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Re:Comcast accused of cutting competitor’s wires to put it o... by jajern on Thursday June 22, 2017 @03:05PM (#14614478)
Typically all that is in those boxes is a coupler. A guy I used to know still had service running to his line. He was actually stealing it though. He just kept hooking it back up after they would come remove it.
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Re:Comcast accused of cutting competitor’s wires to put it o... by matt_wulfeck on Thursday June 22, 2017 @04:22PM (#14615033)
Does that still work on the day and age of encrypted cable boxes and modems that require 802.whatever certs?
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Re:Comcast accused of cutting competitor’s wires to put it o... by jajern on Friday June 23, 2017 @09:51AM (#14619124)
This was before full-digital so probably not.
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