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I'm not an expert to be fair, but I'm thinking we're talking about twisted-pair coaxial, not fiber; I'd love that option. That said I don't really know what I'm

I'm not an expert to be fair, but I'm thinking we're talking about twisted-pair coaxial, not fiber; I'd love that option. That said I don't really know what I'm talking about.

sidpatil 5y ago
I've never heard of twisted-pair coaxial.
- kfrzcode 5y ago
  I probably am making it up, sorry -- it's whatever "cable internet" at say 500mb/50mb speed would run on; as opposed to "fiber" proper, with symmetrical speeds. I am learning a lot different things than I thought I would by buying a new home :D
  - sidpatil 5y ago
    Ah yeah, that would most likely be one of the RG coaxial cables then. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_cable#Standards https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_cable#Standards I'm not sure if (a)symmetry is due to the physical properties/limitations of the cable itself, or if it's just a business decision by the ISP.
    - prirun 5y ago
      Asymmetry is because of how the channels are allocated to up/down stream: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21007799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21007799
- SigmundA 5y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinaxial_cabling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinaxial_cabling
icedchai 5y ago
The cable network is hybrid fiber and coax (HFC.) It's fiber from the head end to the "neighborhood" node, then coax to the home. You may be out of range from an existing node, so they'd have to run fiber, install a new node, run power for it, then obviously run coax to connect you to the node. That's a lot of equipment and labor for one home.
- kfrzcode 5y ago
  That MAY be what we're looking at. Will know more when the tech calls, if they do.
  - icedchai 5y ago
    Good luck! In my experience getting any real technical details out of the cable company is almost impossible, unless you have an inside connection, like a friend who works there. The "house" techs don't deal with the cable plant / stuff on the poles: they handle from the "drop" on down. The "plant" techs don't seem to talk directly to customers: that's not their job (at least not around here.)
hindsightbias 5y ago
Well, he said fiber. But isn’t above ground coax $1/foot?

I'm not an expert to be fair, but I'm thinking we're talking about twisted-pair coaxial, not fiber; I'd love that option. That said I don't really know what I'm talking about.

sidpatil 5y ago

I've never heard of twisted-pair coaxial.

kfrzcode 5y ago
I probably am making it up, sorry -- it's whatever "cable internet" at say 500mb/50mb speed would run on; as opposed to "fiber" proper, with symmetrical speeds. I am learning a lot different things than I thought I would by buying a new home :D
- sidpatil 5y ago
  Ah yeah, that would most likely be one of the RG coaxial cables then. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_cable#Standards https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_cable#Standards I'm not sure if (a)symmetry is due to the physical properties/limitations of the cable itself, or if it's just a business decision by the ISP.
  - prirun 5y ago
    Asymmetry is because of how the channels are allocated to up/down stream: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21007799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21007799
SigmundA 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinaxial_cabling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinaxial_cabling

icedchai 5y ago

The cable network is hybrid fiber and coax (HFC.) It's fiber from the head end to the "neighborhood" node, then coax to the home. You may be out of range from an existing node, so they'd have to run fiber, install a new node, run power for it, then obviously run coax to connect you to the node. That's a lot of equipment and labor for one home.

kfrzcode 5y ago
That MAY be what we're looking at. Will know more when the tech calls, if they do.
- icedchai 5y ago
  Good luck! In my experience getting any real technical details out of the cable company is almost impossible, unless you have an inside connection, like a friend who works there. The "house" techs don't deal with the cable plant / stuff on the poles: they handle from the "drop" on down. The "plant" techs don't seem to talk directly to customers: that's not their job (at least not around here.)

hindsightbias 5y ago

Well, he said fiber. But isn’t above ground coax $1/foot?