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From: acm@Sun.COM (Andrew MacRae)
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Subject: Re: "spiking" of cable-TV descramblers
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Date: 28 May 91 04:43:04 GMT
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In article <1991May27.150924.3482@jts.com>, gil@jts.com (Gil Hauer ) writes:
 > It was my impression that cable television service is basically a one
 > way communication channel (i.e. out from the head-end). Is this not
 > the case any more? If it is one way, how can the descramblers be
 > "polled"?
 
 
The repeating amplifiers used in cable systems are all two way.  At least
that is what I was told back in '73 when we used to broadcast our own shows
over the community access channel at college.

I've always thought that cable would make a nice way for underground groups
to communicate.