Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54239180

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The mystery of why an entire village lost its broadband every morning at 7am was solved when engineers discovered an old television was to blame.

An unnamed householder in Aberhosan, Powys, was unaware the old set would emit a signal which would interfere with the entire village's broadband.

After 18 months engineers began an investigation after a cable replacement programme failed to fix the issue.

The embarrassed householder promised not to use the television again.

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Made me laugh that someone was innocently watching TV, must have been a really old TV since flat panels AFAIK have shielding on them

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Poor guy! Unfortunate that he was embarrassed by something he had no way of knowing. If an old tv can emit a signal interfering with the whole village’s broadband, shouldn’t the villagers have been told?

I’m imagining being that clueless person, tucking into my morning coffee and tuning into BBC news, while unknowingly throwing everyone in the village off the internet!

The person didn't know, some appliances like microwave can also cause disruption to the internet cabinet. What begs the question is, why is those internet cabinets kept so near to the house? Most are on the edges of the pavement just for that very reason, to stop interferences from household appliances

This is what an internet cabinet looks like

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…:Vrad_on_turkey_creek.png