First time installation gotchas

[Steve]

Hi,

I live in Fullerton, CA and from what I can tell only Adelphia is available as
a cable TV provider. There is a power pole in the north-east corner of our
back yard about 50' from the house. I want a line to the garage (soon to be
converted to small office) and one to the family room in the house. Our house
has never been wired for cable and I was wondering if there are any technical
issues I should watch out for when the installer comes? Things like making
sure the cable line is kept far from the power line to the house, proper
drilling and sealing, best types of cable/outlets. I should mention that we'll
be signing up for the Digital Cable package and Power Link broadband access.

Thanks for the help, Steve.

[Gary Tait]

Post by Steve
Hi,
I live in Fullerton, CA and from what I can tell only Adelphia is available as
a cable TV provider. There is a power pole in the north-east corner of our
back yard about 50' from the house. I want a line to the garage (soon to be
converted to small office) and one to the family room in the house. Our house
has never been wired for cable and I was wondering if there are any technical
issues I should watch out for when the installer comes? Things like making
sure the cable line is kept far from the power line to the house, proper
drilling and sealing, best types of cable/outlets. I should mention that we'll
be signing up for the Digital Cable package and Power Link broadband access.
Thanks for the help, Steve.

Have him run it to your house. Hire a private contractor on your own
to run it from the house to the garage, and run some cat6 with it as
well.