Stop diddling with the wires. Unless there's something drastically wrong with the signal, you're best off not screwing with them. They aren't like analog signals of yore that could slow down a connection if there was a bit of noise on the line. The increase you saw from the splitter was probably just a transient internet thing.
There's definitely _something_ wrong with your results, if your download speeds are such a small fraction of upload. I assume you tried different servers? But it's not going to be a problem inside your house, or anything you can do about it short of calling them. Try lying if you have to just to get a tech out to see for themselves. PS My Comcast is giving me 25000d/1400u to DC today. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:08 PM, RLeeSimon <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ ** *************************************************************************
