Does not come with cable card, of course. I rented mine from my cable provider.
I sold my previous TiVo with lifetime service. I understand I will have to talk to TiVo to have them transfer it. It looks like I will call them to start the transfer, get a case number, send it to you, then you will reference the case number when you add it to your account. I will be responsive and ready to do this 👍