On Sat, 6 Dec 2014 18:48:41 -0800, "Sasquatch Jones"
wrote:

Thanks for all the good info so fast! After all that, here's what I'm thinking.... Let me know if I'm off.....

Have cable box installed on ouside wall -- with a cable splitter inside the box if possible. If not, install the splitter up near the attic vent.

Run the cable for internet thru attic vent (right above where the box would be) with enough cable to drop thru the ceiling in a closet near the computer, and connect to the cable modem.

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There is the cable modem and there is a phone interface - both of
which need to be installed inside 0 and the phone interface can be
connected to the existing internal wiring - INSIDE the house.

What about this? Instead of installing the phone interface inside, install it in the outside box or in a separate weather-proof box next to it. Connect the cable from the cable company to one side. Connect the exisiting phone wiring to the other side. That would prevent having to run a 2nd cable in or around the house and thru another ceiling. The attic or crawl space near the phone jack is diagonally opposite where the outside box will be. Also it's in a place that would be hard for the wife to get at. :O)

One reason I'd never buy a house without a basement. All my services
come in underground. There is a "demarcation point" for the phone line
inside the basement (where the phone cable terminates and all the
interior extentions connect and plug in to a standard phone jack.
To switch to MagigJack plus I just need to unplug from bell and plug
into MagicJack. Same if I switch to Rogers Cable Home Phone..

My internet modem/router is about 6 feet from the demarcation point,
and about 15 feet from where the TV cable comes in.. The
phone/answering machine on the kitchen wall required power - which I
have routed up the second pair of the phone cable from the power
adapter connected to the 350 va UPS that also powers the
router/modem/wifi access point where the MagicJack Plus will shortly
also be installed. More than half an hour backup for the phone and
internet.