The Cable Guy
OK, so things worked out great this morning. The cable tech showed up early of all things. He made some changes at the distribution point for the apartment complex and then stopped by to check on things inside. It turns out that the complex has four coaxial lines coming from the cable company that serve as the distro for the whole complex. Apparently the tech moved my service over onto one all by itself. I don’t share it with anyone now! This earned a 4db gain in signal strength, which equates to no more connection problems. He did say that my upload strength is close to borderline, but it appears to be working ok right now. I haven’t tested with the TV and modem yet, but if that doesn’t work, there isn’t much that can be done without inspecting the cable from the distro point into my apartment. It’s possible that there is some ungodly amount of cable spooled up somewhere that is causing the drop in signal strength to me.