Tom Wilson wrote:
>
> On Thu, 05 Jul 2001, David A. Bandel dropped these nuggets of information:
> > Tom Wilson wrote:
> > > I figured it was. My guess is it is their way of trying to keep people from
> > > getting cable turned on at there house for Internet access then
> > > pirating the cable TV.
> > >
> >
> > Two separate companies. There was a very interesting article some time
> > back (two years ago maybe) about a woman w/ internet via cable, but no
> > cable TV. The TV company harrassed her and took her to court for
> > stealing cable signal (she didn't even _have_ a TV). They'd disconnect
> > her, the Internet folks would connect her, then the police showed up --
> > what a circus.
>
> That is an article I'd like to read. TV Company sounds about right.
> No TV but it can still be pirated. Sheesh. It be interesting to find
> out how this one turned out.
>
As I understand it, she won in court, go damages, and the two companies
were told to correct the situation. Their "correction" was probably a
M$ style correction -- you buy Internet, you must pay for Cable access
(you buy hardware, you must buy an M$ OS since you'll obviously use it
anyway).
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
--
Focus on the dream, not the competition.
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