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In article <Bu08DM.18q@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) writes:
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>In article <Sep03.014035.18388@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> bc338569@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Brian Catlin) writes:
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>>Actually, it does cost the cable company extra.  (A _very_ little extra).
>>When adding several sets, the cable company must supply you with a stronger
>>signal, which also takes some of the signal away from the rest of the people
>>farther down the distribution cable.
>
>Sorry, but that's not true at all.
>
>I currently have 4 devices connected to my cable. RapeVision barely
>provides me with enough signal to drive ONE TV; in order to drive 4, I
>needed to purchase, at my own expense, a CATV distribution amplifier. It
>costs RapeVision NOTHING extra for my 3 "extra" sets; therefore they
>have absolutely no right to charge me for hooking them up.

OK, OK.  Instead of saying that they must provide you with a stronger signal,
I should have said that they SHOULD provide you with a stronger signal.
Each tap-off in a distribution line is set to give out xx amount of signal and
they should increase this when you add more sets.  In reality, though, they
usually don't want to take the time, effort, or cost to do this.

(I speak only from my limited experience and from the studying that I have done
on cable system operations.  Therefor, flame away!)

BTW, in this case, you definitely are getting ripped off.

B. J. Catlin
bc338569@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu