Exterior Internet Connection To House

[androidguy]

What does the internet connection coming into my house look like? My local isp uses coax cables into my modem if this helps and there is only one place where I see wires coming into my house which is from the powerlines and I do have a wired connection and I know i'm not using cell towers or anything. I just would like to know what is what. Thanks

 

[USAFRet]

It depends on what kind of service you have (cable/DSL/fiber), and whether it is a single family residence.
For cable, it would be a 10"x7" box, with one line going in, and probably several coming out.
For fiber, it is a much larger box.

Have you gone outside and looked?

 

[androidguy]

It depends on what kind of service you have (cable/DSL/fiber), and whether it is a single family residence.
For cable, it would be a 10"x7" box, with one line going in, and probably several coming out.
For fiber, it is a much larger box.

Have you gone outside and looked?

I've tried but couldn't find it.

 

[bill001g]

In the very simple case it could just be a single piece of coax tv cable someplace on the outside of the house. There is suppose to be a grounding block on the outside of the house. This is a very simple very small metal looking box with a coax in and a coax out with a copper wire running to a ground or more likely to electrical connection. Because they like to ground this connector to the electric ground it tends to enter the house at a similar location. Now in some places the law does not require the ground so they can just run a coax wire underground or from a telephone pole directly into your house. Still the cable companies are generally very lazy and drill though the wall of the house so you should be able to find the coax someplace on the outside of the house.