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Ignitionnet · 03-05-2011, 19:39

The only effect would be on power levels. It's not ideal but so long as power levels are within spec it's a non-issue.

Just remember that you are 'sharing' the signals with everyone else on the coaxial segment you are with anyway. The splitter drops the downstream power about 3.5dBmV and raises upstream transmit power about 3.5dBmV. So long as the splitter is working properly there will be no impact on SNR or anything else, as any interference from the other home on the splitter would munt you anyway.

The RF network is very, very basic. It delivers radio frequency at a certain power, that's all it does. It can cause problems only through the RF power being off or the quality of the RF signal being unacceptable, that's about all. There is actually absolutely no intelligence on the network at all until you get to a hub site.

03-05-2011, 19:39	#38
Ignitionnet Inactive Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Age: 47 Posts: 13,995	Re: Why has my service gone poop since monday? The only effect would be on power levels. It's not ideal but so long as power levels are within spec it's a non-issue. Just remember that you are 'sharing' the signals with everyone else on the coaxial segment you are with anyway. The splitter drops the downstream power about 3.5dBmV and raises upstream transmit power about 3.5dBmV. So long as the splitter is working properly there will be no impact on SNR or anything else, as any interference from the other home on the splitter would munt you anyway. The RF network is very, very basic. It delivers radio frequency at a certain power, that's all it does. It can cause problems only through the RF power being off or the quality of the RF signal being unacceptable, that's about all. There is actually absolutely no intelligence on the network at all until you get to a hub site.