cable installation/plant extension

[BustaMupp]

I wasn't sure where to put this so i just put the thread here. The people at Comcast that I talk to know absolutely nothing so i thought i'd ask here. We want to get cable but we are about 300 feet away from the road. They said we need what's called a plant extension otherwise the signal would be dead by the time it reached our house. Does anyone know how much these cost? And with a plant extension, do you get the same speed as someone living 20 ft from the road? thanks

[teststrips]

as far as speed, I don't think you'd have any problems. But with 300 ft, your install bill might be very high. They would either need to dig a trench or go on telephone poles (they might even need to install new phone poles)

Comcast could prove me wrong, but when my aunt wanted cable they quoted her like $2k.

Cable modems have to work the same speed at all nodes (node = about 50-200 people)... it's a broadcast system... baisically if you request a packet a website, the server would broadcast it over your cable node, and it would go to every cable modem on the node, but only yours would pick up the signal, other modems would ignore it.

secure, no - fast, yes - likelyhood there is a hacker in your node with the technology to packet sniff direct cable packets - small (would require a special cable modem, like the main ISP has - read expensive)

[brad]

I'm in the Custom Home Construction business. We typically install the cable from the house to the pedistal or pole. This saves the homeowner and us major dollars not to mention cut irregation/telephone/water/power and drain lines. We always use RG-6 coaxial cable. Sometimes the cable company will even give it to us to save them from coming out.
If your cable company is going to charge you a "arm and leg" for doing it you might consider installing it yourself.
Always call a Locator Service, first, to locate existing buried cables. Their service is free.
brad

[BustaMupp]