wyantm06 Posted July 20, 2005 CID Share Posted July 20, 2005 If the Cable TV goes out does that mean the Internet goes out as well??? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MYRIAGON Posted July 20, 2005 CID Share Posted July 20, 2005 I'm with Comcast.........Not always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyantm06 Posted July 20, 2005 Author CID Share Posted July 20, 2005 Ok and one more question...Does the cable for the internet hook into a jack the same exact thing as a cable tv jack?? or is it slightly different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbaker397 Posted July 20, 2005 CID Share Posted July 20, 2005 Yes it is just into the back of a modem. Below is a picture of the back of my modem, its not very good, but it should help get you the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyantm06 Posted July 20, 2005 Author CID Share Posted July 20, 2005 Thanks tbaker your lots of help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbaker397 Posted July 20, 2005 CID Share Posted July 20, 2005 No problem and sorry about the pic, its a webcam pic and i have bad lighting, but you got the idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted July 20, 2005 CID Share Posted July 20, 2005 If the Cable TV goes out does that mean the Internet goes out as well??? Thanks To answer your question, yes. But cable tv rarely goes out so you shouldn't have to worry about losing your internet connection too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted July 20, 2005 CID Share Posted July 20, 2005 Ok and one more question...Does the cable for the internet hook into a jack the same exact thing as a cable tv jack?? or is it slightly different? They are the same. But if you have a splitter on one of your TV lines, the modem may not work on that outlet. To answer your question, yes. But cable tv rarely goes out so you shouldn't have to worry about losing your internet connection too much. Not always. Take the DNS server outage for example. The 'net went out but not cable tv. You recieve them on the same cable to your house, but they come from different locations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted July 21, 2005 CID Share Posted July 21, 2005 Netmasta is correct, cable tv will rarely go out, but even if the cable is working its very possible for the internet not to work. Overall though RR outages are pretty rare for me, unless its something I did . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsnet2k8 Posted July 21, 2005 CID Share Posted July 21, 2005 I have cable and ofcourse internet service with adelphia.... there has been times when i didn't pay my bill for two months and my IS got turned off but not my cable service.... sometimes my digital service would get turned off but not my IS its upto the provider i believe..... btw i have a dedicated line without splitters striaght to my modem having my cable tv on its own splitted lines for all TV's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted July 21, 2005 CID Share Posted July 21, 2005 Cable hardly goes out on my Comcast either. Once though The Weather Channel and weather.com both went out at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsnet2k8 Posted July 21, 2005 CID Share Posted July 21, 2005 just the other nite i thought i had a virus cause my service was very slow for a few hours until i called and they told me they were having difficulties and it was rare cause it rarely goes down.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paladin Posted July 23, 2005 CID Share Posted July 23, 2005 Usually if my cable goes out so does my internet, cause it is usually somebody has crashed the line with their 4wheeler. Before we got fiber op I was losing internet often but not tv. If you lose service for any length of time they should give you credit for a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepsidruid Posted July 23, 2005 CID Share Posted July 23, 2005 cable tv and cable internet run on different frequencies.....internet runs on a much higher frequency. the cable can go out and u can still have internet because its a totally different frequency being cut. im not sure of the exact frequency in question but thats how it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted July 23, 2005 CID Share Posted July 23, 2005 If the Cable TV goes out does that mean the Internet goes out as well??? Thanks Although the signal for both Internet and TV come through the same line, they do have different sources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philp Posted July 23, 2005 CID Share Posted July 23, 2005 Netmasta is correct, cable tv will rarely go out, I see you don't have Time Warner cable in southeast Texas. They are the reason I have a satellite dish now. Frequent outages and scheduled repair times "between 8 A.M. and noon or 1 P.M. and 5 P.M." sometime the following week. You know, times when every one who works will be at home, right? Screw 'em and their digital cable. For channels higher than 100, that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted July 23, 2005 CID Share Posted July 23, 2005 I see you don't have Time Warner cable in southeast Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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