For residential builds' TV, in many regards there is still nothing that has all of coax's advantages. Very cheap to buy cable Cable can survive a good bit of mishandling, pulling on ends, being stepped on etc. Cheap / simple to install and repair (outside of edge cases) Massive base of existing & new compatible hardware, both COTS and providers' No range / interference / load issues (for any standard house) Can be "split" anywhere in the system for up to a few additional drops without electronics (one amp at the panel can cover all the gain needed for the house) -----Original Message----- From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+colin-lists=highspeedcrow.ca@nanog.org> On Behalf Of William Herrin Sent: December 4, 2024 2:40 PM To: Tim Burke <tim@mid.net> Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: New home builders without wires On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 11:41 AM Tim Burke <tim@mid.net> wrote:
Cable companies are still doing coax for new neighborhoods and even overbuilds in 2024, for some reason.
Their staff knows how to run coax, how to troubleshoot coax and how to repair coax. To do something else, they have to hire and/or train staff for it and then have enough of it in their system to keep that staff in practice. How many _new neighborhoods_ does the cable company wire up in your locality each year? Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin bill@herrin.us https://bill.herrin.us/