also, im using a netgear wireless wgt624 v3 router, with a Ambit Cable Modem
I've got sort of a dilemma.
We just ordered a 12mb cable connection for our apartment from mediacom. I'm living in Iowa, so this is really our only viable option. I've been testing it out over the past 2 days to find that the speed is nowhere near where it should be.
On an average bandwidth test with just me using the cable over a wired line rather than wireless from my netgear router, i'm only hitting about 2 to 3mb/s with a ping of 11. This doesn't seem too awful, but i can barely get my download speeds up above 100kb/s, rather than the 6 or 700kb/s I'm expecting
as far as online gaming goes, my ping is reguarly around 200-300, which also seems very high. Also cant even stream high def (3mb and up) video feeds.
checked the modem as far as settings and this is what i'm getting
Downstream Lock : Locked
Downstream Frequency : 111000000 Hz
Downstream Modulation: QAM256
Downstream Interleave Depth: 32
Downstream Receive Power Level: -4.9 dBmV
Downstream SNR: 30.3 dB
Upstream Channel ID: 2
Upstream Transmit Power Level: 52.0 dBmV
Upstream Symbol Rate: 2560 Ksym/sec
Upstream Frequency: 25000000 Hz
Upstream Mini-Slot Size : 2
the signal to noise ratio seems to be pretty high. I'm wondering if it's because of all the splits of my cable (we have one line coming into the 6 apartment complex, which gives free basic cable tv to everyone. I'm on the bottom floor, and at the end of the "splits") So, my basic question is should I be complaining to mediacom about the connection, or work on running a direct line from the cable box on the outside of the building where i can get a "1st" split?
also wondering about what the proper db i need to split my modem to. 7db, or 3.5db, or if it matters. Any help in resolving this matter would be greatly appreciated.

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