I doubt they do that anymore because it is major cost and major time. That means there was a hub somewhere with a filter on it (or a switch) for YOUR house and your house only.Īnd that gets really expensive for them to put a filter on each and every house.

if you didnt pay for hbo, they would scramble the channel and keep it scrambled until you pay for it. then there is no way for them to know it is YOUR house watching the channels.īack in the old days, they would lock you out of channels somewhere within their system. That means any over-the-counter digital convertor box isnt guaranteed to work. your box needs to have an ID so they can lock it out of the channels you dont pay for. They ask you for the identification numbers to get the 'address' of your modem, then they input those numbers into the system and you are good to go. you just call in and tell them you want to switch to a different modem that you own personally. I know that if you own your own cable modem. You will probably have to call them and have your box 'activated' for it to work. If you could buy any box that they provide for a monthly fee, then the box should work on their network.

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