I have analog cable, and I was wondering if it is possible for the company to shut off service remotely, or if it is neccesary for a guy to come and physically dissconnect the cable for the pole to cut my service.

 

they have to disconnect it inside the cable box on your house/apartment.

 

 

block it from the provider, your fucked

 

it kind of depends where you are and what your service does. where im at, when you get the service you go pick up a cable box. if you dont pay your bill or want to quit the sevice, they send a signal to the box that dosent let you see any channels (its an addressable box). but the actual connection is still there. this is why i got a unaddressable universal descrambler off ebay. i now get every channel and dont pay a cent

 

It really depends on your company like mentioned above. I had a friend whos summer job a few years back was going to peoples houses and disconnecting their illegal cable. I have another accuaintence whos job is installing cable/internet and he said if you get "caught" just deny it and play dumb. They really can't prove you took steps to get the service (except a descrambler box, ect).

Someone needs to make a thread on how to get free cable though...