said by FifthE1ement:How can I tell if it's been activated?
Lol, they were dead on as Comcast activated it June 3rd at 3am!
5th
If you have the A30 Guide update, but the eSATA port has not yet been enabled by Comcast, you will get an "08-Alert account not authorized to use external storage" error message when you try to connect the hard drive.