On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Edwin Humphries wrote:
> G'day ll
>
> Does anyone know of a solutions provider for cable data within a
> building. This is not for a cable modem/router/gateway, but a system to
> use the pay-TV cables within a building to carry data.
I get what you're trying to do and suspect it could be done with
difficulty a) sourcing the bits and b) not upsetting the Cable provider's
network. If it's actually disconnected from the cable provider or the
content's being sourced via one-way satelite then that's pretty good
isolation.
I'm wondering if there's any Foxtel or Optus tech's on here that would
know what equipment to get. I suspect some sort of concentrator box, you
know the kind they place one-of in each suburb or every few blocks. Maybe
you could lookup the RFC (or other standards) relevant to the cablemodems.
If you're trashing the entire video spectrum and literally can just use
the cable for data there might be other modulation schemes you can use,
it's basically 75 Ohm coax so stuff like Radio modems might fit in,
certainly for point-to-point links, maybe talk to a radio ham/expert.
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