DruX
join:2010-08-18
Niles, MI | Hybrid telecom/housekeeping closet
Let's start in the very back of the building, where everything comes in | 
SA Taps. Comcast fed a line into out building just for us! |  | 
Tyco Building Entrance Terminal. No longer in use. | 
Inside AT&T's big box. | 
Blonder Tongue CATV Amp, the building is pretty big. | 
Arris TM608G 8 line EMTA. Comcast is now our voice provider (and now we can afford long distance!) | 
Front of TM608G | 
Moving to the front closet. |  | 
Our only server, Dell PowerEdge. I love the underlining of the warning sign. | 
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Overloaded switch. You can see the affects of housekeeping dust from vacuums. | 
Yes it's the dreaded SMC business class modem. |  | 
Coming from the back of the building. |
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| I've definitely seen worse. For one there are no mops hanging in the punchdown blocks :P |
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 bobrkYou kids get offa my lawnPremium
join:2000-02-02
San Jose, CA | reply to DruX
How is that rack mount going to survive, mounted like that? |
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 Killa200Premium
join:2005-12-02
Southeast TN
 ·Charter
1 edit | reply to DruX
What a waste on Comcast's part. Looks like they gave you an entire leg off an LE, but then pushed the signal through a house amp instead of just hot tapping or doing some better splitting.
Overall though the rooms not too bad. Def had to dive into worse. |
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TheMGPremium
join:2007-09-04
Canada
kudos:1 | reply to DruX
That 1U server mounted on the wall... |
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 AMD PhreakPork eating crusaderPremium
join:2003-12-14
Cell Tower
kudos:1 | reply to DruX
Not sure where to start on this one so I am not going to comment. |
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 IllIlIlllIllEliteDataPremium
join:2003-07-06
Hampton Bays, NY
kudos:7
2 edits | reply to Killa200
said by Killa200:What a waste on Comcast's part. Looks like they gave you an entire leg off an LE, but then pushed the signal through a house amp instead of just hot tapping or doing some better splitting.
i was wondering about that myself.
looks like the first split is +23db ?
whats the purpose to having the amp ?
edit:
looks like the first split is meant for several cable modems throughout the building.
im assuming +23db isnt enough is why the +50db bidirectional amp was installed.
»www.tonercable.com/Products/bida-series/
the amp is probably one of the few universally usable components there that is the most expensive (besides the 1U server)
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I dig the dell server using the rack ears from the netgear switches.. I dont' think i've ever seen an 8 port voice modem like that. Interesting |
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That server and switch being installed like that are really just expensive dust cups... |
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| Love how the EMTA has those stupid lever connectors instead of a modular jack like any other piece of telephone or data equipment! |
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 TomS_Git-r-donePremium,MVM
join:2002-07-19
London, UK
kudos:4 | reply to AMD Phreak
said by AMD Phreak:Not sure where to start on this one so I am not going to comment.
You're totally blown away.  |
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 BOGBSPremium
join:2004-05-11
·RoadRunner Cable
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said by jeffmoss26:Love how the EMTA has those stupid lever connectors instead of a modular jack like any other piece of telephone or data equipment!
I'd prefer those, since it's akin to bridge modules in a telco NID. You can always
All in all though, Comcast did a pretty horrible job with the phone lines. Would it have killed the installer to use a wire tacker? |
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At least you don't have the exhaust from the commercial dryers dumping into that room. I have encountered many hotels where they didn't understand why this didn't work so well in the summer moths.
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fbruno
join:2000-04-06
Berwyn, PA Reviews:
 ·QuantumVoice
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It's not a +23 tap, it is a -23 tap. The numbers on the faces of the taps are pad value, meaning the amount of reduction in db to the input signal prior to output at the tap connector, (F-connector). The objective is to bleed off some signal for the tap and send the bulk to the next tap.
So, the signal input level from the hard cable distribution plant (exiting the conduit) is reduced by 23db at the first tap, then by 20db at the second tap, and finally by 17db at the third tap. |
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