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    I'm baaack

    in General Game Talk

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    Welcome home!

     

    Ark: Survival Evolved has gained some attention. We have a server of our own.

    GuildWars 2 has a hefty update coming.

    Rocket League is new. I've played a bit and would like to get other interested as well.

    Heros of the Storm has a few playing around here.

    GTA V is still full of retards.

     

    Anyway, tell the wife she has to share and come say hi.

    So... Comcast

    in Computer Discussions

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    Yep, this is mostly accurate. The cable company has to work deals with the local government for use of the utility lines. However, a lot of it is also up to the company on how much they're going to invest in infrastructure and new technologies.

     

    For the cable company I work for, we have fiber running down to almost all the nodes. We also just upgraded our entire CMTS infrastructure to move to DOCSIS 3.1. Those two investments combined allow us to offer much higher speed tiers.

     

    For reference:

    4-5 houses feed into a tap (the small green box or pole sitting in your or your neighbors yard)

    Up to 8 taps feed into an amplifier (usually located on the aerial utility lines, but can also be underground)

    Multiple amplifiers feed into a node (large green box, usually one per neighborhood or subdivision)

    Multiple nodes feed into a hub (Hub contains the CMTS hardware, which is where your cable box terminates)

    For television, the next hop is the Head End (where all the provider satellite feeds are received by the cable company and inserted into the cable network)

    For data, the next hop is the data center (this is the demarc for your cable provider. from there it exits out into the "Internet")

     

    House -> Tap -> Amplifier -> Node -> Hub -> Head end or Data center -> Satellite feed or "Internet"

     

    :exclaim: NERD ALERT :exclaim:

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