What is an "Active Cable Outlet?

[DragiU]

What is an "Active Cable Outlet?  I am currently hooked up with hughesnet.  Do I just use their cable and switch out theirs with my XFI Gateway?

[jav6joev]

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@DragiU wrote:

What is an "Active Cable Outlet?  I am currently hooked up with hughesnet.  Do I just use their cable and switch out theirs with my XFI Gateway?

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A Comcast/Xfinity technician would probably have to connect their cable source to your connection where HughesNet is connected.  That should provide the Comcast signal to your house cable outlets.

[strega7]

Do you have a comcast cable to your home?  Is the connection just dangling?  In my case, I hooked a modem to mine (outside) and I could see from the lights on the modem that it was not syncing up, and in the store, the Comcast agent showed me the Comcast history of my house: blank.  So, I needed a tech to hook that up at the box near the street.  Fortunately, in my case, the wire was already there.  If you're currently on satellite internet, I wonder if you have a wire at all?

[CCAndrew]

You can use the physical cable outlet in your house but you need to hook that up to a live Comcast signal outside. Maybe a tech install would be a good thing