Switching to fiber definitely won't fix it. We've got ONT/modem/router/gateway/repeater/booster/extender/ap confusion. "Fiber wire" is probably the one that bugs me the most. You'd be surprised how many people sign up and think we'll just magically dangle a "fiber wire" to their house despite there being exactly zero poles nearby and having seen us just bury the cable down the road. The only real win is no longer needing to make them find/acknowledge/unplug the POE.
On Sat, Jun 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM Tim Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: > > This has been going on since at least 1971 - some antenna vendors even refer > to it as polarity. Just another one of those similar words that get misused > regularly! > > On Sat, Jun 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Maybe "polarization" sounds political now. >> >> >> On June 6, 2026 2:01:38 PM CDT, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I guess if you could somehow induce a charge onto the signal it could have >>> a polarity. >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Tim Hardy >>> <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2026 8:18 AM >>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] would therapy help? >>> >>> On a similar note - still gets me when knowledgable folks talk about >>> “polarity” of the signal rather than the correct term “polarization”. >>> Something that was drilled into my brain (along with how to use a slide >>> rule) first year in University. >>> >>> On Jun 5, 2026, at 11:55 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Is there some kind of psychiatric therapy, maybe hypnosis, that would cure >>> me of getting annoyed every time someone calls an antenna a “satellite”? >>> >>> It’s almost the norm now, so you’d think I’d just get used to it, but if >>> anything it bugs me more as time goes on. >>> >>> Maybe if I’d made the switch to fiber I wouldn’t have to worry about >>> antennas and what they’re called. Probably there are annoyances in the >>> fiber world as well. Like the people who think “fiber optic” is better >>> than “fiber”? Or why is nothing a wire or cable anymore, it’s a “cord”? >>> But not having to hear about “satellites” and “modems” and “boosters” and >>> “bouncing the signal” would be nice. >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
