T4K
join:2002-03-13
Roach, MO | Go Cliffhanger!
At least he survived  |
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baineschile
2600
Premium
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI | Ahem
Comcast just towers above the rest
(lol) |
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flashcore
join:2007-01-23
Lutherville Timonium, MD | Equipment?
I just want to know what Concast is doing installing gear on a water tower. Last I checked they were not in the wireless business so I don't see why he was up there to begin with. |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA
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"Comcast had an employee on site during the rescue who kept the Comcast management team informed of rescue efforts. "
Nice of them to remain seated in their warm offices...
If the guy would have drank Red Bull, he could have saved himself. It gives you wings... |
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T4K
join:2002-03-13
Roach, MO | reply to baineschile
Re: Ahem
lol.... bet he had some dirty pants after that. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
 ·PenTeleData
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
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·Vonage
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Re: Equipment?
said by flashcore  :I just want to know what Concast is doing installing gear on a water tower. Last I checked they were not in the wireless business so I don't see why he was up there to begin with. Cable companies have a lot of wireless equipment, such as local microwave links. They're being replaced by fiber but there are some still out there. |
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | reply to flashcore
Land Mobile, maybe. |
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RayW
Premium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
·XMission
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Re: hmm
said by ninjatutle :"Comcast had an employee on site during the rescue who kept the Comcast management team informed of rescue efforts. " Nice of them to remain seated in their warm offices... And that is where they should stay, out of the way of people who have work to do and who do not need incompetent 'have to be in charge' types screwing up things.
said by ninjatutle :If the guy would have drank Red Bull, he could have saved himself. It gives you wings... You have been watching too many ads.
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I am not lost, I find myself every time. |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
·Qwest.net
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It could have been worse
A whole new meaning to the term ski bum |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | I saw that. Wanted to add that as a "could be worse" story addendum, but the exposed err, unit probably would have drawn cries of impropriety from the peanut gallery... |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| reply to flashcore
Re: Equipment?
said by flashcore :I just want to know what Concast is doing installing gear on a water tower. Last I checked they were not in the wireless business so I don't see why he was up there to begin with. They can extend the cable plant wirelessly. We had a wireless cable plant extension in Downtown Greensboro installed in our building since Time Warner hasn't laid cable under the historical parts of town. |
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rob316
join:2005-10-17
Carteret, NJ
1 edit | OxyMoron
Wait Comcast Employee following Safety Procedures isn't that an OxyMoron lol. |
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NOZIREV
join:2008-07-10
New Bedford, MA | reply to flashcore
Re: Equipment?
They definitely have wireless gear that they could put up there, cablecos use wireless devices to provide internet to places they cant get cable. |
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AVonGauss
Premium,MVM
join:2007-11-01
Boynton Beach, FL | reply to Karl Bode
Re: It could have been worse
I think it was a good choice not to add the "exposed unit" - not so much for propriety, but the poor guy's picture has been all over the national news at this point. |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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Where's snowzilla when you need him  |
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Chaldo
join:2008-03-18
West Bloomfield, MI | At least he saved his life
At least he is still alive after that. You can't complain about the safety procedures if they work, especially after this outcome. |
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cmaenginsb
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-19
Palmdale, CA
| reply to russotto
Re: Equipment?
said by russotto :Land Mobile, maybe. You'd be surprised the amount of microwave video backhaul is done by the cable cos. It's how they get a station from 120 miles onto their networks in many cases. |
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FicmanS
Premium
join:2005-01-11
Brownsburg, IN
clubs: | Good Lord...
You couldn't pay me enough to do that kind of work, safety procedure don't fail me now... |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| reply to Matt
Re: Equipment?
said by Matt :They can extend the cable plant wirelessly. We had a wireless cable plant extension in Downtown Greensboro installed in our building since Time Warner hasn't laid cable under the historical parts of town. Where the hell do they get almost 1 ghz of spectrum from to do that? |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
·PenTeleData
·Future Nine Corpor..
·VOIPo
·Vonage
1 edit | reply to cmaenginsb
said by cmaenginsb :said by russotto :Land Mobile, maybe. You'd be surprised the amount of microwave video backhaul is done by the cable cos. It's how they get a station from 120 miles onto their networks in many cases. Go to »theoldcatvequipmentmuseum.org/ and click on "Off Air reception." You'll see a lot of the big antenna arrays they used to pick up distant stations.
There's an array made up of multiple towers used as passive elements for VHF. The scale of that thing is absolutely freaking amazing.
Here it is: »theoldcatvequipmentmuseum.org/12···dex.html |
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