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Originally posted by devnull
The reason the Tech guy runs a new line into your house usually is so that there is minimal splitting of the line from the source to your cable modem. The more splitters you have, the lower the quality of the signal, and this can create problems with your connection. If you are familiar with your house and how the other cable outlets are run, check it out. See how many times the cables are split before they reach their final destination. New houses are generally okay with this because TV cable is a standard and is usually run straight from the source to each individual outlet. Older houses are usually patchworked together, with a number of splitters to get to different areas. Just keep that in mind as you figure out where you want to move the computer to.
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Two and a half years after we moved to this house, the cable company had to install a signal amplifier inside the house to boost the signal. When originally installed, the installers were concerned with signal levels and ran a higher end cable just for digital cable & internet, the other TVs that got the analog feed were normal cable. After connecting more PCs and TVs the signal eventually dropped below acceptable thresholds, first apparent on digital cable, then eventually all TVs. Cable internet did not seem to be as adversly affected by this. The amplifier cost was $40.