I am on cable. Originally, my televisions were on a totally separate line than my computer. But - that line went dead, so I am now all on one main line. However, my cable company had to put a special booster type of thing in the basement where it came in to the house. They didn't recommend having televisions coming off of that line, but the one day they were here, the cable guy put a gizmo on my line next to my computer - a special type of splitter - and he gave me a wire for my televsion in my computer room. The next time a different man was here, he changed to a totally different gizmo - He said the big thing is loss of signal. And since it already existed that time, he was allowed to work on it. The first guy really wasn't allowed to add the wire. It seems to work fine. Sorry I am calling these things gizmo's and I don't really know what is on my wires. Cris ----- Original Message ----- From: Drumwoulf To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 12:44 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Cable operations..? I have a question as to how cable (Comcast) operates.. We pay Comcast for both basic TV and internet services to come into our house. However the TV is downstairs on one cable line, and the PC is upstairs on another. The TV service is payed for by my wife and I pay for the internet, but we do get a 'same household' discount for the internet service. Question: Are these then totally seperate, dedicated lines? Or would both services come in on each cable line, being differentiated only by the type of receiver? In other words, could I add a regular TV to the upstairs computer line via a split T cable connector, and/or might I also then add a PC to the downstairs TV service the same way? Thanks, Greywoulf -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk