Legally Uncap Cable Modems?
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Legally Uncap Cable Modems?
If you're thinking about uncapping your cable modem, especially if the modem cable with a cable Internet service provider, be warned. Your service agreement prohibits uncapping, removing software blocks that limit or “cap” bandwidth.
Uncap your cable modem and you will at the very least be banned from your ISP for life. In the case of subscribers who uncapped cable modems provided by Buckeye Cable of Ohio, the FBI seized the offenders' computer equipment, although reports suggest this may have been excessive punishment.
Some critics argue that the laws about cable modem uncapping are not clearly defined. But most of us would probably do well to avoid an uncapping machine or a cable modem uncapper.
Comments
8/9/2006 1:13:09 AMSam said:
I uncapped mine and am running well over one year at great speeds. No problems. No disovery - nothing. I even get tech support when I have other problems - just make sure I switch back to default when I do that. I know several people in the city where I live who do that. It is actually fairly simple unlike these Modem company-paid writers who infest this forum
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