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Article #247Re: Virgin Media Box: Class Act
From: tony sayer
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:24
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:24
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>A well populated street cabinet is pretty much full using RG6. RG11 is over >twice the >cross sectional area plus, of course, having a greater bend radius, so I don't >think it >would work on a mass scale. Designers usually avoid RG11 unless it's absolutely >necessary >for a couple of extra long drops. On the other hand, I don't recall ever having >my head >inside a Cambridge Cable cabinet, so they might have done something different >... > It might be that they sometimes use RG11 for internal wiring rather then the drop top the subs premises.. >Didn't they use those plastic street cabinets? Their 19" racks were a pain Yes they use metal ones quite well built called Telco cabs by them, and the local end distribution cabs were those horrible Green plastic ones which more often than not have the covers come loose.. >because they >used an unusual shelf support system, so you had to beg, steal or borrow the >supports if >you wanted to install any new kit ... Can't quite remember that long while ago now;!.. > >(An _empty_ Cisco router is, strictly speaking, a two man lift, so relying on >front >mounting only was a no - no!) > -- Tony Sayer
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