Hi everyone,
I've got a bit of a signal problem for my cable television in the house. I called the cable company and they came out to the house to take a look. From the street, they said that the signal quality was fine. They claimed that the problem was that the house is wired with RG59 cable. Their suggestion was that I should rerun it with RG6 cable, which they would be happy to do for me for an extra fee (which seemed pretty high to me).
A few things that may or may not be important about my house:
1 - There are three televisions in the house; 2 of them have cable boxes.
2 - There is also a high speed internet connection (which is cable based).
3 - I have VoIP phone in the house, so it runs over the internet connection, which is cable.
4 - Probably the longest run of cable is about 80 or 90 feet.
5 - The house is 23 years old, and the cable has probably never been replaced since the building of the house.
6 - The house has two stories - one of the hook ups is on the first floor, the other two are on the second.
7 - There are three splitters in the house: one on the outside of the house (not sure where the other two cables go, but one goes inside the house), one under the house (where the lines to the TVs and high speed internet connection go), and one from the wall (which splits the cable between the high speed internet connection and a television in a room).
So a few questions for you guys:
1 - Is there really a signal quality difference between RG6 and RG59?
2 - How hard would it be to run new cables? That is, take out the RG59 and put in the RG6. Ideally, I'd like to keep the lines running where the old ones are now. That is behind the walls.
3 - Any suggestions on how to actually run the lines? Especially the ones to the second floor?
4 - Outside of RG6 specification, is there anything special that I should be looking for when I buy the new cable?
5 - Would the splitters need to be upgraded as well or will they be able to handle the new cable? How about the wall jacks?
I know that was a really long post, thanks for getting through it! Thank you for any help that you can give me!
Phil
I've got a bit of a signal problem for my cable television in the house. I called the cable company and they came out to the house to take a look. From the street, they said that the signal quality was fine. They claimed that the problem was that the house is wired with RG59 cable. Their suggestion was that I should rerun it with RG6 cable, which they would be happy to do for me for an extra fee (which seemed pretty high to me).
A few things that may or may not be important about my house:
1 - There are three televisions in the house; 2 of them have cable boxes.
2 - There is also a high speed internet connection (which is cable based).
3 - I have VoIP phone in the house, so it runs over the internet connection, which is cable.
4 - Probably the longest run of cable is about 80 or 90 feet.
5 - The house is 23 years old, and the cable has probably never been replaced since the building of the house.
6 - The house has two stories - one of the hook ups is on the first floor, the other two are on the second.
7 - There are three splitters in the house: one on the outside of the house (not sure where the other two cables go, but one goes inside the house), one under the house (where the lines to the TVs and high speed internet connection go), and one from the wall (which splits the cable between the high speed internet connection and a television in a room).
So a few questions for you guys:
1 - Is there really a signal quality difference between RG6 and RG59?
2 - How hard would it be to run new cables? That is, take out the RG59 and put in the RG6. Ideally, I'd like to keep the lines running where the old ones are now. That is behind the walls.
3 - Any suggestions on how to actually run the lines? Especially the ones to the second floor?
4 - Outside of RG6 specification, is there anything special that I should be looking for when I buy the new cable?
5 - Would the splitters need to be upgraded as well or will they be able to handle the new cable? How about the wall jacks?
I know that was a really long post, thanks for getting through it! Thank you for any help that you can give me!
Phil