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Article #237Re: Virgin Media Box: Class Act
From: Graham.
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:27
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:27
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"Bill Wright" <bill@invalid.com> wrote in message news:iiuu2i$sjk$2@speranza.aioe.org... > Malcolm Gray wrote: >>>> at my daughter's house there is only 1 cable incoming which is then split >>>> to provide telephone & television. So, they can't all be like that. >>>> >>> that is how I remember it from my friend's Cambridge Cable. One coax, a magic box, then cable modem on one socket and a standard >>> BT style phone on another. >>> >>> I should cross post this to cam.misc as they are all on it over there. >> >> My memory is of a figure of eight cable that was something like coax and >> cat 5. > > Round here they run a single RG6 into the premises and fit a small screened splitter on the end. One leg does the telly; the other > does the phone. > > Bill That can't be right . Splitter usually feeds STB and modem. The modem might easily be connected to a router that has VoIP FXO facilities, (that's phone sockets to you). -- Graham. %Profound_observation%
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