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reply to darknestgirl

Re: Cable Installation in quebec

Sorry i put the4 wrong picture, here it is

reply to BaCkLaSH86
Oooh I see. So yeah, that's the sleeve. Not a big deal to get rid of though. I always wondered why they had put them over to all the outlets in my old apartment.

In Rogers land they actually mount a wallplate with a cable connector so you can change the cables whenever you want. I think I will add one to my apartment too, even if I have to do it myself.

Its to block out video signals.Small pressure with vice grips (just enough to make it oblong instead of round) and it spins right off

reply to BaCkLaSH86
All right, so while I wait for the proper speed profile to be uploaded to my modem from Ebox/Videotron, here's a detailed description of how my cable installation process went.

The cable guy showed on time, he turned out to be quite friendly, unlike most of the Bhell techs I had met before, so I asked him a million questions that he seemed happy to answer.

Since I never had cable before, we had to figure out how my apartment was wired. It turns out that in my building there are two cables going through the wall so one could technically both have satellite and cable at the same time. We figured out how the entire place was wired, so armed with that knowledge, I can now rewire it myself, and if necessary connect a different outlet as well without a techs' help.

The big videotron box in the basement contains nothing but a series of cable connectors each of which is locked with a special device from what I could tell, so that even if someone broke into the box, they'd still have to unlock each connector to plug a cable in. I am not sure how he chose the port inside the box into which to plug the cable. Not sure if they are designated specifically by purpose or if it doesn't really matter.

He later added a splitter inside the box between my cable and the box connector. He said this was necessary because the signal upstairs was too strong. I noticed that none of the other connectors had a splitter. He said this was because the other people had more than one device at home, such as tv receiver, modem, etc. so that the splitter is usually installed upstairs. I counted 16 connectors plugged inside the box.

I assumed that most of them were Videotron customers, not wholesale customers.
It's mind-boggling to me that all those people are willingly paying those insane fees for cable tv especially considering that in my area it's very easy to receive approx. 23 digital channels OTA and now that Bhell is running the FIB promo for 1/5 of the price in the neighbourhood. I suppose the hatred of bell brings a lot of money to the highly noncompetitive Videotron service.

Upstairs he installed an outlet upon my request. He seemed surprised that I was asking for it, since seemingly for most people he just makes a hole in the plastic cover and makes the cable go through it. Ugh. He run a short cable from the outlet to the modem and connected it himself. He verified that the modem mac number was correct, informed me that it would take a few hours before it becomes active and left. Nothing was "locked", not the modem nor the outlet. I like that.

To try what Eboxnat mentioned about TV signals being carried through the cable, I tried connecting the cable to my TV before the internet service became active. Basically this way you can receive 6 local analogue channels on the VHF band, virtually all of which are available for free OTA in HD. So not really worth anything.

He also informed me that he does not work for Videotron directly but another company to which Videotron outsources the cable installation service. He gets paid 25 bucks per installation. No hourly rate. I suppose now with the new CRTC tariffs he might be making some money but it must be quite slow during "normal" conditions, so not sure if that job actually pays off.

if he really get paid only 25 buck it's not profitable for him. I hope he doesn't pay for his tool, gaz, truck and the material he use.

He have used at least 150 feet of cable here and took at least one hour to do all the job.