I have a very particular situation and I cannot find anything similar to it on the internet so I'm going to try here for some advice and maybe ask other places if i need to. So when my house was constructed, the builders (or whoever) wired a cable line (or what I believe to be a cable line) to an electrical pole on my property. The pole resides 500 ft from my house. So currently we have AT&T internet and we get about 3.75mbps download and .5mbps upload. With 5 people in the house, 3 of which are very internet busy kids, this is not NEARLY enough bandwidth to fulfill any sort of need when we are all on at the same time. I've called Comcast inquiring about their internet service but they tell us that their service is unavailable in my area. I've checked using their availability checker and other houses on my street have or can have Comcast internet so I know it's offered in my area. My problem then becomes; can I run this cable line the 500ft it needs to go to get to my house and then have comcast come out and install their internet? Basically, I need to know two things. 1. Is this actually a cable line? (black outer shell with copper wire in center) and 2. If it is and I run it to my house, will I be able to receive cable internet? (Comcast in this example) PLEASE any guidance or input or help or anything that will help me come to a resolution is appreciated!