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Originally Posted by kwtoman
Currently, cable companies will only allow customer owned modems, Converters (cable boxes) still have to be rented from the provider. Same case if you have satellite and go from Dish to Directv. they will not work on each other's networks.
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But... if one has a device such as a TIVO, they can rent a cable card to insert into the device from certain cable companies. The rental cost depends on the provider.
But, I am not sure it saves much, if any money. The TIVO device costs money and they charge a subscription fee too.