said by axus:I'm not sure how Comcast could use a bandwidth meter if it weren't trackable. Didn't @Home crack down on people unlocking their cable modems way back when (after they stopped being unlocked by default ;p)? I thought you had to have a registered MAC address for the internet to work, and they know which house is registered to which address.
You are right. It became much easier to track cable modem unlockers when the US cable industry all implemented systems that block a cable modem unless their mac addr is registered. Sure you can clone a mac address, but you can still shut it down. It may just inconvenience 1 legit customer who will call cust svc when their system locks up.
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