Slashdot Mirror


What Free Cable?

suckass writes: "Apparently if you've got a cable broadband connection from AT&T you can get free basic cable just by splitting the line that goes into your cable modem. News.com has a story about it here."

7 of 501 comments (clear)

  1. free newspaper by ocie · · Score: 5, Funny

    And you can get a free newspaper by holding the door open after someone else buys one.

    --
    JET Program: see Japan, meet intere
  2. Re:Crappy moderation... by ErikTheRed · · Score: 3, Funny

    The more AT&T tightens its grip, the more cable modems will slip through its fingers...

    --

    Help save the critically endangered Blue Iguana
  3. Re:Crappy moderation... by MarkGriz · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Now that it's extremely public how to do this, the cable companies will be forced to crack down on it. "

    Right... because obviously Cox, AT&T, Comcast, et. al. were completely unaware until they read about it on news.com and Slashdot.

    --
    Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
  4. Re:Crappy moderation... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny


    All your over used jokes are belong to Slashdot.

  5. Re:Easy to catch by Citizen+of+Earth · · Score: 2, Funny

    In England where you're required to have a TV License to watch TV

    Where I am, it's twenty minutes in the future and it's illegal to turn a TV off.

  6. News: Free Satellite!!! by Cardhore · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did you know that you can get free satellite TV too!?!? Those satellites they use for TV actually beam their signals at every house! No lie! All you need is a little dish (steal someone's--people actually leave those things outside at night!) and a computer!!!

  7. Re:Traps don't work so well... by cscx · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is a great article.....