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Cable Modem Hacking Goes Mainstream
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2002-05-08

An ambitious hackware project promises to bring illicit broadband "uncapping" to the masses, and with it the risks that come with high-speed hijinks.

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Yeah well... 2002-05-10
The Midnight Runner
It isn't that bad, until your neighbor decides to uncap his modem, and you are stuck with 9600 baud frame rates when you play Q3.

If it's uncapped, it can turn into tragedy of the commons really fast.. Two people on your segment uncap, and set up all sorts of servers. If I couldn't do what I wa...

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