This was taken yesterday as I was in the process of photographing cable system equipment. I was listening to This American Life on my iphone. All of those boxes, racks and cords are what make up the head end of a cable system. The signal comes in through the satellite, goes to a digital decoder, then to a modulator and out onto the cable. With a few exceptions (the move to digital decoders) this is the same technology which has been in place for decades. RF technology doesn't change much.
Unfortunately, none of this really helped our cable endeavor. This system was unidirectional; meaning you could deliver information to customers but they could not send anything back. So, no Internet could be delivered on this system without major upgrades.... In order to justify an upgrade, you have to have paying customers.
So, I am now in the process of dismantling the components of this system and selling what I can and recycling or trashing the rest.
Is anyone in the market for a really big satellite dish?
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