Completely Legal
According To FCC
Regulations It Is Perfectly Legal For You to Own Your Own Cable Box!
The Cable Television
Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 and the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 makes it very clear that you are
allowed to own and use third party cable boxes!
You may view the
FCC FAQ concerning this Act at:
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/News_Releases/nrcb4009.txt
In this text you
will find that it says: "Cable operators may
not prevent customers from using their own cable box if such
equipment is technically compatible with the cable system."
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