Green box doors left open - Page 2

taylorig · 16-03-2005, 20:18

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Originally Posted by -=BULLDOGG=-

i might be wrong here but isnt it possible to turn up your line speed slightly from them green boxes??? if mines ever open i gonna be trying

No. It's not possible to up your line speed from a green box. It's only the signal strength. Which there is a difference.

And even if you could do this. You'd need some ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£4000 test equipment for setting the correct level's.

Believe me mate your not the first to mention this

jonifen · 11-04-2005, 18:55

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Originally Posted by AndrewJames

There is on in Rochdale up the road from me totally beaten to bits...door aint even on hinges...

rofl, sounds like the same one a few houses away from me. I told an engineer about it when he came once, he went and looked at it, then said he'd mention it to his people and they'd get someone to sort it.

Don't NTL realise that the cost of a kid booting a football into an open box could be pretty horrible??

Halcyon · 11-04-2005, 21:27

We've had a car crash into one on our street once.
I wasnt a happy person. Broadbnad was down for two days.

jonifen · 11-04-2005, 22:47

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Originally Posted by Halcyon

We've had a car crash into one on our street once.
I wasnt a happy person. Broadbnad was down for two days.

ugh... I bet NTL came out and fixed it though (whether they refitted the doors or not is another matter

)

Halcyon · 11-04-2005, 23:02

LOL In fact I dont think they could afford building a new one actually. They bashed it down and routed us to the other one.
It never got replaced.

jonifen · 11-04-2005, 23:25

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Originally Posted by Halcyon

LOL In fact I dont think they could afford building a new one actually. They bashed it down and routed us to the other one.
It never got replaced.

lol that was nice of them... so they left the doors open on that one instead?

At least you got your BB back working...

spike7451 · 24-04-2005, 22:01

Problem is it's not only kids.Ex-customers who have been disco'd for non payment or those theives with chipped boxes often break into them when they have been caught & illegally reconnect themselves.
The one bloke who looked afther the cabs here has now been paid off!!!!!
M

robbie77 · 24-04-2005, 22:10

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Originally Posted by -=BULLDOGG=-

i might be wrong here but isnt it possible to turn up your line speed slightly from them green boxes??? if mines ever open i gonna be trying

Na sorry doesn,t happen that way mate. wish it did thou.

bdav · 24-04-2005, 22:13

How on earth do they reconnect themselves? Ive seen the door open on the one down the road once, its just a mass of cables going everywhere.

Ignition · 24-04-2005, 23:53

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Originally Posted by -=BULLDOGG=-

i might be wrong here but isnt it possible to turn up your line speed slightly from them green boxes??? if mines ever open i gonna be trying

It's quite possible to electrocute yourself on some equipment in said green boxes, so please feel free to do us a favour

spike7451 · 25-04-2005, 08:57

Easy,
All adresses have a label on them so ther're easy to find.often they cut the cablle with a knoie & bung it in or if the f is still on, screw it back in.And no,it's not possible to electocuet yourself at a DP cab,only at a mux or amp (da) cab
M

Saneboy13 · 25-04-2005, 13:37

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Originally Posted by spike7451

Easy,
All adresses have a label on them so ther're easy to find.often they cut the cablle with a knoie & bung it in or if the f is still on, screw it back in.And no,it's not possible to electocuet yourself at a DP cab,only at a mux or amp (da) cab
M

Spike,

I can assure you that not all cables are marked up. Sometimes we need to tone out a cable to find it ourselves. The problem is that if they (installers) don't have an indellible marker to hand, they use good ole biro. This rubs off with movement back and forth, then you are up the creek without a paddle

Ignition · 25-04-2005, 16:26

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Originally Posted by spike7451

Easy,
All adresses have a label on them so ther're easy to find.often they cut the cablle with a knoie & bung it in or if the f is still on, screw it back in.And no,it's not possible to electocuet yourself at a DP cab,only at a mux or amp (da) cab
M

*nods, I know, just hoping that his is a tap bank with a line extender / bridge amp in the same cabinet.

spike7451 · 25-04-2005, 18:34

I was just making a generalisation,Iknow what a pain it is to try & find a drop with a old,blank tag on,especially in a terrace with no etb to connect the toner to the second pair.or when a landlord decides to re-number his flats,or a multi dwelling.
Our network over bere is probably a bit different than the UK,s We used to be Cable-tel many moons ago...
Mind you,i wish some of the little b****** would electrucute themselves,or the dogs that pee up the side of them,especially in hot weather!!.
Spike

jonifen · 05-05-2005, 13:29

I looked at the green box on our road when walking home from work the other day and noticed it has 2 different numbers on the side in white... one on the lid and one on the side panel - which would NTL need? Or would they need both?

Also, some wiseass has spray painted "CATV NTL" on the top of the box for some reason...