# So a friend of mine is getting a free cable channel -- is this wrong?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 14, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-friend-of-mine-is-getting-a-free-cable-channel-is-this-wrong/513821 "2009-10-14T19:15:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![tallcoldone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@tallcoldone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tallcoldone)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-friend-of-mine-is-getting-a-free-cable-channel-is-this-wrong/513821/21 "2009-10-16T16:16:48Z")

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Some years ago we we able to watch more cable channels than we paid for. The provider explained that there was some outdated/malfunctioning hardware (a filter IIRC) that allowed us to get the extras, and they weren’t making a special trip to replace it. That went on for a couple of years.

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