[ale] OT Comcast cable fanout question

[gcs8]

just use a two way splitter from the main line in then split the tv's off
the second leg, i have done terrible things to cable modems at my old
place, at the end of a run, 300+ft to the house from the poll, then another
~200ft to the modem through a few splitters amps and barrel connections, it
was pretty jank, but it worked just fine. my new place i am ~ 20ft away
from the plant extension and they had to degrade my signal strenght it all
just depends on how your area is setup but you can always request a
site survey.


On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> I have Comcast for internet, phone, and HD cable tv.  There is a big fat
> coax that comes from the pole to the junction box on the house.  From
> there, it enters a splitter which is labeled as a digital splitter,
> whatever that means.  As far as I know, it is a passive device.  The label
> on the splitter says it works from 5 - 1002 MHz.  This was installed by
> Comcast.  From there, there are three output taps labeled as follows:
>
> -3.5 db - This drives the cable modem, which also includes 4 phone line
> jacks, of which I'm using 3.
> -7 db - This drives one CATV  tuner / DVR.
> -7 db - This drives the other CATV tuner / DVR.
>
> As far as I know, there are no active amplifiers on or in the house.  I
> don't know what's on the pole or nearby otherwise.  All the equipment is
> happy and works well.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> Jim Lynch <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:
>
> >I have a simple 3 way splitter for my 3 TVs.  I'd like to dump DSL and
> >go to a cable modem but I'm concerned about splitting it one more time.
> >Should I be?  If I pay them to install it, will they take care of it if
> >
> >there is a problem?  Is there a decent powered splitter that would
> >work?
> >
> >I don't want to get stuck with something that doesn't work.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >JIm.
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