----- Original Message -----
From: "joseph marty" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 7:19 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] ISP provider's tech


> guys dismantled my two computer home network. They were called because the
plug on the cable modem allowed the cat 5 cable to wiggle and disconnect
from the Internet.  I was at work, but they told my wife that because there
is power to the router/switchbox I cannot use it.  They told her it would
screw up my connection and others on the network.  It worked fine aside from
the loose plug on the modem.  Has anyone heard of such a thing, or is this,
as I suspect, something they are trained to say so that you won't be able to
connect your own LAN and not pay for extra IPs?
> --

I install cable modems and have never heard of this. We actually don't care
how many computers you connect.
If you have a router then we only see the one MAC address, if you only have
a hub and want multiple connections
then we key in the MAC of each computer into our system and charge $5.00
each for the second, third, fourth, etc.
but usually I suggest a router for both security and ease of connecting and
reconnecting different computers.

Winston Pike

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