http://iwantcable.gidblog.com Who (how) does the internet get to my house Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:57:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over the years I've been subjected to some of the absolute worst berating at the hands of angry customers. People who have tried and tried to get something fixed but have not been satisfied. Most likely a number of techs have been out and for various reasons could not resolve ... http://iwantcable.gidblog.com/2007/07/09/happy-customers-proper-thanks/ This is a little bit of a follow up and follow through to my Cable Modem entry. As I mentioned, cable RF drop splitters are a necessary evil that need to be taken into consideration in your house. There is another thing that should be discussed. RF Signal Amplifiers. What are ... http://iwantcable.gidblog.com/2007/07/04/rf-amplifiers-and-more-on-drop-splitters/ This is a very common thing I see. Maybe its the full moon. Who knows. But from time to time there is a rash of "my modem no longer works or has a hard time connecting". This could very likely be due to a simple fact. When it gets really ... http://iwantcable.gidblog.com/2007/07/01/my-cable-modem-doesnt-work-anymore/ No, this is not a tutorial so if that is what you are looking for you may stop without fear of missing something. In fact, it is just some ruminations about things I have seen and who really pays the price for them. So many years, so many different systems. One ... http://iwantcable.gidblog.com/2007/06/28/stealing-cable/ One of the more common problems with cable in underground neighborhoods is damage to the buried cable. There are many reason for this but far and away the most common is something physically striking the cable. Perhaps you or one of your neighbors put a new fence in. Maybe an ... http://iwantcable.gidblog.com/2007/06/23/one-call-center-or-811-service/ The weekend of my 40th birthday I decided to reward myself for a job well done and do some fishing on the Chesapeake Bay. I found a head boat that was nearby in Solomons Island and arrived at about 5:30 in the morning. Too bad the boat wasn't going out. ... http://iwantcable.gidblog.com/2007/06/20/chesapeake-bay-fishing-rockfish-and-white-perch/ A short time ago I was talking about working at night and the possibilities of having the police stop by to see just, "what the heck are you doing in those bushes?!?" Well, last week I got a real eye opener and it was at about 10:30 in the morning. Anyone that ... http://iwantcable.gidblog.com/2007/06/17/what-are-the-police-thinking/ This is a just a quick one this morning before I head out to do some fishing. :) Many times people say that their internet connection is slow. So testing to the point where the fiber gets out of the system and into the world beyond can be very helpful. In ... http://iwantcable.gidblog.com/2007/06/08/internet-connection-speed/ A short while back I got interested in fish-keeping. That mug peering at you is a Pseudotropheus socolofi that was one of the first cichlids I got. He has nothing to do with this particular story, except to welcome you. :) That and his tank is just below the fish ... http://iwantcable.gidblog.com/2007/05/28/xenoophorus-captivus-aka-green-goodeid/ I've been doing cable television work for some time. Nearly two decades have passed since I started. To say things have changed would be an understatement. The amount of channels available to the average customer has probably quadrupled. Services that would have been unheard of are now commonplace. More bandwidth, ... http://iwantcable.gidblog.com/2007/05/23/keeping-you-connected/