Timeline for How to do the most simple and least signal-loss coax-run for Cable TV/Internet (like Comcast)?
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| 9 hours ago | comment | added | user71659 | Don't bother with the coax. All the US cable companies, including Comcast, are switching to streaming over IP. Comcast's IPTV systems include the X1 Wireless and the Xumo box. Have a single coax drop to a good place for a modem and router, then run Ethernet and fiber (OK to leave unterminated) everywhere else. | |
| 21 hours ago | comment | added | Huesmann | BTW, I don't see in your sketches any colored markings as described in your text. @Criggie it doesn't sound like the OP has complete access, so IDK how practical it is pulling Ethernet. | |
| yesterday | comment | added | Criggie | Instead of just improving coax, do consider running both cat6 ethernet as well as pull-cords / draw wires for whatever tech is coming along in the next decades. With modern streaming services, coax is dropping off and the concept of "broadcast TV" is slowly dying. So, do all three if you have the space in the walls (coax, UTP, and pull cords) | |
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| yesterday | comment | added | fe7565 | @Huesmann unfortunately, I cannot run cables from the service entry point to the loft area (middle of the layout where second splitter is) without opening walls and ceilings. | |
| yesterday | comment | added | Huesmann | Why not just use a splitter with four outputs, if you can afford the extra cable? Locate it in an accessible location, and if you still have crappy signal, add a signal booster. | |
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