From the way I understand fibre can only be used as the trunk line. In other words we are still going to have RG59/6/11 running into houses. On Sunday 27 May 2007 10:18 pm, Michael Sammartano wrote: > RG-59 is still used, but it is not a good thing for Hi Speed cable, digital > and HDTV. To much resistance from what I understand, which increases signal > loss. RG-6 is the "minimum" requirement for Hi Speed internet and > digital/HDTV. Cox uses RG-6 and fiber optics beyond that. I am not sure > what part of town the "problem" are still in, but there was a period of > time that the areas of town with overhead lines and real old burried lines > were suffering the most. When Cox rid itself of @home, they tried to change > from Cisco Routers to Juniper. After several weeks of issues, they went > back to Cisco. The only issues I am aware of now are the old wires which > are being repaired until they can be replaced with fiber. ---- Jeremy > Miller wrote: > > ============= > I'm pretty sure they use RG 6, that's what I have in my house. Then > again, I did that myself. When I went for their "Quick-Connect" kit it > had some RG 6 in it. Maybe they use RG 59 in some parts of town just > for inconsistency's sake. > > On 5/28/07, Jim wrote: > > Don't cable companies use RG 6? Anytime I've checked, that what they > > use. > > > > Michael Havens wrote: > > > it's probablr the cable.... RG 59 is bad stuff for modern cable > > > television/ It was fine for antena work but it's iffy with digital tv. > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- > Please visit > http://www.iconnetworksolutions.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss