I woud say that to the totalaly untrained - an unused SE drop would 'look' simular, and be quite capable to cause this damage. And the decsribtion sound as if just that happened.

I tried to post on that forum, and asked if we could get pic's of 'what' this cable guy connected to.

I'm trying to imagine someone putting an RG-6Q connector on a service drop. [Linked Image]

Mark Heller
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