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RG59 from street to RG6 in the house

OK...

1. Is this acceptable

Sure it is, being that the change is made off the split, you should not see any issues

2. Is there any advantages?

Well... here's the deal.

Series 6 cable (AKA RG 6) has 2 main advantages over Series 59 (aka RG-59)

1. Larger diameter centre conductor which decreases resistance and therefore decreases signal loss over the same length of cable when compared to Series 59, especially at higher frequencies.

2. Better Shielding compared to Series 59, allows for better performance in high RFI environments, and less ingress on greater length of cable.

Now all that being said, the important question is... will you see a difference?

If you are currently having issues with your service, you will likely see an improvement, but there is just as much chance that the improvement is due to having new clean, "non-oxidized copper" connections as it is having bigger cable.

Now as far as a recommendation, I would advise to use the Series 6, as it does have noticeable advantages at higher frequencies, and while they might not be that important today, it will become necessary in the future.

I thought the main cable from outside was RG59. But now under closer investigation it in fact does look like RG6. So I'll just upgrade all the RG59. Don't know why Mountain Cable didn't install RG6 in the house knowing they had RG6 from the street to the house.

reply to FusionGuy
I've got an RG11 run from the splitter in the basement to my MTA, installed in July of 2006. I just checked and half my runs are RG59 (75Ω) which are from a long time ago back when they just had analog TV, one of them is actually hooked up to an HDTV and its been fine. The other half are all RG6, with the e-MTA run being RG11.

The drop from outside looks like its RG6, i couldn't tell for sure 'cause the writing is kind of faded - can only actually make out "Mountain Cablevision" on it lol, but it is pretty thick.
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reply to FusionGuy
How long are the RG59 cables?

The family room and the spare bedroom where cable modem is located is just above those splitters on the main floor. To the TV I'd say 10' and to the modem about the same. TV2 (black cable) is way on the other side of the house in the living room.

reply to MikeG
MikeG does the cable with the connector look like RG6? Mine is also faded and all I can make out is Mountain Cablevision.

The other cable is Mountain Cablevision tri-shield RG59 they installed.

reply to FusionGuy
For a 10 foot length of coax, I'd say that the difference between RG6 and RG59 will be imperceptible. For the length going to the other side of the house, maybe RG6 might offer a slight advantage, depending on cable length. RG59 is still very popular for short runs, for that matter, most TV's come with a prepackaged RG59 cable to plug into the wall!

reply to FusionGuy
Heres what ours looks like.

Now:

I'm wondering why the tech didn't install a 3-way splitter in my house. Is there a reason why he used two 2-way splitters?

If you only have so many TVs then a 3way isn't needed. If in the future you get more TVs then they'll come out and change it around.

Before with us we only had 3 TVs and no cable internet so the 2way splitters met our needs.

We then got another TV and Internet, so we needed more outputs.
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Did Mountain install the RG11 or was that done by you?

Mountain, when they did the phone + internet installation.

There are some people in the cable users forum that want to know why the ground wires are coiled. I'm also wondering the same thing. Any ideas?