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    Jan 2, 2013, 11:56 AM
    Live cables??
    Was told by the cable repair man there is electricity runningt through the cable line... why would that be
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    Jan 2, 2013, 11:59 AM
    Faulty equipment at either end.. or someone managed to put a screw or nail through a power line AND the cable.
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    Jan 2, 2013, 01:29 PM
    And where is this voltage, in your lines in the home, or the line coming from the street?
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    Jan 2, 2013, 02:08 PM
    More than likely he was referring to the electrical properties of the signals being carried back and forth to the cable modems.
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