Hi, I'm currently in the process of buying a house that is less than 20 years old. I'm interested in getting DirectTv since it is a much better deal than local cable, but I have some fears about the installation process. When my sister and her husband had Dish Network installed last year the installer simply drilled holes into the side of the house, and fished new cable into the rooms ignoring the existing drops (just pulling the cable through a hole he drilled into the wall). Like I said the house I'm buying is less than 20 years old, and I really don't want all these needless holes drilled into it. The house has RG-59 running through it to wall jacks in every room.
Can installers use existing drops and holes for cable runs? I realize they can't use the old RG-59 cable and will need to run RG6, but are they forbidden from using the old cabling routes and wall jacks?
It wouldn't exactly be a big job for me to pull all the old 59 and replace it with RG6; but I've heard horror stories from others that say they did that and the installers still punched new holes and ran their own cabling.
Can installers use existing drops and holes for cable runs? I realize they can't use the old RG-59 cable and will need to run RG6, but are they forbidden from using the old cabling routes and wall jacks?
It wouldn't exactly be a big job for me to pull all the old 59 and replace it with RG6; but I've heard horror stories from others that say they did that and the installers still punched new holes and ran their own cabling.