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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Inspect Your Gadgets > The ISP Thread - Wires and Fiber and Lines...oh my!
 
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May 19, 2004
I really do.

Blackchamber posted:

I had Comcast do an install on my new apartment, they claimed nobody had their service in 6 years so they needed to send someone there to check out the set up.

At the end of the service call the tech copied down the information from the bottom of my modem, which I thought was odd since it was my modem and not one they provided.

Is this fishy? Docsis cloning or something?

Not even a little bit. The modem has to be registered in Comcast's systems in order for it to work. The CMAC is the number that is used to identify it, and gets added to the billing system to facilitate troubleshooting and maintenance. It's not like the MAC address is hidden information or anything. It's even usually printed on the outside of the retail packaging I think.

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