Because back in the bad old days you most certainly could get a cable signal and your internet through the same coax line.
Cable internet and satellite tv on same line.
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To understand cable internet just picture the circular outlets you use for cable television.
The high bandwidth of these cables means cable internet can reach faster speeds than dsl satellite and.
The best thing to do when you have both satellite and cable tv is to run two physically separate wires.
Ain t splitters wonderful but when it comes to running coax from an outdoor over the air antenna and your cable internet into a single line into your home well you just can t do it.
Combining both signals in theory would allow you to take advantage of the company s existing infrastructure for your own ota television.
Cable internet satellite on same line.
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Bottom line is that cable and directv cannot coexist on the same cable.
When you hook a modem to one of those your cable internet provider can send you data through the same coaxial cables that deliver cable tv.
On the face of it it seems like a good idea.
The cable guy would need to run a separe coax cable from the outside to either your distribution point if a coax cable is available at the modem location otherwise a new cable must be run to that location.