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Re: node pics? Thanks to everyone that had my back once more but even hopeful people can have bad days too. thank god for salt! PEACE |
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| So then on my street at the telephone pole their is a box about the size of a large match box that can service about 5 or 6 homes what is that called? |
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 TomS_Git-r-donePremium,MVM
join:2002-07-19
Ireland
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1 edit | said by RoadRunner79:So then on my street at the telephone pole their is a box about the size of a large match box that can service about 5 or 6 homes what is that called? Its probably just a junction/splice box.
A "larger" cable will come in, probably from the CO, to which will be connected or spliced many smaller cables to homes and businesses.
Or it may have two similarly sized cables comming in, both of which are connected together to extend the cable from the CO, and the box is simply a housing to protect the joints.
edit: or as below a tap. Forgot we were talking about cable here, not regular copper phone lines.  |
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 defiantMVM
join:2000-09-04
Monroe, MI
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Hard to say... Sounds like a tap, if you're following the coax from homes to the pole.
Nodes, amplifiers and the like are encased in rather large metal housings inline with the "hardline" coax. You can usually see the "fins" on them that are used to dissipate heat generated by the active components of the device. |
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