Sorry Tim - in this case you are wrong. The very first cm service offered
by ntl (back in 2000) told customers to buy their own cm - in fact they even
linked to the website of the supplier so it is 100% mine.
Cheers
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim" <xendistar@???>
To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Old cable modem for recycling
>
> Rob, correct me if I am wrong but I think the cable modem remains the
> property
> of NTL\Virgin and as such it is not yours to give away. I know somebody
> offered
> a Set Top Box (STB) on the Borunemotuh freecycle and the post was taken
> taken
> based on the ownership of the STB.
>
> Tim
>
>
> On Saturday 14 February 2009 16:30:20 Rob Malpass wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> This is borne more out of knowledge of ntl/Virgin incompetence rather
>> than
>> my own paranoia.
>>
>> When I lived in Hampshire I had broadband through a CM I bought in 2000.
>> For various reasons when I moved away from Hampshire, I closed the ntl
>> account rather than just had it moved. My new broadband is provided by
>> virgin with a brand new account number and new cm. FWIW I've plugged
>> the
>> old CM into my cable socket and I don't have 4 solid lights so I'm
>> assuming
>> it's been "unpaired" i.e. it's all one network right? I'm assuming any
>> cm
>> that's been paired can be plugged into any cable point and it will work -
>> again is this right? Or are they registered with the local UBR?
>>
>> Reason I ask is I'm thinking of freecycling the old cm. If I can't be
>> 100% sure it's been "unpaired" - could someone clever enough get it
>> working
>> and have it steal my old account to get bandwidth therefore ntl might
>> come
>> chasing me for money from an account that's been closed for years!
>>
>> I know it might sound like paranoia (and perhaps it is) but let's be
>> fair -
>> we've all heard / seen just how incompetent ntl (and now virgin) can be.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Rob
>
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