Question about moving RG?

[da_hoss]

I'm going to move my RG from one room to a hall closet.  I know I'll need to run power to the closet but what else will I need to run?  Will I need a box for a phone line and Coax?  My network is wireless now and I'm not planing on running ethernet to any rooms now.  I'm going to have AT&T do the actual equipment move but I'd like to have power and whatever other box at least in place before they get here.  Also I have two STB's and the DVR, in the future I would like to add 2 more STB's will I need to add a splitter to do this?  I'm not sure how U-verse works so any help would be great.

[SomeJoe7777 ACE - Geek]

Can you tell us what all is plugged into the back of your RG?  There should be power (obviously), and then some combination of Ethernet cables, coax cable, and/or one or more phone wires, depending on whether you have U-Voice or not.

[da_hoss]

I have a phone line, I assume for U-voice, another line right by it that looks like a phone line as well.  I also have Coax and a ethernet line for the STB sitting next to it.  I won't be using the ethernet line anymore so I'm not worried about that.  I'm assuming I'll need to run a new coax line to the 2 way splitter under the house.  Now I'm not sure what to do about the phone line.  Should I just install the box and let the tech pull a new line through the wall?

[SomeJoe7777 ACE - Geek]

Yes, in the new location that the RG will be going to, you will need the phone line that comes from the outside of the house (the telephone box on the side of the house called the NID), you will also need the phone line that backfeeds the rest of your phone system for U-Voice, and you will need a coax drop that's tied into the rest of the system, it must be RG-6 with compression connectors.

If you're not up to installing all of those drops in the new location, you may have to have someone else (or the U-Verse technician) come and do it.  The U-Verse technician will charge you to run those additional drops.

[da_hoss]

From what I see of the original install I have a 1 into 2 splitter under my house for the two additional TV's.  If I want to run to more rooms do I just need to install a larger splitter?  Does U-verse need a specific splitter or should anyone work?  I plan on running to three additional rooms and get STB's down the road, just figure I'll drop those lines since I'll be working on the move of the RG.

I'll probably have the tech do the phone lines since I'm not really familiar with running those lines.

Thanks for all your help.