Cable in Southern Oaks area

[dsnrbec]

Can anyone tell me if Xfinity is available in this area?

[LBSsnowbird]

Xfinity is available. I have it in Marsh Bend (new-ish village near Fenny).

[dsnrbec]

Thanks!

[M2inOR]

We just purchased a home in the 25V section just north of the Cattail Rec Center, closing in a few weeks.

Is either Spectrum or CenturyLink available as alternate Internet providers?

Also, a question for anyone in Marsh Bend area - who takes care of putting connectors on the coax and Cat-5 cables in the low-voltage box in the garage? Are the jacks in some of the rooms for telephone or Ethernet?

Thanks.

Mike

[JoMar]

Spectrum is available south of 44....a great alternative to Xfinity and CenturyLink.

[pacjag]

We just purchased a home in the 25V section just north of the Cattail Rec Center, closing in a few weeks.

Is either Spectrum or CenturyLink available as alternate Internet providers?

Also, a question for anyone in Marsh Bend area - who takes care of putting connectors on the coax and Cat-5 cables in the low-voltage box in the garage? Are the jacks in some of the rooms for telephone or Ethernet?

Thanks.

Mike

My experience in a brand new home in Monarch Grove:

Internet or cable provider will put connectors on the coax cables.

Cat5 cables are set up for phones and connected to a block in the low voltage panel.

You could use the Cat5 for Ethernet by putting a switch in the low voltage cabinet and connecting the the other end of one cable to your router.

I used one coax to connect to xFinity modem/router in the main room and use Wi-Fi for just about everything. I did connect my Smart TV via Cat5 to the router.

[M2inOR]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I'm a techie (engineering and marketing) that will be moving from Oregon. When we looked at the new construction, I was surprised to see that the work was left like this:

(see attached)

I know how to install connectors, and plan to do something like what you recommend, plus installing a mesh router system as well as a few security cameras.

How are Internet speeds for you with Comcast? I was told only Comcast is currently supporting our new home location.

[JoMar]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I'm a techie (engineering and marketing) that will be moving from Oregon. When we looked at the new construction, I was surprised to see that the work was left like this:

(see attached)

I know how to install connectors, and plan to do something like what you recommend, plus installing a mesh router system as well as a few security cameras.

How are Internet speeds for you with Comcast? I was told only Comcast is currently supporting our new home location.

see post #5 if your house is south of 44

[biker1]

That approach will not work with CenturyLink unless you run another cat5 homerun to the low-voltage panel from the room where you put your router. CenturyLink installs an ONT on the outside of your house and then uses a cat5 from the ONT to one of the rooms in your house where you want to install the router (they don't use coax). However, I guess you could consider putting the router in the low-voltage panel and then you would have cat5 homeruns to all of the rooms. I wonder about the Wi-FI strength.

My experience in a brand new home in Monarch Grove:

Internet or cable provider will put connectors on the coax cables.

Cat5 cables are set up for phones and connected to a block in the low voltage panel.

You could use the Cat5 for Ethernet by putting a switch in the low voltage cabinet and connecting the the other end of one cable to your router.

I used one coax to connect to xFinity modem/router in the main room and use Wi-Fi for just about everything. I did connect my Smart TV via Cat5 to the router.

[pacjag]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I'm a techie (engineering and marketing) that will be moving from Oregon. When we looked at the new construction, I was surprised to see that the work was left like this:

(see attached)

I know how to install connectors, and plan to do something like what you recommend, plus installing a mesh router system as well as a few security cameras.

How are Internet speeds for you with Comcast? I was told only Comcast is currently supporting our new home location.

I have not measured the speeds yet. I am running a Ring security system, two cameras, a Ring doorbell, and a streaming TV at present. No problems so far.

[pacjag]

That approach will not work with CenturyLink unless you run another cat5 homerun to the low-voltage panel from the room where you put your router. CenturyLink installs an ONT on the outside of your house and then uses a cat5 from the ONT to one of the rooms in your house where you want to install the router (they don't use coax). However, I guess you could consider putting the router in the low-voltage panel and then you would have cat5 homeruns to all of the rooms. I wonder about the Wi-FI strength.

I had the same concern about Wi-Fi but have not had any issues so far. I really wanted Spectrum GB service but they swore they had no service in my area. Of course they were wrong but I had already signed up with Xfinity by the time I figured that out,

[Altavia]

During my design meetings last week, they mentioned connection is provided for an access point in the ceiling near the center of the main living area?

https://www.linksys.com/us/r/resource-center/what-is-a-wifi-access-point/

[Michael Charles]

Not sure about Cat5 but we've been in McClure since march 30th we have Comcast xfinity for internet $45 unlimited with 2 of us using tablets plus streaming Amazon or Netflix with no issues. What speed I can't tell you but it hasn't lost the connection yet. We have a dish contract so we're with that for at least 8 more months. 3 times we've lost the signal. The 6 ends in the cable/sprinkler box had connections put on when tech came to the home.