The phrase "a different cable" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an alternative cable that is distinct from another one previously mentioned or implied.
Example: "I realized that the cable I was using was faulty, so I decided to replace it with a different cable."
Alternatives: "an alternative cable" or "another cable".
Without it, this would be quite a different cable — and, perhaps, in another era, it would have been.
First, though, the industry needs a data standard, so ambulance crews will not have to carry a different cable and computer for each make of car.
A director of finance for Rainbow Media -- a subsidiary of a different cable provider, Cablevision, which does not offer service in his area -- Mr. Russo, 40, does not fancy himself a techie.
There were translators and plenty of food, a life-size cardboard cutout of Lin, and because the restaurant had a different cable provider, there was an actual live, legal telecast of the game on television.
Around me, each neighborhood has a different cable provider.
Charging the Mate 9 without a different cable or plug, and the charging speed slows down considerably.
The show's popularity presents a different, cable-based model for television success that depends on a steady accrual of fans, edgier programming and the presence of past seasons on streaming services like Netflix or Hulu.
At that time SDI was the norm and any solutions for using networks were about carrying SDI on a slightly different cable.
I was given a chance to hang out at a bunch of different cable news places.
"It's a good time to be a rights owner right now because you have a lot of different cable networks and broadcast networks that understand how critical live sporting events are," McManus said, adding, "I don't think the Big East is going to have all that difficult a time generating a lot of money and a lot of interest".
TCI Ventures Group has stakes in a variety of different cable businesses including its holding in AT&T and Sprint PCS.
