Re: Best brand coax and F connector for HD cable?

["Walker" <walkerent@xxxxxxx>]

"rogue_petunia" <rogue_petunia@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> even if you get a professional installer to run the internal wiring the
> cable company will latch onto the internal wiring as a scapegoat and
> blame any difficult to solve problem on the wiring, whether a
> contractor or homeowner installed. I know, because the cable company
> did this to me when I had terrible intermittant cable internet
> performance.
>
> They couldn't solve the problem and blamed it on internal wiring even
> though everything had been fine for more than a year.  Even after I
> hooked everything up directly to their feed coming into the house the
> problem existed and they still couldn't solve it.  Yet, for the first 6
> appointments they would just walk away saying the problem was the
> internal wiring.  Well, it wasn't.  But they blamed it anyway.
>
> You can't win for losing with the cable company around here.
>
Yes you can.........switch to satellite.

I don't know the details of your problems with the cable company but I've
had different results from different techs and what one guy claimed as
gospel was dispelled by another. The guys that come to your house are
generally trouble shooters with rudimentary skills and it's sheer luck to
get someone who is actually knowledgeable beyond his work boundaries. I had
a problem with my internet connection as well and the first two techs did
exactly what you said and walked away. However, the third guy switched out
the splitter that I was using at the wall and unhooked another splitter and
a cable that I was using to run a TV signal into the comouter. He said that
the TV and internet video signals were not compatible and that I would need
a switch and use one or the other. He didn't have a technical explanation
but it's worked perfectly since.

I had techs to my house at least four times last year because my TV signal
was deteriorating. They would see it and agree and then run tests and tweak
stuff. It was always a lot better before they left but it would deteriorate
within a week. The last guy that came out went immediately to the outside
box and changed the connector when I told him what was happening. Apparently
it had some crap built up and although the other guys had unhooked it and
attached it to their equipment they never bothered to look at it. However,
the handling would get it slightly cleaned resulting in the improved picture
but it wasn't enough to keep it clear for more than a week or so. If he had
never come by I would be hooked up to satellite by now.

Bob Walker