There's some confusion as to exactly what a "cable drop" is, similar to the confusion when talking about the cable that the cable company installs. Is that a cable (one you installed in the house), or is that cable cable (one that the cable company installed)?

It would help if we had an exact definition of a cable drop.

Until I saw this thread today, I would have said that a cable drop is a piece of cable, with supporting elements, that brings a telecommunication connection from "the pole" (which could be an underground vault, too) to the "demarc" (demarcation point, that is, the place in or on the building where wiring installed and supported by a service vendor separates from wire installed in and maintained by personnel employed by the owner of the building).

So... what kinds of interconnections are you calling "cable drops"?