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To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 10:54 AM
Subject: RE: cable splitters
> Thanks to all for the info.
>
> So for the heck of it I removed the splitter.
>
> And now my connection is slower.
>
> -boggle-
>
> On my last
> Not sure if it's the splitter or not, but my cable (comcast,
> GRRR. Give me some upload power please) is capped at 25-29k!
> Downloads are fast.
> I've seen as high as 400k.
> Check with your provider, they may be capping you. I believe
> they do this as the cable bandwidth is much higher fo
Uncap your modem. :-) But when you get in trouble I know nothing!
> Thanks to all for the info.
> So for the heck of it I removed the splitter.
> And now my connection is slower.
> -boggle-
> On my last test w/ DSL reports, I got
> Your download speed : 187245 bps, or 182 kbps.
> A 22.8 KB/sec t
downloads than uploads.
Ian
Raymond Camden wrote:
> So, a while ago we talked about cable splitters and the impact on cable
> modems. I recently purchased a tv tuner card and decided to see how "bad" it
> would be. I installed it, and traffic "seemed" fine, but over
Thanks to all for the info.
So for the heck of it I removed the splitter.
And now my connection is slower.
-boggle-
On my last test w/ DSL reports, I got
Your download speed : 187245 bps, or 182 kbps.
A 22.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 25084 bps, or 24 kbps.
which if I read thei
den [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 11:36 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: cable splitters
Ah hah, so on that "high freq" thing - my splitter say 3.5db on each end. Is
that good, bad, ok?
-rc
> -Original Message-
> From: Tyler Silcox [mailto:[EMAIL PROT
> One question, you say that the tests were 220/44 or so. But
> you call it "kps". Is that kilobits per second or kilobBytes
> per second? I'm going to guess that it's kilobytes (KB).
> That's what IE shows. So if you multiply those by 8, you get
> 1760/352. That looks pretty good, actually. My
> As far as I know, cable companies use splitters themselves
> when adding new lines to your house...go check the outside of
> your house, but I had one line in from the street, with what
> looked like a $10 radio shack splitter. But I have heard it
> is important to get high frequency/bandwidt
;s what IE shows. So if you multiply those by 8, you get
> 1760/352. That looks pretty good, actually. My cable provider
> only allows 128Kb up and you appear to be getting 352Kb.
>
> -Kevin
>
>
> - Original Message -----
> From: "Raymond Camden"
>
&g
Ah hah, so on that "high freq" thing - my splitter say 3.5db on each end. Is
that good, bad, ok?
-rc
> -Original Message-
> From: Tyler Silcox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 10:33 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: cable splitt
IE shows. So if you multiply
those by 8, you get 1760/352. That looks pretty good, actually. My cable
provider only allows 128Kb up and you appear to be getting 352Kb.
-Kevin
- Original Message -
From: "Raymond Camden"
> So, a while ago we talked about cable splitters a
->
Tyler S
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From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 11:20 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: cable splitters
So, a while ago we talked about cable splitters and the impact on cable
modems. I recently purchased a tv tuner card and decided to see how &
I had a co-axal cable splitter from the wall outlet to my TV and cable
modem. None of the co-axal cables outside the wall were longer then 3 ft.
Although I never noticed poor performance with my cable modem, my cable
reception became poor.
I changed cables just to make sure it wasn't that, but t
So, a while ago we talked about cable splitters and the impact on cable
modems. I recently purchased a tv tuner card and decided to see how "bad" it
would be. I installed it, and traffic "seemed" fine, but over time, it
seemed like some things were slower.
The problem is
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From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 10:32 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: cable splitters and cable modems
Thanks. As it stands, I missed Enterprise again. (Of course, it was a busy
weekend, my daughter almost cut the tip of her finger off.) I t
TECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 9:15 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: cable splitters and cable modems
>
> Same here.. I have not noticed any connection or speed issues.
>
>
> At 07:48 PM 3/7/2004, you wrote:
> > > From: Raymond Camden
> > >
&
Same here.. I have not noticed any connection or speed issues.
At 07:48 PM 3/7/2004, you wrote:
> > From: Raymond Camden
> >
> > Anyone know if a simple cable splitter will intefere with a
> > cable modem? The upstream connection I mean.
>
>We run ours through a splitter, cable modem and cable box
> > And since you asked about sending a signal from your TiVo to
> > other TVs, some distributors have multiple inputs too. So you
> > can get a 3-way in/8-way out for instance.
> >
>
> When used like this - where does the signal go? Ie, assume I'm sending
video
> from a PC back to the splitter, ho
> There are also amplified splitters/distributors. They build
> the amp inline with the splitter. For instance, I have an
> 8-way split in my house. I don't have 8 TVs, but I have jacks
> everywhere.
>
> And since you asked about sending a signal from your TiVo to
> other TVs, some distributor
> Anyone know if a simple cable splitter will intefere with a cable modem?
The
> upstream connection I mean.
There are better splitters and worse splitters. The typical splitter that
most people buy is just that, simple. And as Jim said, each split adds
resistance and reduces the signal. If you ha
two TVs. The cable modem works fine
and both TVs get great pictures (both in regular and High-Def).
You should be fine.
Jim Davis
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From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 10:35 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: cable splitters and cable modems
A
> From: Raymond Camden
>
> Anyone know if a simple cable splitter will intefere with a
> cable modem? The upstream connection I mean.
We run ours through a splitter, cable modem and cable box - doesn't seem
to effect our speed that we notice
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