I was at my brother's house last night and asked him how much he was paying for his internet, he said that all he did was plug in a cable modem he purchased from bestbuy and hooked it up.  He called Comcast to get subscribed, while he was on hold he started getting acitivity on his modem so he shut the phone and has had the fastest speeds Comcast offer.  He hasnt been send a bill in 3 months.  He subscribes to Comcast cable but no internet.  Whats up with that? 

Thats what i thought they will do.  Add it to his bill, but thats not the case he subscribes to the Gold package with HDTV and everything and gets billed $67 bucks for it.  NOthing about an Internet charge at all.

I guess hes just very lucky and Comcast screwed up!

  I guess its not a problem, its their mistake its not like he did something to get free internet so if it was me.. i wouldnt say nothing to them and enjoy the free internet haha.


Edit: but if its their mistake, idk how they can charge him for it. I mean what if someones phone went out while they were talking , thats not their fault right?

And what if the person didnt realize they werent being charged. I mean if they charge him the price of the highest package thats unfair because what if he didnt even tell them what package he wanted, for all they know he wanted the lowest end package.

Idk swimmer knows more than i do but IMO its their fault.

Eh, I would be kind of alert about this. I would just go ahead and call Comcast. I mean if they catch you, you could be in some trouble.

Exactly.

Comcast: do you have internet? You: What internet?!

He can just say I thought all i had to do was plug a modem into the wall and i had internet?!?!?!

After reading all of this I have to absolutely say act real dumb.  It would work just like dlewis said.

A little more info Crazy Naru. 
So this happened. Is a gripe. FYI. 

you'll probably need an account number to register your modem..Is this legal to do?

if someone is getting free cable tv, I don't think they care much. But free internet is different because it effects every Comcast subscriber in that area.

You will be caught eventually.  Like any other cable company, they do audits at set times every week/mo.  They all go around checking out people's services from their taps.  And yes they can track your usage from the first second you plugged your modem in.  They can see how much time you spent online/offline, and can postrate you if they choose to, it's perfectly legal.

And no you can't leech just because your MAC address is registered with a cable/telecomm... The tech who set up your service most likely F#@&ed up and added internet to your service, or it may possibly be a promotion they forgot to mention.

Check your bill out closely and check.  I don't know if Comcast does it, but ive heard of verizon, turner, and pacbell postrating people for stolen internet service.  One guy got slammed since he was stealing bandwidth for nearly 3 years.

My advise to you is to call Comcast up, and tell them that you noticed on your bill recently that you weren;t being billed for internet, but you have access, and ask if there is a promotion you could take advantage of.

If you come clean on your own, and play dumb I don't think any cable/telecomm company would slap you.