Can i use regular charter to get internet on of the same calble line?

Question

so my frend hooked us up with free cable through charter. he tapped us into the main line for free somehow.

can i buy a cable modem and plug the cable into the modem and get internet or do i have to have charter activate the internet though it

Answer 1

I know somebody myself that is trying to do the very same thing, you may not want to say out loud though that you are stealing cable

You have to have the internet activated for it to work (so they can bill you seprately for a broadband connection, in your case, so they can bill your for an internet connection)

I would ask the person who got you free cable before trying this, but you would have to disconnect your cable so that way the cable company dosen't know, then order a broadband connection through charter, when they come out to set it up, they will add a splitter looking thing called a tap, with connections labeled "In" "Tap" and "Out", your cable comming in will be connected to "In", your internet connection will be connected to "Tap" (in most cases), and there will be a resistor/terminator connected to "Out" (in most cases, sometimes it's swapped and the cable modem is connected to "Out" while "Tap is terminated" either way, you make the same connections)

After they set it up, either you or the person that got your free cable set up will have to remove the resistor/terminator and connect your main cable line to where the terminator was

What I said above is what the cable company would do anyway, if you paid for cable, but it might be that when you order a cable internet connection, they may bill you for cable television anyway, being that it's so easy to access and get free cable anyway, so to keep you from trying to connect, they would bill you anyway, I am not sure about this though, so you will want to talk to that guy first