whats the speed of connecting wan ethernet and coax cable

[Katsumoto1]

I have fios internet with phone no tv added and the guy came over and installed cat 6 to the router instead of coax, is the wan ethernet faster  for downloads files rather than wan coax??? my plan package is the 15/5 mbps

[viafax999]

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@Katsumoto wrote:

I have fios internet with phone no tv added and the guy came over and installed cat 6 to the router instead of coax, is the wan ethernet faster  for downloads files rather than wan coax??? my plan package is the 15/5 mbps

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Hmm, why did he do that?  Were you having access issues?

Whatever should make no difference.

[Katsumoto1]

he said only b/c we not adding tv im going to hook it up with cat cable and my question is it faster or slower than coax cable

[viafax999]

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@Katsumoto wrote:

he said only b/c we not adding tv im going to hook it up with cat cable and my question is it faster or slower than coax cable

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As I said it won't make any difference.

You have to connect it via ethernet now as that's the way the ONT has been provisioned.  Only one way will work for the intrenet after provisioning.

Wish they'd done mine that way then I wouldn't have the crazy splitters and 70 odd feet of exra coax running through the basement - I already has a cat6 cable from where the dsl connetcion used to be that went to the switch that provided access to the whole house.

[jmw1950]

Your Cat6 Cable from the ONT to the Router probably runs at 100mbps, the MOCa (Coax) link usually runs a little 'north' of 200mbps.  Both are enough faster than your 15/5 connection that the difference isn't easily measured.

[lasagna]

Actually the MoCA is 1.0, I believe ... so it's probably topping out at 175mbps, but as you said ... both ethernet @ 100mb and MoCa at 175mbs are both an order of magnitude faster than the 15mb downstream rate the OP is provisioned for.   So it doesn't matter how they provisioned the connection. 

[spacedebris]

Ethernet is the preferred method in my opinion. This will allow you to run your own router if you decide to. If Verizon ever gets residential speeds north of 100Mbs that then may become an issue, but for now and for the foreseeable future I would say you have the better installation option.