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Article #256Re: Virgin Media Box: Class Act
From: Terry Casey
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:14
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:14
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In article <iiurve$6rj$1@news.albasani.net>, tnp@invalid.invalid says... > > tony sayer wrote: > > In article <bvla28-la3.ln1@malcolmdesk.malph.dyndns.org.malph.dyndns.org > >> , Malcolm Gray <malcolm-news2008@jobstream.com> scribeth thus > >> > >>>> 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. > > > > Co-ax, RG11 IIRC and a two pair copper phone cable often referred to in > > the trade as "Sidecar cable" > > > Right: Given that it's you Tony, I take that as authoritative. So we have (a) God amongst us, do we? Perhaps I should bow and scrape ... Actually, RG6 is the norm ... > > So instead of using - say - baseband POTS and RF muxed on the one cable, > they run a separate pair for de dog and bone..but in the same sheath? It's a figure-of-eight so that the cable can be split into its component parts with each fully shrouded. Do these help? http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii16/ktype_photo/RG6_Siamese.jpg http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii16/ktype_photo/RG6-Siamese.jpg -- Terry
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