i think verizon fios has a way of doing the throttle remotely. when i signed up for more speed, the sales person in the office turned on the turbocharger. was up speed in less than 5 min.
At 02:47 PM 12/12/2008, you wrote: >You do realize Comcast sells 3 tiers... > >Basic 768up >High 6Gup >High+Boost 16Gup > >I have the BASIC and the numbers I cite exceed what they sold me so I cannot >fault that. But, they put a "brake" on the pole to keep it below the upper >tiers and behind them in priority. Where does one get a splitter with a low >impedance through channel such as you describe? Would there be a WiFi >solution to this that can reside behind my router? Can it "see" the cable >TV carried into the cable modem via the computer? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Richard P. [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:12 PM >Subject: Re: speedtest > > >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/ ** >************************************************************************* > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
