Coax wiring. MoCA between neighbors.

2009-06-10 Thread Dongsu Han

Hi All,
I'm trying to find out  how coax cables are wired in a residential area 
to each house. I found out that drop amp amplifies the signal just out 
side the building, and a few neighbors share the drop amp (basically a 
powered splitter). What other devices are there?
I'm also trying to find out whether my neighbors would be able to 
overhear the MoCA signal from my apartment.  Anyone knows the answer?


For example, my apartment building has a cabinet that concentrates all 
coax cables from all units, and the 2~4 coax cables are attached to a 
device in the cabinet. I'm assuming it is a drop amp and I think MoCa 
signals can travel across the drop amp. Is my guess correct?


Any comments on coax cable wiring between houses or apartments and MoCA 
technology  would be very useful.


Thank you,
Dongsu



Re: Coax wiring. MoCA between neighbors.

2009-06-10 Thread Kee Hinckley

On Jun 10, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Dongsu Han wrote:
I'm also trying to find out whether my neighbors would be able to  
overhear the MoCA signal from my apartment.  Anyone knows the answer?


I can't speak to what they are *supposed* to do, but my experience is  
that things can be overheard. Last summer I discovered that my Comcast  
cable had two premium digital channels I hadn't ordered. One was  
showing soft porn, and while I was sitting there pondering this, it  
began to fast forward. Not surprisingly, it was fast forwarding over  
the boring parts and then watching the naughty bits at normal speed. I  
can only assume that one of the neighboring houses has video-on-demand.




RE: Coax wiring. MoCA between neighbors.

2009-06-10 Thread Justin Horstman
I recall an Article that talked about this and found it quickly...

http://www.slate.com/id/2167389

has some links and info you might find useful

~J


-Original Message-
From: Kee Hinckley [mailto:naz...@somewhere.com] 
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To: Dongsu Han
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Subject: Re: Coax wiring. MoCA between neighbors.

On Jun 10, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Dongsu Han wrote:
 I'm also trying to find out whether my neighbors would be able to  
 overhear the MoCA signal from my apartment.  Anyone knows the answer?

I can't speak to what they are *supposed* to do, but my experience is  
that things can be overheard. Last summer I discovered that my Comcast  
cable had two premium digital channels I hadn't ordered. One was  
showing soft porn, and while I was sitting there pondering this, it  
began to fast forward. Not surprisingly, it was fast forwarding over  
the boring parts and then watching the naughty bits at normal speed. I  
can only assume that one of the neighboring houses has video-on-demand.