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Offline PHISH-PHREAK

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Is this a telco box or something else?
« on: December 07, 2006, 07:19:20 PM »
Ive had this half open box right next to my backyard for about a year now and Ive finally gotten to opening it but the only thing is that I have no Idea what it is. It seems to me that it distributes cable to the six or seven houses on my street but I have no idea.






(sry for bad quality I took the pix with my cell)
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Re: Is this a telco box or something else?
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2006, 07:25:39 PM »
That looks like cable.
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Re: Is this a telco box or something else?
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2006, 07:32:13 PM »
Maybe taking a picture of the logo on the top of the "box" in the first picture would be helpful
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Re: Is this a telco box or something else?
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2006, 07:36:13 PM »
Both Scientific Atlanta and Regal make TV/Cable-type stuff, so a cable box is a good bet.
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Re: Is this a telco box or something else?
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2006, 07:36:43 PM »
It says Scientific Altanta on the thing inside the box.  I have seen that logo on my cable box before.




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Re: Is this a telco box or something else?
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2006, 07:56:05 PM »
I took a picture of the logo on the top and all it says is telecommunications around a warning thing.

But meh I guess all it is, is cable and thats really disappointing.
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Re: Is this a telco box or something else?
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2006, 09:09:19 PM »
Unscrew that Scientific Atlanta thing open and take a photo if you don't mind.
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Re: Is this a telco box or something else?
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2006, 08:28:36 AM »
Back in the 80's, our cable boxes had the Scientific Atlantic name/logo on them.
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Re: Is this a telco box or something else?
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2007, 06:51:02 PM »
Yay! I finally figured out what it is. It's a cable signal amplifier. I was watching T.V and I saw a commercial about them people stealing them and to be on the watch for thieves.
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Re: Is this a telco box or something else?
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2007, 10:02:00 PM »
Quote from: PHISH-PHREAK on December 07, 2006, 07:19:20 PM
Ive had this half open box right next to my backyard for about a year now and Ive finally gotten to opening it but the only thing is that I have no Idea what it is. It seems to me that it distributes cable to the six or seven houses on my street but I have no idea.






(sry for bad quality I took the pix with my cell)
that is a "LE" =line extender (a low value amp) and looks like it is spliced into a "DC" =dirctional couplar (a controlable line spliter) put more than one of those in
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Re: Is this a telco box or something else?
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2007, 10:52:09 PM »
I have one of those in my front yard it's cable for sure.
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Re: Is this a telco box or something else?
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2007, 03:39:19 AM »
If my front yard and across the street, I have no less than 3 boxes. One is underground and says "Electricity high voltage do not open" So I  think I'm going to leave that alone. There is also a bubble like box that says "cable" and across the street in the yard of a house that no one is currently living in (its been on the market for months) is a bigger electricity box with a bigger danger sign, a TELEPHONE box, and a second cable box. maybe it's time I see whats inside all these? (except the electricity) if I can get them open I'll post pictures...
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Re: Is this a telco box or something else?
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2007, 07:06:16 AM »
Quote from: poleman on February 13, 2007, 10:02:00 PM
that is a "LE" =line extender (a low value amp) and looks like it is spliced into a "DC" =dirctional couplar (a controlable line spliter) put more than one of those in
I believe they're only needed for some sort of HFC or digital cable system?
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