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Well, basically a cablemodem is simply a modem that reads the signal off of a
cable line rather than a phone line. The fact that your former cable company is
now in the cable modem business may help you, but it really has nothing to do
with the white box itself. If you want a cablemodem, the first step is to
contact the company and verify that the service is in your area. If it is, it is
just a matter of them supplying you with a cablemodem and network card (used to
interface the modem to your computer) and then installing a filter on the line
to separate the TV signal from the modem signal.... The answer to your question
in brief, is no, you can't buy a cablemodem and slap it in expecting to get
cablemodem service, just like you can't go and buy any old cable decoder box and
stick it on expecting HBO...

Max Erhard wrote:

> I have this white box outside my house, it used to supply us with a
> telephone line (and a trial of cable tv) , but the cable company apart from
> being cheaper than BT (UK) was next to useless, so we stopped using them.
> The white box still lives on. In the days when we had cable I remember that
> the cable tv box was made by a company called scientific-atlantic, which I
> happened to notice on www.cablemodems.com that they also make cable modems.
> Can I simply buy a cable modem, attach to the white box and a net card in my
> pc, and get the internet for free without involving any dodgy cable
> companies. Could I use any old cable modem, they all seem to have different
> specs.
>
> Thanks to anyone who knows.