PeterL said:
And as it was my first post into this group, assholes like you should have
seen that and politely pointed out the fact that I missed the one word
"cable".... but at the end of the day, my answer was *still* correct in
that the filter is on there to keep out any 'noise'.
Still correct????
The OP clearly described a HIGH pass cable filter with specs in the 85
to 1000 MHz range that operates on the coax RF signal, whereas you
ranted on about LOW pass ADSL filters that operate on the twisted pair
POTS cabling connected to the modem port. (which actually operate on a
completely different portion of spectrum by allowing the 0-4 kHz voice
POTS frequencies to pass through and block the ADSL signals in the 25
kHz to 2.2 MHz frequency range, so it clearly wasn't the one word you
missed out on but the completely different frequency range of the filter!).
Oh, and you also incorrectly mentioned that the phone line is required
to update On Demand content. The On Demand content is sourced from 3
different push feed channels located on different sat transponders and
cable multiplexes. None of that content is sent down the phone line.
The phone line is used to send back diagnostic data and the queued box
office & PPV event orders that have been stored on the card up until the
once a month that the box attempts to call Foxtel.
Now, as much as you don't seem to like ever being wrong, it was
impossible to ignore your incorrect and clearly misleading post.
There is only one thing more dangerous than someone who doesn't know
something and that is someone who *thinks* they know something when they
clearly don't. It's made all the worse when said person has an extreme
level of arrogance to never admit they are wrong.
Oh, and all the childish name calling is totally unnecessary if you want
to have a civilised discussion.