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I get tv and internet services from one company (Time Warner and I hate them). There are cables from the thingy outside that bring those services into my house by way of a cable box (tv) or modem (internets). Squirrels think those cables are delicious. Squirrels are evil like that.

Huh

So I'm googling it in Australia and apparently we do have it but it's a service you got to pay for and have installed but not very common and only present in some parts of major cities.

might be why I've never heard of it. I've mostly lived rural I've only ever used free to tv stations which just means plugging a tv into a power outlett and maybe attaching an antenna if i can't get recetption (antenna cable involved but never needed to hire anyone lol). All houses come with an antenna and satellite is the default for australia. i don't know anyone who uses 'cable tv'

I do know what a squirrel is :P

how you get your internet then? most of us in america have cable internet as well. You using phone lines still? Or satellite?

Satellite is the standard in rural Canada too. I'm assuming it's the same in rural USA.

Yes, this is true. I live in an area in the US where you have to get satellite or move to a more populated street to get cable.

aussie anon here

googling it has shown to me we do have some kind of cable in australian cities but it's not very common, only for paid tv and even in the cities you may not get it????

i live in the city but apaprently my suburb isn't supported by it.

We updated our internet from phone lines (last friday actually, yay!) and from what I understand our new internet modem is...wireless somehow but not sure if satellite. need to read the manual...

most places i've lived have just used satellite options or phone cables for internet

So is cable tv/internet a completely separate cable to phone lines and antenna cables?

i've personally never encountered it and calling them 'cable' is just not a phrase I've heard of. Time to pop quiz my fellow aussies i think

i mean, obviously we have cable cables to use, but i don't know anything about these tv cables and internet cables

wiki says australia has cable for paid tv channels in some parts of the main cities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_in_Australia#Cable_television
but most areas run satellite (apparently, the more you know!)

Yeah, cable tv cables are different from telephone/dsl lines and antennas. The ones most people have here are coaxial cables that uses radio frequency to send signals. Cable is better than dsl because it can pack more data per cross section of the line than dsl cables can. Usually they're only found in cities because it costs the cable company a lot of money to install and maintain the lines. Whereas telephone lines already exist for many households so no extra money for laying down lines are needed.

There is an even fancier cable option in my city, optical fiber cables. Fiber internet is faster than coaxial cable internet because the data density is even better. Imagine downloading a 4gb high-def movie in 2 minutes and a half, that's now fast it is. Unfortunately the infrastructure still new so it costs over $200/months for fiber and not everyone can get this service. Most people use the normal cable option that is ~10 times slower and costs ~$50/month.

So is cable tv/internet a completely separate cable to phone lines and antenna cables?

Yes on the phone line, not sure on the antenna cables but probably yes too?

Cable TV/Internet is very popular in densely populated areas (big cities).

Where I live it is waaay cheaper than satellite, but there are also free/open channels (which kinda suck to be honest) if you really want to not spend money.

Piracy is also a big problem too (I'm not sure how they steal the cable signal, but it happens enough that there are ads on the TV saying that if they catch you doing it you can go to jail).

thanks anons and anon above

I learnt something yay :D

and conversations about cable make sense now. in the past I just skimmed past since I didn't really get what it was about beyond TV/internet related

I imagine the rarity and price of it is why i've not encoutnered the term prior. apparently it's expensive to set up across australia and basically a bother so I've apparently just not encountered it or people using it (that i can recall.)

but then aussie is not as densly populated as the US so we've made do with sattelite lol.

i've gotta go, thanks for the discussion tho. much appreciated!

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