What are your thoughts on a coaxial cable signal booster (for TV, cable modem)?
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You mean an amplifier? If you need one, you need one, and they work. This is done routinely when signals are excessively split, coax drop to a house is low quality or too long, etc.\n\nAlso, coaxial cable is not used for DSL, the previous answer is incorrect.
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I think you should use cat5 cable if at all possibile and a wired router. How many stories are you trying to penetrate with a signal? If you are on dial-up, what's the point, except to network the two systems.
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by changing to cable...
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Get the cable company to rewire the house.  Coaxial cable more than 25 years old doesn't reject EMI/RFI interference very good.  Also see if the cable company will install an amplifier, that should take care of any weak signal issues.
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First of all it's illegal.\n\nSecond of all no\n\nThird of all a better antenna will increase effective radiated power and the range.
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10 years- fiber optic?  not yet.  Power cables will be the supply of telecommunications.  the power we currently get runs between 1-60Hz... yet the cables are so wide they can handle well into the Tera-hertz.  Com ed is already experimenting on multiplexing signals to bring voice, TV, and data to... EVERYWHERE!  The power grid encompasses everything and has NO ZONING!  You would travel with a small lightweight access box... plug into the wall... an ethernet cable to the lap top... and voila!  your on YOUR internet and phone account EVERYWHERE you go.  The lines are already laid which means the system is ready to go.  fiber cables still have to be laid all over and run to each and every home and business.\n\n20 years- fiber?  maybe.  its important to remember that there isnt a single technology that utilizes fiber to its full capacity.  how do we know?  because we dont know the maximum bandwidth of fiber cables.\n\n30 years- fiber?  probably.  at this point we should have wireless access everywhere, internet on our wrist watch, and TV streamed directly to our brain by the Motorola/AT&T/Coca-Cola/Chinese Government/ABC-TimeWarner conglomeration.  oh dont forget the TIVO add-on shoe sole insert.
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Get cable or satellite.
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Someone else mentioned there is competition. Now there is, sort of. Cables have a basic monopoly that is guaranteed to them through some byzantine laws. So what they do is carve up the regions. If the cable companies had competition from other cable companies in the same local market then satellite, television over fiber, television over power lines, probably would not have been created or even thought of.
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we recently purchased a 32" Sharp Aquos LCD HDTV and hooked up HD digital cable.  i don't know if it's the best, but it sure is a supberb model.  \n\nwe find ourselves watching football, hockey, "cinderalla" on dvd and csi with our mouths hanging open.
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Cable, Wireless if there's a company in your area, or satellite Dish.  \n\nDirecway is the most popular right now, it's not part of Directv, but it's owned by the same company.  It uses a larger dish than the TV and has a microwave transmitter so it needs to be out of reach of people.  Not dangerous but it has the potential to be.  It uses an adapter (modem) that connects to your computer via ethernet cable so you need an ethernet card, and windows 98 or above supports it.  There is no longer any software involved so nothing is done to your computer except maybe get rid of old software from DSL or cable that sometimes won't allow it, and disabling the firewall for  the computer to pick it up.\n\nThere's also a company called "wild blue".  They are new but seem to have a very good product.  Roughly the same idea as direcway.\n\nDirecway can be roof mounted, wall mounted only if the dish can be up high enough and facing the satellite in space (there are several), and pole mounted by a professional installer only due to the safety concerns.
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www.tessco.com\n\nWhat type of signal are you trying to enhance??
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You can always put a modulated signal over the 60Hz (or 50Hz if you are in other parts of the world) carrier.  There used to be a stereo system which used this concept to remote speakers around the house.
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signal converter, try tigerdirect.com great choices and prices. Plz vote for best answer I need the points,LOL
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2 splices per incomimg cable tops (3 TVs, or 2TVs & internet, etc.), after that signal degrades and you'll need to bring in another outside feed (cable).
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this question has a lengthy answer, so i hope you wouldn't mind if i just point to some sources of mine: \n\nhttp://www.homenethelp.com\n\nhttp://www.theresourcefork.com/WWWserver/techinfo/Build_Your_Own_Crossover_Cable/index.shtml
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Connect an antenna to the back of the TV where you would connect the cable TV, and on the settings or menu of your TV, set it up so the TV picks up local AIR instead of cable TV.  Reception will be poor and will sort of betray the idea of spending extra $$ for an LCD
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Have a TV, and an antenna and you're good