so you dont go and turn it back on, which isnt hard to do. But that doesnt seem right casue they will have to pay a tech to come drop a new cable at sometime. When i did cable here we would unhook their cable at the pole/box and screw in a "terminator" and you need a special tool to remove it.
Don't know about digital cable, but plain analog cable cannot be turned off at a central office, its just an unencrypted signal running down a coax wire and split to your house. Cable Internet can be turned off at a central office, not by cutting the signal but by blocking/switching your IP address.
AFAIK, even if you have digital cable, the analog stations are still there, correct? i.e. you can still hookup televisions without digital cable tuners.
AFAIK, even if you have digital cable, the analog stations are still there, correct? i.e. you can still hookup televisions without digital cable tuners.
Adam Selene said:
correct. No way to block an analog signal other than going to the box and physically disconnecting it - same thing for connecting cable. They can disable a box if you're going through that, but plug to TV there's nothing they can do.
If you want to steal cable without letting them see, you can put a splitter in on someone else's line, and tuck it down the tubes where they can't see it. Downside of this is they'll probably prosecute you if they find you doing it this way - much better to go into the between floors space if you're in an apartment complex and split it up there.
Digital is the same. If he came out to your house to do it, then it can't be turned off from any computer or office. If your drop runs from a telephone pole, the only thing that they can cut off from a computer is your digital boxes and modem. A lot of apartments are all ran together and can be shut off from a computer. It is called electroline.
90% of all cable lines are connected/disconnected from the pole. The office has the ability to shut down your digital cable box or internet modem but basic cable MUST be shut off from the pole.
I promise you this is the ONLY reason they came out there. They also may have wanted to see if they could get some kind of payment from you (if you owed them) as they are in a big battle with dish companies over keeping subscribers.
I promise you this is the ONLY reason they came out there. They also may have wanted to see if they could get some kind of payment from you (if you owed them) as they are in a big battle with dish companies over keeping subscribers.
