[ale] OT Comcast cable fanout question

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

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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