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DrClownsHappyHand
Jan 28, 2013

Don Lapre posted:

Except if you read the link the cable companies specifically say its to prevent theft of service. If you arnt paying for cable TV and you hook it up and use it the cable companies consider it theft of service. I don't care if you do it, your installer may not care. But the company itself still considers it theft and there is no FCC provision stating otherwise.

Just because the channels are unencrypted does not mean you are expected to use them without paying.

" NCTA spokesman Brian Dietz says most of the theft is by cable modem customers who also connect their line to a TV set."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/10/16/free-cable-loophole-closed-fcc_n_1970657.html

You're straight up wrong. Comcast still delivers unencrypted local channels over their lines even to people without active subscriptions. The only channels being delivered are ABC/FOX/NBC/CBS/PBS. This is NOT theft. They are phasing it out though and switching to an entirely digital spectrum. Customers with full digital spectrum will need some sort of box (or CableCard) to tune these channels-if you're in those areas, you will either need active service or some sort of device to steal the signal. But in the areas that haven't made the jump to full digital, providers deliver those channels completely unencrypted over your coax.

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