On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:23:46 -0400 in Ray B wrote:
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).

Time Warner Cable never bothered.

Bell South bothered.

Earthlink bothered.

Mebtel started to bother about the time I moved away from them.

All of them had varying levels of service if you wanted to
access their news servers from outside their netblocks.
(As memory serves, earthlink worked from work).
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