THECABLEGUY
join:2009-01-10
united state
| 300 Foot Drop
Well, to start with 300 feet is not unserviceable in my system. The tap values allow it especially in the second half to end of the cascade (farther from the node higher the return signal or upstream). The upstream signal is way away from 1000 Mhz, more like in the 19 to 55 Mhz area. Downstream Docsis just above analog. My system runs Downstream Qam 16 at 573 Mhz. That is 4.90 dB loss per 100 feet for RG-6 And return loss your looking at around just less than 1 db per 100 on RG-6. The forward signal or down stream if can be amplified very easy at almost no cost.
If the plant is 10 years old with no overbuild it is not running at a gig. Even if the line amps are 1 gig equipment again doubtful they are trying to push their Qams much over 860 Mhz.
The fishy part I see is a problematic subscriber, for whatever reason the operator is not interested in servicing them. A $15 drop amplifier and Half of a $100 spool of RG-11 would stop them from replacing the drop.
Seems silly to me... why they can not have services. |
