Cable Splitter for Rogers

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Thu Jan 6 23:26:57 UTC 2005


Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 10:10:04AM -0500, Steve wrote:
> 
>>On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 09:50:37 -0500, Sidney <sidney-3Kd7Tu4o6f/sBN0MCq728g at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>>>Howdy all,
>>>
>>>I have Rogers high speed, the fastest residential package they offer. I
>>>would like to split the coax cable going into my cable modem and get a
>>>cable going into my computer's tuner card as well. I tried doing it
>>>using some cheaply cable I had lying around. It worked, but it was not
>>>shielded and the TV signal was of poor quality. Where can I get the
>>>heavy duty cable, splitter and connectors rogers seems to be using? I
>>>need about four feet.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Sid
>>
>>You should be able to just walk into any Rogers outlet and say you
>>need a 6' jumper cable (explain that you had to move your TV or
>>something). They used to just give away 6' cables (with connectors on)
>>to anyone who asked.
> 
> 
> He wanted GOOD coax cable. :)

Actually, Rogers is a good place to get them, because they're legally 
responsible for resolving interference problems.  They don't want their 
customers using poor quality cables.
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