My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Illinois
I recently moved into a house that I am renting in Chicago, IL, and after moving in we noticed that the cable lines coming into the house were very old/worn and the landlord has no idea what kind of connection it is. No one has lived in this house since they bought it about a year ago, so they are not sure which internet providers (if any) provide access to the house or what kind of installation/fees would be required. There are also no telephone jacks anywhere in the house.
I can not seem to find out through Google searching whether or not the landlord is responsible for putting in a telephone jack or if the landlord is responsible for maintaining the cable lines coming in to the house.
Just a few more details: the cable lines coming in to the house are literally coming in through the wall from outside. Upon following the wire to the source, it seems to be leading to the place where all the power/internet connections for the street are coming from (it leads in to a large electrical post with a bunch of wires going to different houses).
I have read online that in some states, the landlord is required to provide at least one phone jack to hook up phone service and that if there is already a cable hookup in the house, that the landlord is responsible for all repairs, etc. for damages to the hookup not caused by the tenant. We tried installing cable internet with Comcast, but they could not get a signal from our modem, so they are charging $30 to send someone out and said that there might be even more costs. The landlord has told us that if we want internet, we have to pay for all costs associated with hooking that up ourselves, but this seems a little unreasonable in this day and age.
If there is damage to the line that runs from outside straight through to the wall in the living room, would the landlord have to pay for the repairs/installation that might be required for damage to the wire outside or inside of the house? I figure either the wiring is damaged and needs to be replaced, or the house is not hooked up for cable internet at all and the wire is for something else. I know that the house was previously hooked up for Dish network satellite, and there is a splitter outside with one end leading to the old dish that is still on the roof.
So I would just like to know what you guys would suggest doing to get some sort of internet access to the house and whether or not I can make my landlord pay for any damages/install fees that need to be taken care of. I would also like to find out the same for the landline phone jack access.

