Anyone know about cable internet? Modems?
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Anyone know about cable internet? Modems?
Here's the deal. I purchased a cable modem when I was stationed @ Ft. Riley kansas. I have cable TV at my house now, and I hooked my cable modem into it. My computer will not get on the internet! Why? Does your cable company have to issue you an IP address or something? The bandwidth is there, isn't it? So I should be able to access the internet. Any way around this?
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Originally Posted by krewat
You'll have to call the cable company to allow your cable modem to "get on" - if your particular cable modem will even work. AND you'll have to PAY for it 
Looks like maybe not, though! Cable companies must really rake it in.
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Talk to you cable company, tell them what kind and model you cable modem is and they should be able to tell you if it will work with their systems. Most likely it will. To be able to connect to the internet you will have to pay for the service. With out the MAC address of your cable modem their system will deny it access. Since you have your own cable modem you will not have to rent one from them. That should save you about 5 to 10 bucks a month on your service.
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A cable modem for internet access is just a channel that you watch on your TV. The cable modem is tuned to one channel, and if you're not receiving that channel, then you're SOL.
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Modems are free here when you sign up. Like said several times already you still need to pay for service and cable internet usually isn't cheap. I just dropped road runner and switched to DSL. Half the price and the same speed. The key was to sign up on the internet page(cut the price big time). The modem they sent us was a 4 port wireless G router too, all for free.
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Originally Posted by jake00
but finding a wireless network can be cheap
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I get a break on my internet service because we have the tier 3 cable service.
Normally the internet is about $50/month by itself.
With 3-tier cable..... the internet service costs me $14.95 extra.
You didn't say who you have cable service with.
have a look at this page.
http://www.56k.com/isps/cable/usa/id.shtml
Normally the internet is about $50/month by itself.
With 3-tier cable..... the internet service costs me $14.95 extra.
You didn't say who you have cable service with.
have a look at this page.
http://www.56k.com/isps/cable/usa/id.shtml
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Originally Posted by OSin86
LMAO, yes it can. My buddy just got a new linksys wireless card that has a stand alone tri-antenna setup. We picked up on 4 of his neighbors, one being me and one of them was not protected. We connected and started surfing on someone elses network.
Stealing service is not a good thing...
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Originally Posted by krewat
And here on Long Island, just this year, someone was using a neighbor's wireless router and got jail time and a hefty fine.
Stealing service is not a good thing...
Stealing service is not a good thing...
