Hi Eric,Xfinity is a closed system. If your amateur radio operations are causing problems it is their problem to fix.That said, a non ham friend back in WI has been having recurring outages on his Spectrum system. Technicians have been out to his house several times and they acknowledge that there is a problem in his subdivision. Spectrum has documentation of the outages.The last visit by Spectrum the technician said that the problem was probably caused by a ham in the neighborhood. As far as I know there are no hams near him. The problem is that Spectrum doesn’t want to spend the time or the resources to fix the problem. It's just easier to blame the neighborhood ham.I explained this to my friend and he recently was told that Spectrum was going to replace the trunk lines and distribution amps in the subdivision. No committment on a date yet.73,Gary K9GS -------- Original message --------From: eric norris via Elecraft <[email protected]> Date: 10/20/21 2:22 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] HELP! XFINITY SHUT OFF INTERNET DUE TO HAM ANTENNAS Dear Gang:Xfinity, our internet provider, showed up at 7:30am this morning, to explain to the XYL that we were being cut off for good because my amateur radio activities had caused wide area outages. Oddly, these wide area outages did not include my own house. They told her the antennas themselves--absent any power--were the problemThe last time I was threatened, I installed chokes and opto-isolaters on our shielded ethernet lines, and after being told they use 14Mhz as their carrier frequency, I have stayed off 20m, only using 100w unless I'm in a rare contest. I asked to speak to a technical guy--they gave me a number which I called, but he never called back.Any Ideas? Does anyone have a contact at the ARRL, or know a communications lawyer? Comcast/Xfinity will be back out here at 2pm Pacific time--I'd appreciate any help. My XYL depends on an internet connection to work. Being off the air is unimaginable.Frantic,73, Eric WD6DBM ______________________________________________________________Elecraft mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:[email protected] list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
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