I was just wondering this. Im not sure if it varies from service to service , But with a DSL box from your provider , does it require any kind of authentication to initiate a connection with the box ? Im wondering this , because in a pawn shop I happened to notice someone had pawned a DSL speed stream box , and I thought that the box was always aupplied by the ISP itself , what im wondering is that if anyone in there can buy it , install an ethernet card and plugin and have a working DSL connection.. But I mean if they live in the area , or close to the phone company it would work better..But even if you did manage to get a working DSL session , the phone company would still bill you ? I mean im not looking for a free isp , but im concerned why someone would pawn in a DSL Speed stream box...Any explanations on this would be helpful..