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| this is not a widespread problem when you are connected to the cable company by wire, you are part of the network which is tracable down to the cables that connect to each home. the DB ratings and other diagnostics can easily show how far away from the ctms that is serving your cablemodem +- a few feet. least you forget these companies liken themselves to utility companies.. not the kind of business you want to make an enemy of..
cable-tv used to be a viable business model for piracy.. today? why bother, enough content flows on the internet to render cable-tv piracy moot.
also, the prices for cablemodem service are not exactly outrageous.. sure, those data caps are silly, and there is market (competitive) dysfunction but these things will work themselves out eventually. although home internet access will never be free (unless you're blessed by google).. we're always pushing these companies to make it cheaper & a better value. |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | Plain and simple.. modems can be found. I used to do it all the time.. used to use tools such as TDRs or simple as pulling the plugs on homes until we found them. And believe me, not everyone that looks for the modems drive around in big billboard vehicles that say "CABLE" on them. ... even had police investigators along for that moment WHEN the modem was found. In many cases, it's not hard.
The hunt wasn't as fun as was the excuse at the door, or how the engagement went. OFTEN times it was mom or the girlfriend at the door (because the Mtn Dew drinking, pimple zit faced little punks weren't even man enough to rise from the basement, that they had to send a girl to do their job) with stories of "I have no idea what you're talking about Sir.. OR the INCREDIBLY fake and forced look of shock on the women's faces when the modem was in fact found and removed.
I just don't get the "thrill" of hacking a modem to steal service or to become the blood sucking vamp of the node taking the life from everyone else who PAYS for their service.. but if that's all someone has in life, is to live for the internet and not even exist in the real world with the rest of us.. well, for one, time to grow up, the 80's was a long time ago.. and two.. it's time to get a life.. there's more to that than what's on the internet.
And hacking modems isn't about sticking to the ISPs over caps and prices and such.. it's a mental disorder people have that's about the same as having a drug addition. ISPs haven't always capped as it's rather new.. but the desire and need to be the hacker has existed back to the days of dialup modems. |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | To be clear, I see a hacker as no different as someone that feels the need to NOT return a library book, thinking he got one up on society. |
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| reply to fiberguy
I used to spot a few hacked modems every so often on random node audits from scout (ran a batch) and I would report them to engineering who usually didn't give a crap. Usually, I would only see the careless people who never changed the firmware from "madcatz" or whatever still as the default.
Firmware updates were usually when most of them would be found especially if u sent a restart to it and still wouldn't update. |
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