WILL find out, and
you could find yourself paying a steep fine, and maybe time in jail.
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- Posted by Dave C. on October 20th, 2004
It's possible someone moved in a real hurry. That is, they disconnected the
box and only later remembered to call to cancel the cable service. It's
also possible that the box has been modified. I hear there are people who
are quite good at doing that. Don't know, as I've never tried it. -Dave
