[opendtv] Re: Fault Tolerance, Redundancy and STB sniffing
- From: Mark Aitken <MAitken@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:44:51 +0000
Trade out your twisted pair for coax and you may find more stations/services
are available.
I too have cable into the home (minimum basic service is almost free with
internet), but an antenna in the air. In our neighborhood (which we share with
many deer, squirrels, foxes and other wildlife), power outages are the biggest
hindrance (and we have a whole-house generator). It is not unusual to have
friends, neighbors and family 'drop by' when the power is out to spend time to
visit... and watch TV.
Mark
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From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Tom McMahon
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 6:11 PM
To: OpenDTV
Cc: Tom TLM McMahon
Subject: [opendtv] Fault Tolerance, Redundancy and STB sniffing
It wasn't too long ago that we had some drastic rains in So. Cal. My IT and
DTV infrastructure had a partial meltdown I thought. BUT it wasn't inside my
house; it was up on the poles in the cable company's right of way. (You have
no choice in this area.) BUT I have a big Yagi on my roof with a clear line of
sight directly to Mount Wilson.
This being an old Spanish style house I was able to place the Radio Shack
monster very low on one part where the roof is flat so my neighbors cannot see
it at all.
I also have a monster DA in the attic which feeds every TV in the house with a
great deal of both analog and digital redundancy. Using the remotes I can get
anything on a separate input. Even the kitchen where we watch the news.
When the cable guy came out for the service call he told me a few things.
First was that this whole part of So. Cal. went down.
Second was that he/they were very sorry.
Next he said that most everyone in this area had bought into their package plan
so they ALL lost TV, telephone AND Internet. No emergency calls possible.
Losing my Internet was horrifying.
But living in earthquake country I will always keep my Yagi and twisted pair
hard line.
Oh yeah, he also said they can sniff your STB remotely to drive their stats.
They have a back door to see what you watch.
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Tom McMahon
Del Rey
+1-310-717-7208 Mobile
TLM@xxxxxxxxxx
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