| reply to jmmilner
Re: Testing someone else's cable box This is a bigger issue in MDUs, where there's lots of apartment runs coming together in the wiring closet, where the labels indicating the apartments may be missing or lost, and where building residents pry the door open and "help themselves" to service and typically disrupt the signal to at least one other unit in the building.
When my company does an audit, they disconnect the lines to units who do not have service. If the labels have been "accidentally switched" or the cables "rearranged" by a service thief, the wrong sub may be cut off. So an honest paying customer get interrupted until the tech can return to the unit and reconnect them.
Some buildings have repeated problems, and I've suggested installing an IP camera with remote monitoring software (can move them to different locations as needed). Catch them on camera performing the theft, and have the police invite them for an overnight visit to the "grey-bar motel."
That being said, the Comcastic story fails the common sense test at multiple points. Cheaters will get caught eventually, the punishment is likely to be minor and ultimately just amount to loss of employment (and embarrassment).
NetLarry |
