Getting cable

[B. Liggett]

Depending on the cable company (and the installer, I suppose), if they find
you have older splitters in the house that will kill your signal they will
replace them as part of the install.  You may find that they'll even replace
the fittings at the end of some of the cable lines, or even the lines
themselves.  Your downstream power level needs to fall within +15 to -15
dBmv on the downstream.  The higher the upstream level, the better.
Generally, anywhere above +27 dBmv yet not much higher than +50, and a good
signal to noise ratio should be fine.

Out of curiosity...which cable company?

BL

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Kessler" <kessler2k at yahoo.com>
To: <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 12:52 PM
Subject: Getting cable

> Ok, im getting cable tomorrow. Anything special I
> should tell the installer, or make sure that he does?
> It's going to be piped throughout the house on the
> existing cable system. I have heard some things about
> 'splitters' and want to make sure i dont get a crappy
> install that will affect my speed. Any tips or
> suggestions? Thanks.
>
> Kurt
>
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