NDI or similar? I don't follow. Cable TV, Cable Internet and sat TV aren't distributed (to homes) using NDI, they use coax.
On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 1:37 AM Joly MacFie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > How else would you distribute cable and sat tv? > NDI or similar > > > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 1:15 PM Tom Deligiannis <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> How else would you distribute cable and sat tv? I would never buy a home >> or build a home if there weren't hard wired services to the home. The last >> thing I want to do is run all media streaming and internet surfing through >> a wireless 5g connection. >> >> On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 8:13 AM Joly MacFie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Excuse my ignorance, but why, in this day and age, coax? >>> >>> Joly >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 7:14 AM Justin Streiner <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> When we built our new house 3 years ago, I had the electrician pull >>>> Cat7 and coax to most of the rooms in the house, since it would be way >>>> easier to do it before the drywall went up. They initially resisted >>>> because they had never worked with Cat7 before. I struck a deal with them >>>> where I bought the Cat7, they pulled it, and I terminated and tested it, >>>> and they were OK with that. Everything lands in the basement at our telco >>>> demarc sits, and everything has been working perfectly since then. The >>>> rack where everything lands is also tied to the house ground. I might >>>> consider 5G as a backup to our terrestrial fiber option, but haven't gone >>>> there yet. >>>> >>>> The local electric utility tests our UPSs for free roughly once a month >>>> ;) >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> jms >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 11:53 AM Sean Donelan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> As some may remember from earlier this year, my friend was buying a >>>>> new >>>>> "semi-custom" home. "Semi-custom" is a marketing term, meaning you >>>>> get to >>>>> choose (pay more) pre-determined builder options. It is not custom >>>>> designed. >>>>> >>>>> The home builder was not installing any wired broadband utilities in >>>>> the >>>>> new neighborhood. No cable coax, no telephone DSL, no fiber optic. >>>>> The >>>>> only option was wireless, with a special deal with a specific 5G >>>>> wireless >>>>> cellular provider. >>>>> >>>>> Originally, the builder's sales agent (i.e. the people working in the >>>>> model home selling houses) said new homes didn't need (and would not >>>>> have) >>>>> a wired "demarc" location and no ethernet or coax outlets. Not my >>>>> house, >>>>> but I was surprised when I heard that. I like wired connections when >>>>> possible for any fixed devices, and WiFi only for mobile devices. >>>>> >>>>> I visited his new house over the Thanksgiving Holiday. >>>>> >>>>> The sales agent was partially wrong and partially correct. Never >>>>> believe >>>>> the sales agent spiel. >>>>> >>>>> The built house came with exactly FOUR wired ethernet outlets in the >>>>> living room and each bedroom/office (x2 Cat6 jacks each outlet). But >>>>> no >>>>> wired DEMARC, no coax outlets, and no wired broadband utilities in the >>>>> neighhood. The wired ethernet jacks were needed because the wireless >>>>> 5G >>>>> base station ended up in an upstairs bedroom window for signal >>>>> strength >>>>> reasons. The in-house wired ethernet was needed for a WiFi extender in >>>>> the living room. >>>>> >>>>> I wouldn't be happy, but it seems to work for his family. The 5G deal >>>>> was >>>>> cheaper than what he was paying at his old house. >>>>> >>>>> According to the real estate realtor, not the builder's sales agent, >>>>> broadband is now in the top three things home buyers want to know. >>>>> Some >>>>> states require the realtor MLS to disclose broadband access in the >>>>> home >>>>> listings. Broadband access disclosure not required in this state. >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> -------------------------------------- >>> Joly MacFie +12185659365 >>> -------------------------------------- >>> - >>> >> > > -- > -------------------------------------- > Joly MacFie +12185659365 > -------------------------------------- > - >
