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Originally Posted by Rob C
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You cannot buy ntl Set Top Boxes, or Modems from anybody, legally. They are only now hired by ntl as part of a current service agreement, and if your contract ends, such things should return to ntl. Anybody who claims to be able to sell ntl modems or STBs is doing something naughty.
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As cable modems are so cheap (10 quid to ntl?) it appears to be official policy not to collect them when people move/ cancel. So who do they belong to then?
If there are 2 million cable modems in use and 5% churn per annum that's a 100,000 extra ntl cable modems loose in the wild every year. It therefore no wonder there are dozens for sale on ebay at any one time - and if anyone buys one he finds it is useless so puts it back on ebay to pass on to someone else!