I have Adelphia and had internet only service in Burlington VT. A few months ago they sent us a letter saying that they were "upgrading" our service and that we got the basic analog channels . They bumped the bill up about $10. I guess they figured that since everyone on the internet was probably already using the cable they might as well just bill us for it. As I understand the filters have to applied at every neighborhood box, and may be just too much trouble to install.
Anyway, you might be being billed for TV already. On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 18:44:12 -0700, Cook, Garry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Someone told me that you can take the line from your cable modem and > >> stick it in a regular "cable ready" TV and get basic cable. > > So I stuck > >> it into my PVR-250 and sure enough was able to tune up to channel > >> 99. So now I have Comedy Central, CNN, History, Travel for free > >> (yes, I know I'm still paying for the net connection). > > > > Be aware that the cable company can install a filter at any time to > > remove your access to the "free cable" but they haven't yet (for > > whatever reason) > > > > Around here they started filtering probably 7 years ago. At > > first they > > had imperfect filters, and you could still get a handful of channels > > (something like 3-6 IIRC) my friends and I called it "cable scraps." > > They have been filtering everything here for at least a > > couple of years > > I think, though I don't really know/care since I get > > satellite service. > > > > I'm a little surprised that any cable company out there isn't > > filtering, since I think the filters are dirt cheap. > > > > Greg > > > They just started filtering here in Denver, CO about two weeks ago. Drat > it all, I was getting Expanded Basic (channels 1-99) for the Basic price > of $14/month. Thinking about moving to a dish now, since there was one > on the house when I bought it. Looks like it has two 'receivers' as > well, I'm guessing that means two satellites so I get more channels. > > Garry W. Cook, CCNA > Network Infrastructure Manager > MACTEC, Inc. - http://www.mactec.com/ > 303.273.5050 (Office) - 720.220.1862 (Mobile) > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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