I feel like you can simply do a visual inspection of cables before running an entirely new line to your house as described in step 2. I had intermittent outage

I feel like you can simply do a visual inspection of cables before running an entirely new line to your house as described in step 2. I had intermittent outage issues with my cable internet before, and was able to find where squirrels had chewed through the insulation on the outside line, which would cause outages or issues when it was wet.