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CrystalVPS · 30th May 2008

I know cable modem cloning is a *very* common occurrence in Leicester, people in the "more ethical" areas log the MACs of modems and then reprogram modems bought from eBay and sell them for a one of fee to the "less ethical" (the more ethical places being where they'll pay for the service, the less ethical being where they'll use cloned modems).

Never done it, but people when I was at college did it, and I know people (indirectly) who do it. If someone is stupid enough to put two macs on the same UBR, then that's when the fun starts (and could be what's happened here, just virgin don't want to show that this is a problem)

30th May 2008	#7 (permalink)
CrystalVPS I am Staff at No Wires Ltd About My Company! Certified Host Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Leicester, UK Posts: 460	I know cable modem cloning is a very common occurrence in Leicester, people in the "more ethical" areas log the MACs of modems and then reprogram modems bought from eBay and sell them for a one of fee to the "less ethical" (the more ethical places being where they'll pay for the service, the less ethical being where they'll use cloned modems). Never done it, but people when I was at college did it, and I know people (indirectly) who do it. If someone is stupid enough to put two macs on the same UBR, then that's when the fun starts (and could be what's happened here, just virgin don't want to show that this is a problem) __________________ No-Wires.co.uk - sales@no-wires.co.uk VPS Servers / Co-location / Dedicated Servers / ADSL __________________ Web Host - Certified Member