As Shaw is a cable service provide, it seems likely that they require SOME
sort of authentication.

With Comcast and Verizon, it was a user name and password, but maybe they
are OK with just a username. I think it more likely that they are using the
registered MAC (media access control) address of your interface device
(modem or router).

The bottom line being that if you're not recognized as a paying user of
their service, you ain't gettin' in.

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"Duncan Vincent" wrote in message
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i was unable to get on at all myself for the last month so i was hoping
that now that thier little problem was fixed others might be able to get on
as well. gonna have to dig into the password issue a little further.

"Steve" wrote in message
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Duncan Vincent wrote:
Try shawnews.cg.shawcable.net. you might be able to get on and view
from there. no password required


No, we tried that before. Maybe you don't seem to need a password because
you have it stored in your computer. I just tried it again. When I go to
subscribe to something, the first thing that happens is it asks for my
user name. Since I don't have one of those, I can't even get to the list
of available groups.

Steve
PS I just now gave it a try using "duncan" as my user name. The first
time up popped a message that "authentication failed". I figured it
recognized that I was not entering from their cable system. I tried one
more and it seemed to accept it but then it asked for a password. Done.