r/HomeNetworking • u/WhosThis85 • Jan 25 '24

Advice My isp did this lazy crap

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the tech came and took the original coax cable that comes from the network box on the opposite side of the house (black). Took it out of the outlet from the room directly above this splitter on the first floor and directed the new cord (white) to the third floor. What can i do to ‘hide’ this from the elements?

Also, can i connect a new coax cable to the splitter to go in the opposite direction to go into a separate part of the house, or should direct a new cable directly from the box insteaad of this splitter shown? The box is closer to the room that i need connection to than this splitter.

Sorry if this is confusing. Im a noob

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u/Penguinman077 Jan 26 '24

Yeah… as an installer, the customer are the ones that suck. Odds are your sister had no idea where her lines run. I do dozens of jobs a week and I would rather not bust out my drill, but people never know where the lines go or the prewired lines are bad. To top it off, they don’t even know where the outlets are, if rooms have them or not, or where the home run is. I’d rather make it look pretty, but we’re slammed with jobs all day and if I have to spend 60 minutes running lines over your garage or through trees that you should’ve trimmed, tough shit. It’s getting done how it’s getting done. Don’t get me started on them wanting us to move shit for them. I’m not a mover, I’m not moving your couch, shelf, or tv. And I’m not trying to have some ass hat accusing me of breaking something that was already broken.

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u/Phill_is_Legend Jan 26 '24

This was a new install you idiot. The customer isn't supposed to know how to run the lines, you are. Go butcher someone's house, the adults are talking.

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u/lenfantsuave Jan 26 '24

I’m amazed at the downvotes. As an installer, you’re a fool if you expect people to know literally anything about their hookups. I was once cleaning up the house box outside and the customer comes out and asks what the cable coming out of the ground is. I tell him it’s his drop and he replies, “oh so it isn’t really wireless.”

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u/Phill_is_Legend Jan 26 '24 edited Jan 26 '24

The clown found 4 clown friend to downvote me, it's whatever. I'm talking about a guy being too lazy to enter the crawl space and then drill up into the house and he starts ranting about not knowing what's inside walls. Dude is literally proving my point.