Can I split Comcast cable internet and OTA antenna on same coax?

I want to cancel my comcast cable tv services but still use their internet services COMBINED with an OTA ANTENNA...(trying to reduce my bills) Can I do this on one coax cable with a diplexer....

I hope someone can help me here as I will greatly appreciate it!


thanks! techno

No

I second that no, overlapping frequencies!!

What are the odds of internet and an OTA station using the same channel?

Let's go with a 3rd "NO" vote.

Absolutely not.

What are the odds of internet and an OTA station using the same channel?

That isn't the issue - it's the fact that you're now providing a way for the cable signals to be broadcast OTA.

As well as the potentional using the same frequencies.

Can I split Comcast cable internet and OTA antenna on same coax?

I want to cancel my comcast cable tv services but still use their internet services COMBINED with an OTA ANTENNA...(trying to reduce my bills) Can I do this on one coax cable with a diplexer....

I hope someone can help me here as I will greatly appreciate it!


thanks! techno

I thought I read in a comcast forum somewhere that if you have cable internet that you can still get unencrypted local channels. In that case, you wouldn't need an antenna. I have not tried this but I'm also thinking of dropping my tv subscription and just keeping the internet.

What are the odds of internet and an OTA station using the same channel?
Guaranteed, both the downstream and upstream frequencies are being used in the outside world for something. Those somethings will cause grief for cable modems.

I thought I read in a comcast forum somewhere that if you have cable internet that you can still get unencrypted local channels. In that case, you wouldn't need an antenna. I have not tried this but I'm also thinking of dropping my tv subscription and just keeping the internet.
Dropping your cable TV subscription will increase your internet bill by $10.

I don't know if it this makes a difference, I have Time Warner in central TX. I canceled cable a few months ago and kept my internet. I still receive my locals digitally through the QAM tuner of my TV but the analog versions are pretty fuzzed out.

I thought I read in a comcast forum somewhere that if you have cable internet that you can still get unencrypted local channels. In that case, you wouldn't need an antenna.Yes, but you'll need a QAM tuner.

Dropping your cable TV subscription will increase your internet bill by $10.

Thanks for everyones help! And you are right Comcast said internet alone would be $65 a month! (+ maybe even a disconnect charge or truck roll fee)


What a monopoly Comcast is. Lower your service/package and they up another service! Crazy!!!!

*Anyone know how high I can go with an antenna? I have cemented a 1" pole into a home depot 5 gallon bucket (using 50 pounds of quickcrete) and it's only 7 feet high. Seems if I go to 15-20 feet high I will have to have some kind of base under the bucket for wind? Maybe I can make an X with some 2X4's as a base....

Would a 1" inch pipe be stable at 15-20ft? Seems as if the base is more important....


thanks, techno



thanks, techno

The basic cable TV package with the internet would be about the same or maybe even less than having just the internet alone. I know it's crazy, but it's been priced that way for years now. Here it's $15 off of the internet price if you have any TV service at all.

Would a 1" inch pipe be stable at 15-20ft? Seems as if the base is more important....
thanks, techno
No.

It's actually it's 1" and 1/8 inches in diameter.... and it's steel. Might be a water pipe? Comes in 10 foot lengths at home depot.

I cannot bend it for the world.

It wouldn't be stable at 15-20 feet? even with wires or a base of some sort to stop it from tipping in high winds?


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If you guy it good, it will probably be alright, then.

If you guy it good, it will probably be alright, then.

I would agree at 20' your going to be top heavy.

yea if you cancel your cable and leave only internet they'll raise the price

verizon does it too