Yes, there are splitters with different impedance's. Cox has the cable hitting the splitter and then the lowest impedance output (3.5db) of the splitter along with the shortest run of cable going to the modem. The higher impedance (7.0db) connections go to the TV sets. One time after doing some maintenance the connections got mixed up and the Cox help desk was able to see this through the modem signal strength reading. I swapped the terminals back and the signal strength came back up to normal. Here is an example of a similar splitter:
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/3399 Regardless, your numbers seem abnormally low for cable on a regular basis. Adding 30 to 40% by bypassing the TV isn't a solution. Tony is probably right in suggesting that the bigger problem is more likely outside your house, rather than inside. I had a similar issue and the technicians found a bad connection at the pole and a shorting out cable, both problems outside. Get a technician out there. Richard P. > what can I conclude from these results for my comcast sold as 768up speed > basic internet via cable? > > speedtest.net 1867u/145d NY.NY > speedtest.net 1195/116 Newark,DE (listed preferred) > frontier.net 1115/335 > voip.com 1004/361 > > do these results have any meaning? are they accurate? are there better > places to check this? > > there was a "splitter" installed by comcast to allow a tv about 10 feet > before my cable modem. I took it out and put in a "bullet" rated for over > 3g and the speed went up about 30-40%. Was the splitter defective? Is > there some sort of splitter I can get that will better distribute the signal > as I want to hook up a tv near the computer? Can I hook the TV up somehow > behind my router instead of on the cable before it? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
