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Jesse
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject:
Cable Internet Installation |
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Here is a kind of tricky question for anyone with knowledge pertaining
to the installation of cable internet in homes. Let us assume there are
people in the world who one way or another happen to enjoy free cable.
By this I mean, maybe they moved in a home hooked up their TV to the
cable jack, and what do you know it works. Lets also assume it has
been a couple of months and these people have never been contacted by
the cable company whatsoever. Now on to the question: If these people
are now interested in actually paying for cable internet, will their
free cable be noticed and therefore billed? In other words, if the
cable company comes over to do the cable internet installation, will
they somehow know the new customers have had free services for months
now? Or will the cable co. simply come out, hook up the internet,
leave, and only bill the people for the known new service? Thank you
all in advance for your help with this hypothetical question. |
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Bit Twister
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Cable Internet Installation |
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On 10 Nov 2005 07:13:20 -0800, Jesse wrote:
| Quote: | Here is a kind of tricky question for anyone with knowledge pertaining
to the installation of cable internet in homes. Let us assume there are
people in the world who one way or another happen to enjoy free cable.
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Here is an un-hypothetical event
http://www.geocities.com/flutocracy/cablemodem.htm |
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Bit Twister
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Cable Internet Installation |
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On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:30:55 GMT, Never Anonymous Bud wrote:
| Quote: | Using a finger dipped in purple ink, Bit Twister
BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> scribed:
Here is an un-hypothetical event
Which has nothing to do with the question asked.
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It showed the customer was accused of cable tv theft because there was
not a trap blocking tv therfor they were getting cable tv for free. |
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Jesse
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Cable Internet Installation |
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Never Anonymous Bud wrote:
| Quote: | Using a finger dipped in purple ink, Bit Twister
BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> scribed:
Here is an un-hypothetical event
Which has nothing to do with the question asked.
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Exactly what I was thinking! |
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Spam Catcher
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject:
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"Jesse" <jmowen@adelphia.net> wrote in news:1131635600.021622.23690
@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
| Quote: | If these people
are now interested in actually paying for cable internet, will their
free cable be noticed and therefore billed?
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Chances are yes - the installer will notice.
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Stan Kee (spamhoneypot@rogers.com) |
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Never Anonymous Bud
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject:
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Using a finger dipped in purple ink, "Jesse" <jmowen@adelphia.net>
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| Quote: | Here is a kind of tricky question for anyone with knowledge pertaining
to the installation of cable internet in homes. Let us assume there are
people in the world who one way or another happen to enjoy free cable.
By this I mean, maybe they moved in a home hooked up their TV to the
cable jack, and what do you know it works.
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Cable TV can work that way, Cable internet doesn't.
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Never Anonymous Bud
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Cable Internet Installation |
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Using a finger dipped in purple ink, Bit Twister
<BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> scribed:
| Quote: | Here is an un-hypothetical event
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Which has nothing to do with the question asked.
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Warren
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:30 am Post subject:
Re: Cable Internet Installation |
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Jesse wrote:
| Quote: | Here is a kind of tricky question for anyone with knowledge pertaining
to the installation of cable internet in homes. Let us assume there are
people in the world who one way or another happen to enjoy free cable.
By this I mean, maybe they moved in a home hooked up their TV to the
cable jack, and what do you know it works. Lets also assume it has
been a couple of months and these people have never been contacted by
the cable company whatsoever. Now on to the question: If these people
are now interested in actually paying for cable internet, will their
free cable be noticed and therefore billed? In other words, if the
cable company comes over to do the cable internet installation, will
they somehow know the new customers have had free services for months
now? Or will the cable co. simply come out, hook up the internet,
leave, and only bill the people for the known new service? Thank you
all in advance for your help with this hypothetical question.
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Let's assume the person was dumb enough to leave the TV's hooked-up when the
installer was coming. That would qualify the person for a collection of
stupid criminal stories.
Cable TV theft is a violation of Federal law, not just some city ordinance
or state statute (although it could also be those as well in some places.)
If they're getting both cable Internet and cable TV installed, the cable
company is not going to worry much about what they might or might not have
been doing when they didn't catch them.
But if these people expect to continue to steal cable TV after having the
cable Internet installed, not getting caught by the cable Internet installer
is not their biggest risk -- unless, as I said, they are dumb enough to
leave it all hooked-up when the installer is coming.
--
Warren H.
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employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife.
Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is
coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this
response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants
to go outside now.
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http://www.holzemville.com/mall/blackanddecker/blowers.html |
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Mike Rush
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:54 am Post subject:
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"Jesse" <jmowen@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:1131635600.021622.23690@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Here is a kind of tricky question for anyone with knowledge pertaining
to the installation of cable internet in homes. Let us assume there are
people in the world who one way or another happen to enjoy free cable.
By this I mean, maybe they moved in a home hooked up their TV to the
cable jack, and what do you know it works. Lets also assume it has
been a couple of months and these people have never been contacted by
the cable company whatsoever. Now on to the question: If these people
are now interested in actually paying for cable internet, will their
free cable be noticed and therefore billed? In other words, if the
cable company comes over to do the cable internet installation, will
they somehow know the new customers have had free services for months
now? Or will the cable co. simply come out, hook up the internet,
leave, and only bill the people for the known new service? Thank you
all in advance for your help with this hypothetical question.
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Most likely, they would simply hook up your internet service, and install a
filter that blocks the TV signals unless you also sign up for TV service
from them. |
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:13 am Post subject:
Re: Cable Internet Installation |
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Jesse <jmowen@adelphia.net> wrote:
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If these people
are now interested in actually paying for cable internet, will their
free cable be noticed and therefore billed?
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Many cable companies require you to get cable TV service in order to get
internet service. Most of the ones that don't require it have a
surcharge for non-CATV subscribers that just happens to be about the
same as basic CATV service. The very few that actually allow you save a
few bucks by not having CATV service almost certainly ensure (by
installing filters on the pole, for example) that you will not get free
CATV service after the internet service is connected.
-Larry Jones
I never get to do anything fun. -- Calvin |
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James Knott
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:39 am Post subject:
Re: Cable Internet Installation |
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Jesse wrote:
| Quote: | Let us assume there are
people in the world who one way or another happen to enjoy free cable.
By this I mean, maybe they moved in a home hooked up their TV to the
cable jack, and what do you know it works. Lets also assume it has
been a couple of months and these people have never been contacted by
the cable company whatsoever.
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It's called theft of services. They know they are getting for "free",
something they're paying for. |
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James Knott
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Cable Internet Installation |
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Jesse wrote:
| Quote: | That should read "something they should be paying for".
Thank you for clarifying that you DID NOT answer my question.
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Don't mention it. It's the least I could do. ;-)
As to your original question, the fact still remains that it is theft of
services and I will not do anything that encourages such theft. You're
getting the service, please pay for it or cancel it. |
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James Knott
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Cable Internet Installation |
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James Knott wrote:
| Quote: | It's called theft of services. They know they are getting for "free",
something they're paying for.
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That should read "something they should be paying for". |
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Jesse
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Cable Internet Installation |
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James Knott wrote:
| Quote: | James Knott wrote:
It's called theft of services. They know they are getting for "free",
something they're paying for.
That should read "something they should be paying for".
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Thank you for clarifying that you DID NOT answer my question. |
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David Ross
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Cable Internet Installation |
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| Quote: | By this I mean, maybe they moved in a home hooked up their TV to the
cable jack, and what do you know it works. Lets also assume it has
been a couple of months and these people have never been contacted by
the cable company whatsoever. Now on to the question: If these people
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Virtually all cable companies now have folks who drive around and check
for signal leakage into unpaid addresses. They then dispatch techs to
"pull the plug" at the distribution box. Different areas have different
check rates. Around here it seems to be 3 to 6 months.
You friend "free" (stolen) service will likely go away in a few months. |
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