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DruX
join:2010-08-18
South Bend, IN

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Hybrid telecom/housekeeping closet

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Let's start in the very back of the building, where everything comes in
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SA Taps. Comcast fed a line into out building just for us!
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Tyco Building Entrance Terminal. No longer in use.
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Inside AT&T's big box.
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Blonder Tongue CATV Amp, the building is pretty big.
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Arris TM608G 8 line EMTA. Comcast is now our voice provider (and now we can afford long distance!)
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Front of TM608G
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Moving to the front closet.
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Our only server, Dell PowerEdge. I love the underlining of the warning sign.
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Come
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Overloaded switch. You can see the affects of housekeeping dust from vacuums.
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Yes it's the dreaded SMC business class modem.
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Coming from the back of the building.
This is the building I work in (a YMCA), I didn't install any of this. Not as cool as some of the stuff I've seen here on DSLR. If it was up to me I wouldn't have put housekeeping in the telecom closet!

jeffmoss26
join:2002-07-22
Beachwood, OH

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I've definitely seen worse. For one there are no mops hanging in the punchdown blocks :P

bobrk
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join:2000-02-02
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How is that rack mount going to survive, mounted like that?

Killa200
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join:2005-12-02
TN

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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.
TheMG
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join:2007-09-04
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That 1U server mounted on the wall...
Hahausuck
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Not sure where to start on this one so I am not going to comment.

EliteData
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join:2003-07-06
Philippines

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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 ?
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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/Produ ··· -series/
the amp is probably one of the few universally usable components there that is the most expensive (besides the 1U server)
calvinj
join:2011-08-16
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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
abadaba
join:2005-09-25
Mason City, IA

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That server and switch being installed like that are really just expensive dust cups...

jeffmoss26
join:2002-07-22
Beachwood, OH

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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!

TomS_
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join:2002-07-19
London, UK

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said by Hahausuck:

Not sure where to start on this one so I am not going to comment.

You're totally blown away.

BOGBS
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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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join:2005-09-28
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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.
fbruno
join:2000-04-06
Berwyn, PA

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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.