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Cable Stray Signals
A Cablevision (our cable and optimum online provider) truck pulls into our driveway yesterday and the serviceman tells my wife he detected stray signals coming from our house. He says FCC requires that they monitor signal leakage and that he needs to come into our house to fix it. He tells my wife he understands that she is alone but if he can't fix the problem they will have to terminate our service. He will have to look at all our electronics and connections. My wife sent him on his way without letting him in.
We have lots of electronics and connections (including security systems) in our house that I wouldn't want the cable guy mucking around with. Also we would want someone by appointment who was clean and didn't look like a degenerate in my house. We are waiting to see if they terminate our service and then we will do what we have to when the time comes.
Has anyone ever heard of this stray signal stuff? Is it a scam? Everything is working correctly in my house.
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Thanks for the comments guys. He did have a sheet he left with us from Cablevision that talked about FCC regulations and these stray signals. There was a phone number at the bottom of the sheet we could call but my wife is hesitant to call the cable company in case it is legitimate. We don't want to do anything to remind them there are "stray" signals (if it is legitimate) so that they start tearing through our hookups.
My wife did say this guy looked like a shifty character and he looked aound the house a bit before he knocked on the door. We were once robbed so my wife is extra aware of all suspicious characters that come around the neighborhood - that's one of the reasons why we have so much security now. I used to think she was too cautious - but not anymore. I will tell my wife about your comments. Thanks again!
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Metastable - I have no illegal cable box here. I do have many base cable connections to 10 smaller TVs, a digital box to main TV and 8 way wired router which feeds 5 computers. All this wiring is entangled with lots of other feeds and connections to several sets of speakers, amps, vcrs for tv and security cameras, and on and on. I might have to kill someone who starts messing wround with my wiring 
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I might add here that my wife does not want anyone exploring our wiring - or getting any idea what our security system is about - or knowing anything about what possessions are in our house - or knowing about means of access to our house. If it comes to this we might consider switching to another provider.
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2ndhandlion, I am using cable internet - so I am not sure I can do better with satellite - plus they charge you and extra $5 for each tv. Rwacho - I am talking my wife into scheduling an appointment. But we will also request that whoever they send out is professional and clean cut - or my wife will call the police. I also better check with my 17 year old son to make sure he has nothing hooked to our system I don't know about.
One time the cable company slowed our internet service because my son was using Kazaa and acting as a server for so many other people. The other day I went upstairs when my son was gone and the computer was whirring away - I shut it off and it said there were 3 people logged on. My son came home and asked why I shut the computer off, he was accessing it from his friend's house for music. It's hard to keep up with the kids nowadays.
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Brokenarrow, my son turns 18 tomorrow. I just had a couple of close encounters with him over the last couple of days for bad mouthing his mother. He's had a few girl friends but the one he's with now has his testosterone flowing. They forget that everything they have you bought for them. They take it for granted. I'll let you know how I made out with him in about, say 10 years.
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