[Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs

[Tom Pohl]

3db loss means a 50% reduction of power output.

  I wonder why they would reduce the signal strength for phone service.  
Most cable providers provide phone service over IP using your cable 
modem's internet connection so making the signal weaker doesn't jive in 
my brain.

-Tom

On Apr 12, 2005, at 6:33 PM, Alan Maupin wrote:

> I've had Mediacom since I moved here 18 months ago.    The only real 
> problem
> I've experienced the entire time was during the past month.    My cable
> Internet service was frequently going in and out.    Eventually I was 
> told
> by a service tech that Mediacom had dialed the frequency down 3 db 
> (whatever
> that means) in order to prepare the system for telephone service.    I 
> was
> surprised to find out that having other items such as TV's, VCR's, 
> Cable
> Boxes connected to other cable outlets in your home reduced the overall
> signal.    This combined with Mediacom turning down the frequency 
> output
> caused the cable modem to stop working.    The service tech hard wired 
> one
> cable outlet independent of the other outlets which were previously 
> all tied
> together by an 8 way splitter.
>
> Has anyone else experienced anything like this, and does anyone have a 
> clue
> on what turning the frequency amplification 3 db does.    Also, what
> telephone service runs off cable?
>
> Another side effect of the frequency or signal dilution is blocky 
> images on
> digital cable ... yep I had that issue too.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-admin@cialug.org [mailto:cialug-admin@cialug.org] On 
> Behalf Of
> Tim Perdue
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:37 PM
> To: cialug@cialug.org
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs
>
> timwilson011@mchsi.com wrote:
>> Mediacom, basically because that's what I signed up with 4+ years 
>> ago.  At
> that
>> time, DSL couldn't give the bandwidth cable could.  It still can't, 
>> but it
> is
>> much better than it used to be.  I've been toying with the idea of
> switching to
>> DSL (and InternetSolver), but just haven't been pushed (read: pissed 
>> off)
> enough
>> I guess.
>>
>> I wonder whatever happened to multiple ISPs on cable...
>
> I had really good luck with Mediacom for ~4 years, but switched to DSL
> (freese notis) so I could have a fixed IP and servers online. VOIP 
> seems
> to be happier with DSL too. The cable modem network apparently has no
> UPS anywhere, as it is offline as soon as your house lights dim.
>
> DSL was going offline a lot whenever the phone would ring, but I 
> finally
> just canceled the phone service and it works fine now.
>
> Tim
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