What's this?

[Jimmy]

Hi all, I have a noob question for you ADSL veterans -- what is this?

It has a Telkom logo on them

 

[upup]

cable distribution box.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Two very unnecessarily oversized photos that illustrate a certain ignorance of basic netiquette

 

[Jimmy]

Two very unnecessarily oversized photos that illustrate a certain ignorance of basic netiquette

Sorry...?

 

[MickeyD]

Street Distribution Cabinet (SDC)

Your modem --> Distribution Point (DP) --> SDC --> Cable Vault at Exchange --> Main Distribution Frame (MDF) --> DSLAM

 

[Jimmy]

Street Distribution Cabinet (SDC)

Your modem --> Distribution Point (DP) --> SDC --> Cable Vault at Exchange --> Main Distribution Frame (MDF) --> DSLAM

So does it mean the closer I am to this box, the less Attenuation I will have?

 

[ponder]

Two very unnecessarily oversized photos that illustrate a certain ignorance of basic netiquette

+1 A ban would be in order

So does it mean the closer I am to this box, the less Attenuation I will have?

In theory yes but from that sdc there is still the distance to the exchange. So you want to be as close to the exchange as possible.

 

[Jimmy]

+1 A ban would be in order



In theory yes but from that sdc there is still the distance to the exchange. So you want to be as close to the exchange as possible.

No ban please

 

[GreGorGy]

No. Ban, please

Ftfy

 

[MickeyD]

Oban please

/slaps

Why so upset about it?

 

[PsyCLown]

Street Distribution Cabinet (SDC)

Your modem --> Distribution Point (DP) --> SDC --> Cable Vault at Exchange --> Main Distribution Frame (MDF) --> DSLAM

Do you have pictures of what all of those look like - except for the modem. Pretty sure most of us know what a modem looks like

 

[MickeyD]

DP



SDC

Inside the SDC

Cable Vault



MDF

 

[PsyCLown]

Thanks!

DSLAM = exchange, correct?