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 <jmminaz@gmail.com> 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 <arizona.anorak@gmail.com> 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.
> >
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