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Posted by Raldolpho on September 3, 2005, 6:54 am
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Just found the booster at Buy.com for $37.99 with Free Shipping.
Newegg has it for $44 including shipping and 43.44 at Amazon. All
without rebates.
>Hey check this Motorola website. It will tell you your cable signal
>level and all kinds of other stuff like modems errors.
>
>http://192.168.100.1
>
>Click on "Signal" to check your signal levels.
>
>Also, Motorola sells a cable signal booster that people on the
>CircuitCity.com website have reviewed as excellent (which is where I
>got the website above). It is on sale now for $79.99 (normally $99)
>plus a $30 rebate for a final cost of $49.99. Lots of good reviews.
>Increases the signal up to 32 times and rated for 15 Db gain.
>
>One guy checked his signal at the website above without the booster
>and it was -17Db. When he put the booster in his signal was -2Db for
>a 15Db gain as the booster is rated.
>
>http://www.circuitcity.com/rpsm/oid/44964/rpem/ccd/productDetailReview.do#tabs
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>or http://tinyurl.com/exoc8
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>I may pick up one of the boosters as I have several splits in my house
>and picture is degraded at some TV's.
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>Hope this helps.
>
>
>On 31 Aug 2005 06:46:57 -0700, silverfishbookstore@hotmail.com wrote:
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>>In my experience, Charter Communications has the worst broadband, cable
>>internet service of any company I've ever dealt with. Their tech
>>support has been lousy. I just moved into a new apartment and the only
>>cable broadband available in the area was from Charter. From day one
>>the service has been terrible. My supposedly "always on, always
>>connected" Motorola SURFboard SB5120 cable modem has to be reset 50
>>times a day because the cable signal is too weak to keep a connection.
>>I've even had a Charter technician sent to my home to try and fix the
>>problem to no avail. He simply replaced the cable running into my house
>>and tweaked something on the line outside. Before he left, the
>>technician assured me that he would call me the following Monday to
>>check and see if what he did helped fix the problem. And, of course, he
>>never called and the problem is still going.
>>
>>So, in frustration I've had to call Charter back several more times.
>>This last time, the support person told me that my cable modem was
>>probably going bad and that I would have to purchase a new one. I told
>>him that this was ridiculous because I just paid $75 for the one I have
>>and it's only 6 weeks old. What a rip-off! Charter expects me to buy
>>another expensive modem within 6 weeks of service. I think I'm going
>>to try DSL and give up on Charter Communications once and for all.
>>I'm very disappointed in their service.
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