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Not sure where to put this topic, but I suppose it's appropriate here.

The fiasco that is my house's coaxial cable system finally gave in on me... kinda. In a (probably) unrelated note, I tried to set up my router again after it would never work before. It failed the setup and couldn't find an Internet connection, so in the meantime I decided to clean this room; I removed some of my dad's work stuff, cleaned the floors and desks, etc. When I set the modem up again, it wouldn't get a signal. I called my ISP and asked them to reset it on their side and they couldn't even reach it. I took the modem to my bedroom and found that it worked fine down there on my cable. Then I tried it in my parent's room (where they never watch TV) and it worked again. At first frustrated, but then inspired, I split the cable for more length, ran it down my hallway, set the modem on the floor across the room from my computer, and ran a 20ft ethernet to the computer. I has internet but still no wireless. ISP is coming out tomorrow. I want them to re-route my cables.

I might take pics cuz it just looks awful with cable running across the entire ground floor of my house.

Well I got into my router controls and such and it's unlocked now. I haven't turned my DS on yet but if should be working. Tonight might work >:]

yeah the cables kinda piss me off and my dog is either gonna die on them or tear the cables out of the wall. Which is worse I don't  know.

Sounds daunting. At least I think you know more than your ISP. Sometimes I wonder how in the hell people have gotten where they are and the intelligent ones are lost in the dark.

It's by far cheaper if you do it yourself

Yea, it's a weird thing. I'm not gonna speak for AJ but I've seen that before. I dunno how it works but it's cable tv and internet in one package...

fiber optics where its at

Depends on how it's used and if it's in your area. Some fiber lines are shared among a street or neighborhood.