On March 21, 2007 at 02:08, Daniel Tonks said...
I don't have the answer to this. But the boxes DO communicate
with Rogers so it might appear on some list as "still
active" which may or may not raise any red flags.
I had a similar situation with Time Warner (US). Was at a relative's house. They cancelled cable TV but wanted to keep the internet. They never returned the box, and were charged $5 per month to keep it, without a programming fee. It was just used for the Program Guide convienence.
Well, after 3-4 months they caught on. They were able to find out that cable was still being viewed. So instead of shutting it off, they just started charging for cable TV again, service that was never ordered!
It took quite a few conversations on the phone, but finally they admitted they should have shut off the service, not re-activated it. So we took the box back, and hooked the analog cable straight to the TV's tuner.
They still never shut it off, either! :-)
