Digital Cable Splitter?

[TENSE]

well people i have Time Warner cable(it was comcast a few years back) and
my dad found some thing really intresting. well a guy from our cable company was instaling cable to naother nearby home and the cable guy droped a
digital 2 way splitter. my dad picked it up when the cable guy left and then brought it home. He then conected it to our cable box and we now get free cable for 2 tv's for the price of one.

*Now my question is what im am doing illegal? and would the cable company find out? and if they did would they care?

please people share your knowledge with me.

[allstar780]

Originally Posted by TENSE

well people i have Time Warner cable(it was comcast a few years back) and
my dad found some thing really intresting. well a guy from our cable company was instaling cable to naother nearby home and the cable guy droped a
digital 2 way splitter. my dad picked it up when the cable guy left and then brought it home. He then conected it to our cable box and we now get free cable for 2 tv's for the price of one.

*Now my question is what im am doing illegal? and would the cable company find out? and if they did would they care?

please people share your knowledge with me.

splitters are not illegal... i know with analog cable you can just use a standard Coaxial splitter and run your cable to as many TVs as you want, the cable company does not charge any more for extra TVs, just for the labor of the guy running the wires into your house if you want extra wall jacks... im sure it works the same way with digital cable

[Johk]

Originally Posted by TENSE

well people i have Time Warner cable(it was comcast a few years back) and
my dad found some thing really intresting. well a guy from our cable company was instaling cable to naother nearby home and the cable guy droped a
digital 2 way splitter. my dad picked it up when the cable guy left and then brought it home. He then conected it to our cable box and we now get free cable for 2 tv's for the price of one.

*Now my question is what im am doing illegal? and would the cable company find out? and if they did would they care?

please people share your knowledge with me.

I know on my part that I have to pay an extra fee per month for each extra digital cable box... And you have to activate the cable boxes for them to work. With my provider, digital cable requires a cable box (yeah it sucks!). For analog cable, I know that they can see when you install a splitter (signal levels change), I'm not sure but I guess it would have the same effect for digital cable.

Call your cable company and ask them (don't tell them that you did it, ask them if it's possible to do it). That is the best way to be sure that your ok.