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Where does the internet cable go? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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My house gets internet via a magical coax cable that is, I assume, connected to the rest of the world via my Internet Service Provider. This cable connects directly into my router, which links to all the devices in my home.

My question is: Where does this magic cable go?

Some followup questions: How long is the cable?

How does so much data go through a single-pin coax cable? Wouldn't it be better if there were more pins, like in a twinax configuration?

There are also other houses in my neighborhood. Are their cables connected to mine? Can their routers see the packets sent by my router, similar to ethernet?

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[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

This is specific to my old neighborhood:

It goes to a small hub, looked like a small green stantion/pillar, that connects the nearby houses. My old home's was in my backyard, at one point I saw about 6 other runs for neighbors.

Then that hub, with bigger/more cables, connects to a larger hub. This was in the middle of my neighborhood by the school, and it was a quite large green box, probably 6ft tall.

From there I didn't know where it went, but same concepts apply. That would go to an even larger hub, connecting multiple neighborhoods. Depending on your area and ISP, eventually they hit an end point your ISP manages which is probably a big building where they're "connected to the rest of the internet."