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If there's already a coax cable run what's stopping you from running an ethernet cable alongside it or replacing it?
by mangeld 3y ago
If there's already a coax cable run what's stopping you from running an ethernet cable alongside it or replacing it?
- jakderrida 3y agoBecause he uses MoCa instead.
- Chabsff 3y agoCoax runs in residential houses tend not to go through conduits, and often squeeze through holes in joists just barely big enough for the cable. Not to mention that, in my experience, they also tend to involve splitters in the absolute most random of locations. Running Ethernet alongside it is rarely any easier than fishing from scratch.
- ellisv 3y agoI haven't run Ethernet, but if I do the drops will be very near the coaxial cables because they're an easy reference.
- tetris11 3y agoIf the endpoints have a hidden fork in between, then what you are shovelling in on one end might not be what comes out the other.
- massysett 3y agoLaziness. I’d much rather spend $100 on gizmos than spend hours on a home improvement project. And these projects are never as simple as they at first promise to be.