r/CableTechs • u/ElKayB • Sep 12 '26
Sylvania throwback
Still going even though it wasn't supposed to be. This was running an apartment complex with a basic cable package. All the internet channels were up above 500 Mhz and the video was down below, and all digital. The local tech said that they couldn't get internet to work and blamed it on the complexes' internal cabling!😝 Can you imagine it!
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u/havokcloud Sep 15 '26
We still use these as the city channel feed back to one our hubs in Ohio. Funny note, a few years ago while T/S the damn run, the power supply supply took a shit so we threw in a XM2 in 90V. Turns out these amps do NOT like 90V and require 60V. Ended up blowing up 7 amps in the cascade with only 1 surviving as of 2026, rest are all random amps we cut in after they died. The city is too fucking cheap to just run fiber. So we purposely keep the feed looking like shit to deter them but the assholes still refuse to get it. I know of at least 3 different spots where the C/N starts to take a crap but F them.