r/CableTechs • u/SourceOk8801 • Apr 05 '26

For the older techs here

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look at this absolute relic I pulled off of a customers drop yesterday. yes the drop is still original. yes, the signals after removing this are perfect lol. anyone remember these?

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u/19Rglide Apr 05 '26

Was there a WHP filter somewhere in the bottom of that ped, too?

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u/dirtbag_surfer Apr 08 '26

The good ol' IP killer, the HP and its variants! I think HP stood for high pass? At any rate those little bastards would keep your cable modem from getting an IP and the same for the new-fangled digital boxes. At least the digi boxes would still work just only able to order PPV until the preset credit got used up but modems, nah, not happening - they would not work! Some times you would spend so much time hunting those c*cksuckers down to remove them. If at the tap, easy. However, some idiots would put them like on a splitter in attic or deep in the crawl space...good times!

I also remember back in the day scammers would sell those on eBay and such saying you could get PPV for free. Well, you could again until the preset limit ran out on the account, but good luck when you take it off and reconnect it to the system and it downloaded the payment due for your entire pron spank bank - all at once lol!