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From: Kevin Oberman
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:00

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"BD" <bodu@mailbox.com> writes:

> BTW, aren't they supposed to install a filter to remove any possible
> interference from the 'tv band'? The technician mentioned something about
> it, and I assumed that it would totally block those freqs from getting
> thru..  Well... I unplugged the modem and hooked my tv up (I don't subscribe
> to cable-tv at all) and ALL the channels come thru, including the
> premium-channels... If I were a couch-potato (I had to get the little tv out
> of 'storage'), it wouldn't be too bad getting something for my $$,
> but................

The filter is on the video feeds to prevent the low-frequency backhaul 
channel from interfering with TV. The filter is normally installed at
the building entrance after the tap for the @Home connection so that
the signal to all other ports are filtered.

There is no filter on the @Home feed.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net				Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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