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Originally Posted by theonlywhiteout
I don't really need to do reading as I deal with it quite often. Yes, if your coax is perfect you may get reliable connection and signal. But that's the thing about coax, it's rarely perfect. Ethernet can be wrapped around furniture, twisted, even have the outside case damaged... it will work great.
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Dealing with it and understanding it are two very different things. Listen to PsnaP, he is obviously a field tech or something very similar with Telus and knows exactly what he is talking about.
There is a step in the install where the installer will test the coax. If it passes, the ends will be changed out and the signal/picture will be exactly the same as it would be with CAT5 - it is ethernet over coax which means that data is transmitted over the copper wire, not a traditional TV signal which I think is what you are confusing it with.