My Coax Cable Upgrade And What I Used. For TV and Internet.

[@Puggy42069]

Thank you for posting this. We have old RG59 in our 1982 house and comcast Xfinity said we need RG6 to have stable connections. The problem is no one wants to go in the attic to do the job! Wish we knew how to upgrade the connection to RG6!

[@EvilTheOne]

I recently upgraded to RG11 cables and placed splitters only where I needed to. The combination gave me a better wifi router reception throughout my house. Splitters are the main cause of reduced signal strength.

[@Judah6497]

Cool video, nice work as well!

[@costantineyoussif6679]

Great video but you really didn’t mention What is the name brand of this coaxial cable ? Thanks

[@philip8753]

how did u go up to the tap without being empolyed by the cable co non techs are not supposed to go to that line without the right know how

[@IndianaDiy]

Well, I have a Background in IT, knowledge of wire, cable and fiber connections and much more. But basically I just went and did it and no one ever said anything and cable company doesn’t know. However now we switched from cable to fiber.

[@HarveyWallbanger-ho2cq]

I would never put coax next to AC power. You are just asking for interference.

[@crosslink1493]

True. That's a problem in itself. IF you're replacing all the cable and its just going into the basement then run it along (and securely attach it to) the fascia/eve boards at the roofline to another point of the house that's lower down and have it come in at that point, and put a new ground rod/grounding coupler in that area, too.

[@IndianaDiy]

It’s Shielded coax cable. Mediacom did the original install.

[@IndianaDiy]

Mediacom was original installers. I switched to fiber internet now.

[@crosslink1493]

One suggestion - don't go 'quiet' and show web pages for parts during the video, list links to those parts down below the video in the details section above the comments. Also, to prevent interference on your data lines, move the cable away from the power line coming into the house, and don't use a common ground rod for both the AC power and the data line, move them apart. I'd run the data line down the roofline to a lower part of the house, then drop it down, put the ground block and a new ground rod at that point, then run the line into the basement at that point (of course it depends on the house's and basement's structure). Good that you used RG-6 and weatherproof couplers, and quad shielded cable. You could also use RG-11 for the long run for a slightly better signal quality.

[@IndianaDiy]

Thanks for feedback and info. We upgraded to Fiber in our area. Way better than cable But the Outages are terrible.