A squirrel can definitely chew through a
cable. I had a squirrel chew 14 gauge
romex.
He didn't actually chew through the
copper, but he did put some good dents
in it. This
rodent removed about 2 - 3' of
insullation from the cable .... tripped
the breaker when
I turned the switch on. Too bad the
squirrel wasn't attached when I
activated the switch!

Dr. Hardcrab wrote:
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Depending on where he lives, that may not be possible. Comcast negotiates
exclusive rights with a lot of municipalities.


I live in a county where we are surrounded by Comcast. They even have a hold
on the northern end. I haven't figured out why the guy that has the local
company hasn't sold out yet.

All joking aside, I've seen mice (not rats) chew through all kinds of wires
so anything is possible...


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"tenplay" wrote in message
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We came back last night from a trip to find our Comcast cable TV and
Internet both not working. I called Comcast tech support, which
confirmed that no signals were getting through to our TV and PC. The
Comcast repairman showed up this morning while I was at work and told

my

wife that a rat had chewed through the cable. After replacing the

cable,

the TV worked fine but the PC was still not connecting to the
Internet.
After about an hour of fiddling with the PC, he told my wife that the
Comcast service is working fine but that there must be a virus in the

PC

that is blocking the service and that we needed to have a computer

virus

specialist inspect the PC. When I got home, I decided to look over
the
PC situation and found that the cable modem was turned off. After
pressing the on/off switch, it worked fine. Could he have been that
dumb?

Now I am wondering about the cable being chewed by a rat. We do live

in

a semi-rural environment. But I've never seen a rat on our property.
What do I need to do to protect the cable from further damage from

rats?

A satellite dish??

or another cable company.....