One. Step: the cable modem hacking tool . It took AT& T Broadband only 6 hours to discover his hack and disconnect him from the service for life. The company considered his act “theft of service.”Hein's message to other users: don't do it, ever.
Hein's father is even restricted from using the service, and is not able to telecommute any longer. IDSL, the other high- speed alternative, is too costly for them at over $1.
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The process of uncapping a cable modem is typically technically involved, requiring the programming of a DOCSIS configuration file with a special editor, putting up a TFTP server, changing an IP address, and running a DHCP server to trick the cable modem into pulling the config file from a local host. Although some parts of the process have been automated, there are still many hitches .
One. Step is headed up by a well- known member of the underground superbroadband world, an unemployed American programmer who heads a how- to chat site and has headed up several publicly released automated uncapping tools. This programmer, who goes by the handle “Der. Engel,” states that smart uncappers know how to avoid detection. AT& T Broadband spokeswoman Sarah Eder stated that the company would not have terminated Hein without warning unless there were aggravating factors, but one of the consequences of uncapping is service termination. Another factor to consider is the anti- social aspect of uncapping, meaning that one person using too much of the bandwidth during peak hours could cause bottlenecks for the rest of the users on that node. Check out Security Focus Online and our previous news item for more details. RON'S OPINIONThere's just never enough speed in this world.
Myko Hein, 19, uncapped his cable modem last month because the service was too slow for his liking (he was trading software in chat rooms over the 'Net).
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When 5. 6 kbps dial- up access was the only Internet, users used to get disconnected by their ISP because they were leaving their computers connected 2. Now that we have cable modems, which is a relatively cheap method of connecting to the Internet at high speeds, people want 1. I just recently got a cable modem and I am perfectly happy with the speeds I am getting; but then I don't trade movies and software over the 'Net, which is what most people use the uncapped cable modems for anyway. The bottom line is if everyone decides to uncap their modems, no one will get any amount of bandwidth and we will all suffer.
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My final words for today: be a good neighbor and don't uncap your cable modem. USER COMMENTS 1. 58 comment(s)What about DSL?(9: 0. EST Mon May 1. 3 2. I'm only getting 1.
DSL . Restricting his father as well? Have they give a reason for that? This would appear to be a legal grey area which, as everyone knows, legal grey area = lots of money for lawyers. Industry should provide what the customer wants. If he can't provide bandwidth, he should upgrade his infrastructure. Of course, if you are getting twice the speed you should expect to pay twice the price. Agreed that you shouldn't hack your provider.
You should feel sorrier for someone whose computers are conficated at gunpoint because his kid was cracking. Similar crime, worse punishment. You can play the old “blame the parents for everything their kids do” game all you want, but this “kid” is an adult (he's 1. If he uncapped the modem, then the company has every right to ban him for life if that's how they want to respond to that sort of thing.
But why should his father pay for this? Sure, the service may have been in the father's name, but if they've determined who actually did it (ie. If I was the father, I'd tell the kid it's time to move out so I could keep my broadband connection. And I would expect that the ISP would allow me to keep the connection based on the fact that the kid has moved out and will not be using the service.– by Pond Scum. That is one gifted kid.(9: 3. EST Mon May 1. 3 2.
How long would it have taken you to figure that out? He's clearly learned his lesson, and, again, I don't think his dad should suffer for what he did.– by Pond Scum. You don't get what you pay for anyway(9: 3.
EST Mon May 1. 3 2. When Charter took over for @home they promised the same great service for the same price. These big companies are ripping people off, for the amount of bandwidth they assign to them. They have enough bandwidth, it's just that we don't get sh*t. Any faster DSL lines are for business and not cost effective. Besides, you have to sit on the DSLAM in order to get faster speeds. DSL limits are limited physically.
The first highest is in the 2- 4 megabit range (I think) and you need to sit within 1. DSLAM. Cable is just a network with bandwidth management capabilities. If you don't have a DSLAM in the area, you don't get DSL. Note: (VDSL?) has about the shortest range I have ever seen (3. What're they gonna do, ban ALL their customers?
I have cox communication cable modem, residential. Instead, I used the tools to configure my pc, & get 6. It has nothing to do with capping as every Att user is capped at 1.
M. If you have a lasercard attached to 1. Who is going to pay for these upgrades since they are at the local cable cos level, not the isps?
The FCC just ruled that the local cable cos can't charge the user. Thats a loss of 1. M/month to the cos you want to upgrade their network. If you want guaranteed 1.
T1 & go atm. The majority of upset users can't even renew an ip or delete their cache after weeks of surfing. Right now I get 3 Mb/s down (I'm not sure what it is up) for $4. Canadian (that's ~ $3. US). The bad news is that DSL just announced they're gonna break into a 3 tier system at $2. Canadian) for 1. 28 k. B/s, 1 Mb/s and 3. Mb/s respectively (DSL is currently 1.
Mb/s down). While that sounds pretty good to me they are putting transfer caps on . I can understand it but the way I see it at least the highest one should be uncapped. Our cable companies are about to follow suit with a similar plan. I'll be curious to see if they'll really be able to track it (if you go over they'll charge you $$/MB over the limit) and how the public will accept it.
Either way I'm a gamer so I care about speed and latency more than the max data cap. And as far as that's concerned I'm still happy. Later . How could the provider know who did the hack?
All he can do is punish the customer, who was dad, not teenager. Speaking of teenagers, I have 2 of 'em. I am legally and morally responsible for them as long as they live in my house. Not taking responsibility is one of the worst things that has happened to this country in the last 2. The buck stops HERE. Are you that German lady who keeps sending me love letters?
Get a life, son. But hacking them won't do anything but piss them off. Ask for a credit everytime you call. They will up your cap to shut you up.
Took me about 3 months but it's been running at about 6mbps for the last 2 years. It happened with TV cable and we've repeated it with “high- speed” internet. Where's the incentive for them to do anything other than sit on their fat a$$ and run up the prices and run down the service. What you need to do is have your local governments put the following conditions in the charters they grant. The company fronts the money to install the equipment & service, but the equipment & service is owned by the government. That way, when AT& T or whomever renegs on their promises, you just put up the whole thing out for bid.
That's the way capitalism works for you — open market with no barriers to entry. Since no one is insisting on this for cable contracts, you are only getting the service that you deserve.
This is America – here it is. S/BSEALATT SUX(9: 1. EST Sun May 1. 9 2. I was pulling around 5m – 8m down. If you tv cable goes out do you call showtime? Customers uncapping the cable modem is theft just like using movie filters or even hackiing into an atm machine.
Just to replay to the respose that the company should accomidate the customer I say that is rediculous. The customer agrees (normally by contract) to buy a service from a company that is advertising a service for sale. Unless the company is advertising a “customer configurable service” then to alter with the service set by the provider is teft and outside the scope the service advertised. The more customers (in most cases, Im sure not all) the provider will increase the quality of service at a fee or as the customer base increases. When several end users STEAL service either by hand or technology it hurts the service for those who are paying for their service.
I completely agree with ATT shutting them off for life. It sends the message to others wanting to do the same thing.
As I am stepping off this soap box let me say that most service companies are entitled to deny service in situation of teft as this one. There is no gray area. Theft by technology is no different then theft by hand.
This was after a bad nic racked up $6,0. They were kind enough to give us a 2. PURE PROFIT for them. Of course, it's ALWAYS hard to scale back once you've had a taste! The worst punishment for the kid would have been to allow him to keep his service, but put a new cap in at 5. K!! But that would have been cruel and inhumane.
This is reasonable for what I pay. My problem is that others across the country are paying the same as me and getting far less!!!!!! At first my speeds sucked ass at only 6.
I was furious, but what could I do about it —NOTHING. Then one glorious day my local company switched from static IP's to DHCP ,and the result was great.
I finally got my advertised speeds. But, my upload speed still sucks even hitting the cap, it holds back file sharing and it holds back gaming. The part that gets me is that the network can hold soooooo much more bandwidth and I know this for a fact(I have friends who work for my cisp). They do it simply out of greed. They want you to pay more money for more bandwidth , even though you were getting speeds equal to or greater than the pro service with @home for the same price you are paying now.