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The_Truth
December 0, 0000 12:00 AM
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If i remember correctly, to order something, your cable box actuallydials into a central server, which in turn pushes out a key that allowsyour box to decode the constantly streaming movies.

If thats the case then someone in your household is ordering themovies. Rather than immediatly blaming the companies in moral outrage,maybe perhaps you should keepa closer eye on little johnny? or perhapsyour hubby is feeling a little blue (heh).

Either way my suggestion is to understand the tech behind the servicesyou use, once you understand rather than pointing a finger blindly, whynot narrow down the possibilities? maybe you 'knew for a fact' that noone ordered in the morning, but maybe figure out who could have orderedit all those other times and have a little talk with em. Besides, ifyou dont know how the tech works, how can you possibly hope that theparental blocking tools will even work, trust me, they wont.

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LTS!
December 0, 0000 12:00 AM
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There are some interesting points there. If the cable company cannot definitively tell you which box ordered the programming you should then it would have to be possible that a box on your line is not protected and therefore ordering movies.

My suggestion is to call Adelphia and ask them to look into it more. If they tell you they can't then respond by telling them that you are cancelling your service because you are sure that no one is ordering porn and you feel it's unjust to pay for it.

Strangely the boxes TWC uses can tell you how many PPV programs you've ordered with it.

Of course my advice assume that what The_Truth says is not true. That you simply don't know someone is ordering it.

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crayonshinobi
December 0, 0000 12:00 AM
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Nick Schaffer: Wait - what's this $150?
Hotel Clerk: Oh, those are your in-room movies.
Nick Schaffer: Oh, I didn't watch any movies.
Hotel Clerk: Let's see...\"Afro Whores\".
Nick Schaffer: \"Afro Whores\"?
Hotel Clerk: It says you watched it... 11 times.
Nick Schaffer: No, I didn't watch that.
Hotel Clerk: 2:00 \"Afro Whores\", 3:30 \"Afro Whores\", 5:00 \"Afro Whores\"... It says in the morning you watched \"The Grinch\" for ten minutes, then switched back to \"Afro Whores\".
Nick Schaffer: Look, I was at a bachelor party last night, there were like 35 people there, you can ask any of them... you have to take that off my record.
Hotel Clerk: This isn't a record, sir.

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He
December 0, 0000 12:00 AM
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How about calling to complain about the charges one more time and then when they continue to try to force you to pay the charges, ask them to cancel your account. They'll probably balk.

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Ben Popken
December 0, 0000 12:00 AM
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Stacey writes:

\"I'm not a commenter, so I'm emailing my comment to you. Priscilla's story of the unordered porn is the same story I just heard yesterday from a co-worker who was charged for movies she could not possibly have ordered. She and her boyfriend had something like 7 or 8 adult movies on their bill that were ordered at times neither one was home. After connecting to a rather unhelpful CSR, she finally got through to one that was willing to listen and took the charges off their bill. I believe their solution was also to provide them with a new cable box. The company in question in this case is Tele-Media, the Connecticut name for Adelphia. \"

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ModerateSnark
December 0, 0000 12:00 AM
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Cable boxes are becoming sentient, and they like porn.

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RandomHookup
December 0, 0000 12:00 AM
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That's a killer graphic cause now I want some pron... and fried chicken.

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