Help Elysium Not Go Crazy
It's safe to say that I go a little insane when my cable goes out, so the fact that it's going out a little while every day is a dangerous trend. I have a cable modem, and since the room where I have both a television and my computer has only one cable outlet, I have to use a splitter to connect both. Unfortunately for about four or five hours during the day - mainly on weekdays, less often on weekends - my cable modem can not maitain a connection. However, if I remove the splitter and plug the modem in directly the problem is fixed - except for the part where now I have no cable television. What confuses me is why it only happens during the day, mainly on weekdays, and by the evening everything is running fine again. Stranger still is that this problem only cropped up about 2 weeks ago with no interruption using the same set up in the months prior. I've tried a different splitter, and it made things worse. Is there a solution?
As a second tangential question, I've not been real happy with my cable company anyway. With DSL service available, is there any technical reason to stick with the cable?
"I think Elysium has the right of it" - Certis
No clue on the technical problem. However, if you are talking about Qwest DSL, avoid it like the plague. Not as fast and horrendous customer service.
"All that time you waste dating and having sex could be better spent scouring the web for new game developer press releases." - Quintin_Stone
Do you have a digital splitter? Also, is this a direct line from outside the house? or is there another splitter before the one in the room? The more you split the signal, the greater the loss. You could try a cable signal booster. I used to have the same setup, and the guy who came to put my cable in told me that the splitter he used was a digital splitter so there would be less signal loss. Just an idea
All right Timmy, where did the angel touch you?
Each time you split a cable line, you cut in half the juice going to each of the connections. So, what can happen is that if you split it, one line has enough to show tv but the other may be below the threshold necessary to hold an internet connection. The reason this may only happen during some times is if the power going to the cable line fluctuates -- maybe it doesn''t get as much during the day. You can call the cable company and ask them to boost the power on your line; they may or may not feel like doing it.
As for deciding whether or not to keep cable, you''re asking a guy who ditched the cable company entirely and went through a big huge DirecTv debacle and is still better off without Cable. Just me though
I generated a virtual world in the toilet bowl this morning.
-- Podunk on the PS3's mystical, magical abilities
No, Alien13z, I''m south of the river. We don''t get your fancy Qwest or Time Warner service. I''ve got crappy Integra Telecom or Mediacom Cable to choose from.
And, for the record, guys. It''s only split the one time.
"I think Elysium has the right of it" - Certis
That may not matter. They may have split it a couple times outside, etc. etc. An internet connection (from what I''ve seen) takes more power to hold than a TV connection. And poop on Rokk for beating me to the post.
I generated a virtual world in the toilet bowl this morning.
-- Podunk on the PS3's mystical, magical abilities
Muuuuwwwaaahahahaha!!!! ha
All right Timmy, where did the angel touch you?
Cable company for free will come out and test the strength of your signal (based on your complaints and issue)
Usually it results in them installing a booster somewhere..
Or sometimes they need to dig up some new lines... either way your out some personal time but no money.
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
Down in the Park with a friend called Five.
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Are those the companies that only accept payment in barter? I can loan you some beaver pelts if you''re short.
"All that time you waste dating and having sex could be better spent scouring the web for new game developer press releases." - Quintin_Stone
Damn that''s a funny story. Thanks for that.
Hey, I do what I can. By hiring idiots.
I generated a virtual world in the toilet bowl this morning.
-- Podunk on the PS3's mystical, magical abilities
Demons.
"You just checked in to Hotel Califoni-getyourasskicked!" Steely Dan said to The Eagles
Peanuts.
"Thanks, KrazyTaco, thanks. I'd put it in your pooper too." -Mex
"Krazy, I love the fact that you exist." -Vector
No ghosts... cable ghosts... they are the worst kind.
That should be what tech support starts telling people. Superstitious lot computer users are.
The voices say hello.
Sounds like cable gremlins, that''s why I switched to satellite. Sometimes the airwave fairies get to it but not as often.
Gremlins.
Certis beat me to it. - Elysium
I don''t know about your DSL company but I have been with SBC DSL for a couple of years now. Their customer service is absolutely abysmal however my connection has maybe been down for 10 hours total in the entire time I have had it, I get 1.5-3 down and 384 up for less than 50 bucks a month, that is way way better than what I was getting through charter cable before I moved to SBC.
I have 26.6 Kbps dial-up....shutup now.
"Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." - Unknown
ROTFLMAO at baggachipz''s story. I agree with the ""booster"" scenario, you might want to look at getting a digital DA. We used analog ones all the time back when I was in video post.
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That story may just get me through the day without killing anyone... None of the people here are THAT stupid
Ahh the life of a Sys admin 
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