me pc is up stairs,lol,,,and me tv box is down stairs,,cable goes outside and up a floor to me bedroom wall and into me pc...all i was wondering was too change me box to a straight modem cable too me bedroom instead of having a box,,,i dont use the tv for only the 5 channels,,so its stting there bieng used as a ethernet box,,,i heard cable modem is better than the box,,,but would ntl exchange this for me?nowt like cheek