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Posted by Todd H. on September 18, 2008, 12:57 am
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> jmbamboo@gmail.com wrote:
>> My neighbor has cable internet service. The local cable company will
>> run 320 feet which puts it on my property but it is still another 400
>> to 500 feet to my home. How can I extend the cable to my home? I
>> can't get DSL and satellite would involve cutting a lot of trees and
>> only provides 1mb service. Is it possible? I've tried talking to the
>> cable company (no luck) and have searched the net with no luck. I can
>> set up a shed with AC power at the point where the cable company will
>> run to. I am willing to spend a considerable amount as all I have is
>> dialup and I really need high speed for both personal and business
>> reasons. Can I extend the cable and use some type repeater? I can
>> get 16mb service fromt he cable company so I can stand some
>> degradation is speed. Please, any help appreciated.
>> Jim in rural Alabama
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> I would think you would either just pay the CableCo what they charge
> to run the last 4-500' or you could make the run yourself. You could
> trench the distance and lay some PVC and snake a rope inside it in
> preparation for the cable and they might run the 500' for free if you
> had it all ready for them to pull through - the cable doesn't cost
> all that much itself if they won't pay for it and PVC isn't too
> expensive. The digging would be the big part unless you're on a farm
> and already have the equipment to do it.
>
> Above ground (I wouldn't recommend) you could
> follow whatever you already have running above ground (electrical ?)
> using the same poles, etc.
FWIW, the drop bury I've seen done in two different subdivisions here
used a team of 3 guys with landscape shovels hand digging a a tiny
sliver trench and direct burying the cable. Comcast
contractors... who arrived in a beat up 4 door sedan, no uniforms, no
identification, and didn't speak english very well, heading to my
backyard with shovels.
Equipment and PVC... heh... well, not so much.
For a run that long, you'l absolutely want to use the lowest loss
cable you could afford. But you may not have the choice--providing
your own cable and such might only invite them to say they can't
afford to support that which they didn't isntall. You might be
stuck with paying them for extending things farther.
If you wanted to be inventive, and are friendly with the neighbor, a
piont to point wifi network between your house and his might be a good
way to go. Or running cable to his house. Probably breaking the
terms of service from the cable company, but you DID try to pay for
service from them and they turned you down. But... technically
feasible certainly.
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/
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