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Re: [COMCAST] signal strength/HDTV & Internet question
Although the folks around here seem to like sending the hottest signal to the cablemodem, I've personally found it to be the most resilient to a weak signal. Unless you're losing sync and are having problems, you'll probably see the same speeds whether it's on the strongest or weakest tap.
TV, on the other hand, you visibly see the degradation on analog stations, and the most minor losses are so visible on digital channels, especially HDTV. I would personally send the hottest tap to where you need to split again
Be aware that many 3 tap splitters are really functionally equivalent to two 2 tap splitters. Those types of splitters usulaly have two taps at -6 and another at -3. The two diagrams posted above would be nearly identical in function if you had one of those types of three output splitters. And, as mentioned above, I think that's desirable since the room with the extra spilts needs a little more strength.
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