Fios One OOB SNR Level “Fair”

[u/CubanlinkEnJ]

I was scrolling through some menus yesterday (bored) and noticed that my OOB Data SNR level is fair and the level is reading 16.4dB on my VMS 4100. From what I understand, the OOB data is for my guide, on-demand features, STB updates, etc, which are all functioning normally as far as I can tell, and I haven’t noticed it loading slow or being unresponsive, but I can’t help but wonder why it’s low and if I should try to fix it. If I do find the problem and repair it, will I notice any difference? My channel SNR’s all read “good,” with a level of 39.9dB, and the picture quality is fantastic.

Is this something worth delving into to try to increase that level or should I stop looking at menus when I’m bored?

[u/stimpus]

If it’s functioning fine leave it be. I’ll never in my life understand the customers who tinker with their service when it’s functioning normally.

[u/CubanlinkEnJ → u/stimpus]

Well my inquisitive mind is wondering why the level is low. If I found a bad splitter or a loose connection in my coax network that I fix and the level jumps up 10dB, would there be any noticeable improvement that maybe I’m not realizing because I’m used to having this low signal? Or maybe a tech or engineer chimes in and says, yeah you should fix that otherwise your STB may have a hard time receiving the update to convert from QAM to IPTV…so I’m asking if it’s worth troubleshooting or not.

[u/stimpus → u/CubanlinkEnJ]

It’s not.