If we buy an HDTV antenna, can we still connect through the existing cable wires without losing internet access?

StaceyGayle · Jan 29, 2014

We have our internet and cable services bundled, but we're ready to drop cable TV. If we use the existing cable hook-up to attach an attic/rooftop HDTV antenna, will we love our internet? Any ways around this? Special splitter? Please advise - gotta dump this underused cable service!

rgd1101 · Jan 29, 2014

you need to cable, one for the antenna and one for the internet

Wisecracker · Jan 29, 2014

You will not 'lose' your Internet but you should check with your provider to verify the cost of web-only options.

And you do not need an "HDTV" antenna -- any conventional TV antenna will work just dandy. Even 'rabbit ears' ...

Wolfshadw · Jan 29, 2014

As RGD1101 states, you will need to run a second cable from your attic/rooftop antenna. Your Hi-Speed Internet will still require the use of the current cable TV cable.

-Wolf sends

americanaudiophile · Jan 31, 2014

Are your PCs wired with coax cable for internet access? Don't think so. You need to run the wire from the TV antenna to the place where the cable coax wire is connected to the house wiring. That will feed all the TVs. The Cat network cables are still connected to the cable through the cable modem.

Hawkeye22 · Feb 14, 2014

Wisecracker :

True, there is no such thing as an HDTV antenna, but rabbit ears... only if you live very close to the tv station.

@OP: I suggest you check out antennaweb to see what size/type of an antenna you need.

StaceyGayle · Mar 4, 2014

Thanks for all the replies. We purchased a MOHU antenna and hooked it up to the existing cable line with a splitter that allowed us to continue using the high-speed internet.

hmacey32 · Dec 12, 2015

StaceyGayle :

I am interested in doing this but am not tech savy at all. I have been researching and all I've seen in that attaching an ota to your existing cable lines and still being able to use your cable internet cannot be done. Is there any way you could explain to me how you did this?

Wolfshadw · Dec 12, 2015

This is an old and extremely outdated thread. I would recommend that you create a new thread in regards to the issue that you are experiencing.

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