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Originally Posted by Angrybird 12
There are other factors involved also. The age and rating of the wiring that carries the signal can make a huge difference.
I switched to Cable internet about a month ago from DSL. I was supposed to have doubled my speed. But instead it was cut in half. Since the cable inside my home was about 35 years old along with cheap Walmart splitters, I decided to change them out. I bought all new cable rated for HD and high speed internet. I also bought matching splitters. That brought my speed up some but not like it should. I contacted the cable company and requested they replace my cable coming to the house since it was probably 40 years old and not HD rated. After that my speed increased dramatically... So you may want to check into the age and type rating your wiring has.
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Your right about the 33 year old cable. That cable probably was rg56 cable. The hd cable you bought probably is RG6. Today cable in use is RG6. In today's cable their is no such thing as a HD cable. What the cable companies did was installed a new run of RG6.
Do not fall for the trick that some stores tell you. They will try and sell you monster cables. I have 2 computer. a modem , a router, a network switch, 3 tvs, a dvd player, a tivo, 2 comcast hd receivers. All of the cables I bought are from Monoprice.com. I probably have paid less then a set of Monster cables. Some of the cables are over 7 years old.