Sasquatch Jones wrote:
I wonder if someone who has had cable internet installed in a house
that has never had cable could give me some idea of what is typically
installed inside the house?

I would like Time Warner Cable to install the box and whatever else
is needed on the outside and run the cable(s) into an attic vent and
stop there. I'll take care of it from there on. So I would like to
know what is typically installed inside besides the cable modem. TWC
cust service says another "box" but could not tell me what that box
was. I don't want to wait until the installer comes out.

I'll be getting broadband internet and one phone line. The internet
cable will be new, going to an office, so that should be
straightforward.

The phone is in the other end of the house. I wonder if TWC can
connect to the existing phone wiring outside or if they will need to
run a separate new cable to the phone?


My experience, with Comcast, is that they will run the cable to the house where
they connect it to a splitter, then staple cables from that to the siding of
your house, around the house to whereever you want it, then drill a hole through
to wall from the outside to the inside of the rooms you want it in. It's ugly,
and damages the weatherproofing of the house. I'm very careful to make sure that
every wire I want is installed by me in more appropriate places, and routed by
me to where they will connect the line from the street to it. Only one wire from
comcast comes theough my outside wall. The inside wire are approprately hidden
within walls, ceilings, or floors as needed. It is highly unlikely that your
cable company will do that.