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Re:Question for a Cable Vet.


Maybe you should have called someone and installed some RG-11.

>simular expierence
>i broke into the warehouse to get house wrap for my installers
>cause without it there would be no installs on that saturday
>well needless to say i got fired for illegal entry and they wanted to prosicute me well live and learn fired for installing one day learning to splice the same system the next
>they are pissed because somebody was able to use there head
>and apply a little common sence in which most in house employees cant do you just pissed off somebody dumber than you who had a title bigger than yours go figure.
>
>>One day I was on a job with one of my employees. We were doing
>>a Digital Upgrade in the area Approx. 6 month Project.
>>We were the only Contractor/Prime. So we arrived at this
>>customers house and we find that this house has maybe 14 cable outlets
>>a pretty big house. And this guy was getting digital TV. So
>>we get to checking his tv's and find all of them are full of static pictures.
>>So I find that he has only 2 cable drops going to his home feeding
>>14 outlets. Thats way too much on those 2 outlets. So my only solution
>>was do another drop witch would need to be buried because that
>>area is underground which he didnt want me digging in his yard.
>>Or install Power Inserters in his house to Amp the signals to his
>>TV's. I had my personal Power Inserter's. The Cable Company that we
>>worked for was so small and not very Technical Smart on anything
>>they didnt offer Power Inserter's. So I offerd the Customer one of my
>>Power Inserter's and I explained to him that this was one of my Power Inseter's
>>and he was OK with it and he said that he would pay for it.
>>So I got it installed and everything worked perfect. So the next day
>>The Cable Company went to QC our work and they found this Unidentifiable Object
>>on the Cable and they freaked out wanting to know what we did and how did we
>>get this thing and what ever else. So they were so upset that they said we were
>>commiting Conflict Of Interest. To me I felt I was helping them I could've even helped
>>them by telling them were to get Power Inserter's.
>>Was I wrong?
>>What did I do Wrong?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Confused
>>
>>
>>
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