Well, I'd call it "understandable" but not "normal".
This tells me that either at the cable company end or on your receiver box end someone isn't running fast enough OR the transmission medium is interrupted. On satellite, this occurs when there is interference.
It is a problem your cable company should fix, you shouldn't be paying for low-quality signal.
In the UK, do you own responsibility for the cable run inside your house, or does the cable company? If you own the run, you might want to see about getting high-quality connectors and some cable to do a test by bypassing your inside wiring (connect the new spiffy cable to the point where the cable company wiring comes to the house, then run it straight to the telly). If everything now looks great, the problem is in the inside wiring or connectors.
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Date: 2005-04-08 01:03 pm (UTC)This tells me that either at the cable company end or on your receiver box end someone isn't running fast enough OR the transmission medium is interrupted. On satellite, this occurs when there is interference.
It is a problem your cable company should fix, you shouldn't be paying for low-quality signal.
In the UK, do you own responsibility for the cable run inside your house, or does the cable company? If you own the run, you might want to see about getting high-quality connectors and some cable to do a test by bypassing your inside wiring (connect the new spiffy cable to the point where the cable company wiring comes to the house, then run it straight to the telly). If everything now looks great, the problem is in the inside wiring or connectors.