Originally Posted by yellowbastard
It is impossible to go buy your own modem, remove the high pass filter, plug it in to your coax, and have free cable modem access.
It's not
that simple, no. I know it can be done because many people concerned with their own security use cable they pay for together with their own hardware to constantly project a location that's not true...and it's the hardware doing it.
We're getting into extremes and theories here.
We should probably make it clear that the moral terpitude required for what the original poster is suggesting is beyond reason, and the risks are not worth the discovery.