[NY Attitude]

It could be a toss-up between the box on the pole and the box on the TV set. Since the box on the pole is via a feeder line from a central source that also has the same signals that you receive in your bedroom, a higher probability exists that the failure is within the box on the TV set than the one on the pole.

[Soaring Feather]

Yup, could be, by why so much widespread outage -all the way across the state?? Wind damage, satellite damage, etc.