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Article #255Re: Virgin Media Box: Class Act
From: Bill Wright
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:39
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:39
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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
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