[IRCA] Noisy cable TV

["W. Curt Deegan" <WWWR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For some time I've had two problems that now seem to come together.  I have 
had a lot of trouble with DSL ever since I switched to it a month or so 
ago.  I have also had periods of serious noise covering at least the lower 
half of the AM band and below.

The last few days the noise has been very bad and my DSL has been 
completely out.  I walked around with a pocket radio and found a huge load 
of noise coming from the cable TV lead.  Since the cable, telephone (and 
DSL), and power all converge on the same place at the back of the house, I 
went around to where the cable TV was away from the rest of the utilities 
and the noise is on it.

I have called the cable company and a technician is supposed to come out in 
a couple days.  I have less than great confidence that my problem will be 
solved, but must start somewhere.

My question is, has anyone else had extreme interference from the cable TV 
radiating noise -- not the TV, the cable?  Has anyone had DSL failures 
induced by extremely noisy conditions?  Does anyone have any suggestions 
what I might do to help the cable rep investigate the problem?  Any 
thoughts regarding extended DSL outages -- it is from Earthlink but 
delivered by Bell South?  Anything at all?

At the moment I'm lucky to hear anything that isn't local on MW, and 
nothing much at all on LW.

One strange thing, the noise seems to disappear at night.  I placed the 
radio next to the cable TV lead last night when my DSL came back on and the 
noise was gone -- one reason I called the cable company today.  And another 
point to ponder, cable TV reception is fine, albeit the only reception that is.

Thanks for any thoughts.


Curt
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W. Curt Deegan
Boca Raton, (southeast) Florida


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