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ian_uk · 17-06-2009, 11:06

the cables can be different quality as they do degrade and some people have older cables (say 10yr old) but new modems! the sheilding on the coax in the cables (from box on wall to your modem) has vastly improved in the past 5 or so years but underground cables can degrade (if really old) and other problems is if they was cut buy someone digging your front garden and not having a 100% water tight seal. a re-pull of cable might be the best idea...

the other way to test if the problem is in your house or in the street is to put the modem on the cable on the wall.. if it works well then a simple suggestion is to use a small patch lead from that wall cable to the modem then run a long cat5 to your router,
i hope that helps

17-06-2009, 11:06	#23
ian_uk Inactive Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 7	Re: speed test on 50mb virgin, slow or ok the cables can be different quality as they do degrade and some people have older cables (say 10yr old) but new modems! the sheilding on the coax in the cables (from box on wall to your modem) has vastly improved in the past 5 or so years but underground cables can degrade (if really old) and other problems is if they was cut buy someone digging your front garden and not having a 100% water tight seal. a re-pull of cable might be the best idea... the other way to test if the problem is in your house or in the street is to put the modem on the cable on the wall.. if it works well then a simple suggestion is to use a small patch lead from that wall cable to the modem then run a long cat5 to your router, i hope that helps