Re: [IRCA] Broadband Cable Internet

[Tim Hills <thills@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike:

I wouldn't know about cable TV boxes. We have cable internet but not 
cable TV. Not paying $60/month for 200 channels of crap I don't watch 
anyway :P

I also don't have the cable company supplied modem. Well worth the $125 
I paid to get a Motorola DOCSYS 3 modem from Best Buy rather than pay 
the $5/month for their POS made in Panda Armpit, China modem. When I 
still lived in an apartment I tracked down some nasty QRN coming from 
the downstairs neighbor's cheapo modem. Besides, if 30 Mbps gets too 
slow I'm ready to go for the 100 Mbps Service ;)

Still had to change the wall-wart on it since it sits about 3' from my 
radios.

Tim Hills
Sioux Falls, SD

On 9/23/2013 16:51, Mike Hawkins wrote:
> I would also recommend that before you allow the installer to leave the
> premises, you run through all the frequencies you intend to listen to and
> make sure you don't have any noise issues anywhere.  When Comcast installed
> my internet and TV boxes, I had serious noise issues on my radio.  Their
> "expert" said it couldn't be because of their box because everything was
> working.  Their "expert" had never heard of a bad solder joint.  Everything
> had the conductivity it was supposed to, so it worked fine for his
> purposes.  It also radiated RF garbage in a 6-foot radius.  He replaced the
> box. I tested it. It worked. Don't let him leave without testing!
>
> Mike Hawkins


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