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@jstudrawa

That would work the only issue is single mode fiber is like $1.60 a ft or something like that. cable is ultimately cheaper, and can be run along the power poles hes has going up the driveway

@jstudrawa
so hes trying to avoid the 7k thats how much the cable company wants to charge him to run wire and the satellite is the best package and he pulls 2mb a second. its terrible and the latency. forget about it, he cant even stream netflix and they charge him 100 a month for that.
so im trying to figure out how to run this so he can bulk order the cable and me and my buds are going to run it all the way up the driveway for him
 

@Ben17

that looks great but im having a little trouble understanding this. Could you maybe help explain it a bit, How would this be run?
 

@Vishera I know lol. trust me i looked into Single-mode Fiber, that would've been real easy.

It's a shame,A Single-Mode Optic Fiber's max length is 32 KM

While i agree @Vishera they do not offer Fiber in my fathers area,

Why coax and not optic fiber?
Optic fiber is way better and is future proof.
Coax is ancient.

@Ben17

yeah i was looking at that earlier. max use of a cable without a booster is 500m. Im sure there are ways to boost it, I mean why else would the cable company quote him saying they can do it if its not possible. I think we need a new tech tips video  ??????

Hello everyone!,

    I am having some trouble figuring out this issue. My father lives in scenic nowhere and is forced to use satellite internet and it is hot garbage. because he runs a farm the local cable company said they will give him a discounted rate of $7000 to run cable to his house. His driveway is 1/2 mi (roughly) long and the cable company said he can alternatively buy the parts himself and run the cable and they'll come hook it up for the $75 activation fee. Me and my friends all agreed that if we can find out how to make it work, we'll all dedicate the weekend to going there and putting the cable up for him (he's 60 we don't really want him up on ladders like that) 

Here's the issue. At 2600 feet or so. There's going to need to be boosters to amplify the signal from the road to the house. Can anyone give me an idea of what needs to be done to accomplish this

is it possible to put one really strong booster in line and boost the signal all the way to the house?
are there in line boosters that need to be used? we all agreed it would be much easier to put boosters at each end if at all possible.

please let me know!

Thank you,
Ken Caggiano