Cable internet and Cable TV thru the same line??

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Tue Sep 17, 2002 8:13 pm

Hi,

How much speed loss should I expect by having both Cable Internet connection and Cable TV on the same line?? Comcast just called and it seems that this is the best way for me to go.

I will appreciate your replies.

spaceman

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Tue Sep 17, 2002 8:20 pm

You won't have any loss of speed they are on different frequencies on the coax cable and don't interfere with one another.

flyerI · Post by **flyerI** » Tue Sep 17, 2002 8:22 pm

Most installations I have seen use the same cable from the street to the house. Mine has a 2 way splitter where the cable enters the house. One side goes to the cable modem and is not shared with any tvs. The other side goes to another 6 way splitter for tv service throught the house. I still get my 2000 d/l cap. If signal strength is not sufficient they may run a seperate cable from the street just for the cable but this is usually not necessary.

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Tue Sep 17, 2002 8:23 pm

Hi mnosteele52,

Thank you very much!! Both for the quick reply AND the good news.

My regards,

spaceman

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Tue Sep 17, 2002 8:27 pm

Your welcome

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mwkirchner · Post by **mwkirchner** » Fri Sep 20, 2002 11:25 pm

We have cable TV and cable modem through Comcast. The only problem we experienced at the very beginning of our installation was the splitters that were being used. They were only rated at 500 instead of 1000. When the technician finally figured that out ... we have not had a lick of trouble. Like was said in a previous post they do use different frequencies ... thus do not interfere with each other.

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Sat Sep 21, 2002 12:03 am

When we were uncapped, back when @Home was running things...
I had a constant 6.5 mbit/sec download and 3.5 mbit/sec upload speeds, as well as having all my Cable TV Channels channel 2 thru 99 come thru the same RG6 wire into my office and feed 1 Cable modem and 2 Computers ATI TV Tuners with a standard 1 x 3 splitter provided by AT&T cable technicians.

So the answer is, No.

There are no problems that affect the speed of the internet or the quality of TV.

However, the Size of the cable from the pole to your house, and how your house is wired can affect the speed of the internet. If you house is a single line with all outlets wired in series, then the outlet at the end of the series run will have the weakest strength and the worst TV viewing and the worst chance to attain a Sync Lock on the cable modem.

We have RG11 running from the Pole then buried underground a couple hundred feet to the house. And each room has an RG6 home run to a 1x5 splitter in the garage.

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Cable internet and Cable TV thru the same line??

Cable internet and Cable TV thru the same line??

Hi Spaceman