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What Free Cable?

Posted by timothy on Monday June 3, 2002 @08:58AM from the you-mean-I-have-a-television dept.

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."

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Not for long. by TomatoMan · 2002-06-03 08:59 · Score: 5, Insightful

One way to kill a freebie: post it on /.

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Slashdot: News for thieves. Like ethics matter... by fmaxwell · 2002-06-03 09:42 · Score: 5, Insightful

The double standards on Slashdot are amazing. What's next? An article on how easy it is to shoplift at convenience stores while they take deliveries?

This is not news. I always assumed that I'd be able to steal basic cable from my provider (Cox Communications) by simply hooking into the splitter on my outside wall. But I don't pay for basic cable so I did not do it.

To people in the software industry who are stealing cable: don't get mad if you find out that the cable guy is pirating the software that your company sells.