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Re: Comcast Bait and Switch, "Unlimited" Has a New Meaning

Neal McLain (nmclain@annsgarden.com)
Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:05:27 -0500

George Berger <gberger@his.com> wrote:

> A year ago, I called and asked for upgrade of our dial-up
> connection to broadband cable.

> I had already wired our home with a two-way splitter from
> the Comcast cable entry to our home (which, by the way,
> provided -- and still provides -- excellent TV
> reception). I used top-line Belden RG 59 cable for the
> 20' run to our top floor den where we have our computer.

Doug McIntyre <merlyn@geeks.org> responded:

> FYI: RG-59 has an upper bandwidth pass of around 800-900MHz. Cable
> companies have long been using RG-6 for their installations which
> has an upper bandwidth pass up around 1.8Ghz.

Or, it might have been the two-way splitter. In my experience,
splitters have caused more grief than RG-59. That said, however, you
definitely should be using RG-6, not RG-59.

> Of course, this doesn't excuse the installation tech that couldn't
> do basic troubleshooting, but it could very well have been your
> interior wiring not being the proper type.

True on both counts.

Neal McLain

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