Extreme 3 Way Unbalanced HD Digital 1002MHz High Performance Coax Cable Splitter - BDS103H

Several years ago Optimum (Cablevision) installed one of these splitters in my house. It worked swimmingly. In the last two years or so we've had intermittent signal problems that the Optimum Support folks have insisted was the cabling in the house. I replaced the cables and still no joy. After exchanging the third cable box at one of their stores the sales rep mentioned replacing the splitter. Suddenly it occurs to me that this was the easiest thing to replace. I found the same make and model on Amazon and my signal problems have been resolved. I now know more about splitters than I ever wanted to know. Attach your longest cable run to the -3.5dB port. All good.

Kind of hard to rate this anything but 1 or 5 stars, it either works or it doesn't. My cable provider decided to start charging $3.95 to lease the cable modem, but did say you could purchase your own, and gave a list of compatible units. I have my phone service through the cable, and a tv tuner in my PC, so I needed 3 cables. I'm not fluent in all the tech nuances of cable, but a little bit of poking around on the Googles told me the unbalanced splitter was the way to go, use the -3.5db output for the internet, and the two -7db outputs for the others. After I hooked everything up, the internet was running fine, I ran SpeedTest.net and got 20mb/s down and 1.5 mb/s up, same as I had before the change. (Funny side note; the cable company said if I had phone service, I would need an eMTA when I activated my new cable modem. I used their online chat feature, and the "tech" I chatted with said to go to the service center to get one. When I got there, the rep said it was already in the old modem. I said yes, but I purchased one and have to turn the old one in to avoid the monthly lease fee. She said as soon as I activated the modem I bought, it would be fine. Got the bill, she was right. So the MORON on chat made me waste an hour driving for nothing, and WHY THE F*** DID THEY MAKE ME BUY A MODEM WHILE THE OLD ONE IS STILL SITTING ON MY DESK FOR FREE???? I'm guessing this cable company is run by the government.)

First I want to say a big THANK YOU - to HPL & JWP for answering & explaining the 2nd question regarding the difference in loss - the 3.5 vs 7. Now - onto the review - great product - great price - great vendor - quick shipping. Super easy install for me - as was replacing another splitter (and I'm a widow with minimal knowledge of electronic stuff). Splitter is labeled clearly and after reading reviews and questions - did exactly what I needed and improved signal to the secondary TV was having issues with. Thanks!

Great product, does what is advertised. I replaced this splitter with a two way and added an extra cable line. I usually have my tv and internet on at the same time and they both seem to work just fine. I have not used the third line so not quite sure if it will cause any delay, interference or lack of quality, but easy to install and seems to be sturdy so far.

My house was built with 1 to 6 splits on a wall outside the house, with one split being cable modem. My Internet connection jumps up and down for no reason. Called my cable modem Internet service provider and they had no clue. I asked them if 1 to 6 split could be an issue, and they said no. They even sent a tech out to check everything and did not see any issue. I only have 3 active coax connections - cable modem and 2 cable boxes. So in reality I only need a 1 to 3 split. I disconnected the unused splits and replaced the old splitters with this unbalance splitter. So far, my Internet line is stable and cable boxes works as is. Remove any unnecessary split if you can.

Bought this to help add another cable connection to enable a Tivo Mini in another room. This is working well for my MOCA setup with Tivos. I recommend using the 3.5dB port for your cable internet connect and the other ports for your other needs. I initially used the balanced splitter and while everything worked, I noticed that while I surfed on the internet every so often when accessing a new web page it would time out. I did not experience this before and could not figure out the cause. The only thing changed was going from a 2 way splitter to the 3 way splitter. I then decided to use this unbalanced one, so I could minimize the signal loss for the cable modem connection. I can say now that everything is running perfectly. I guess my cable modem is very sensitive to signal quality.

Hasn't given me any problems since I bought it. Simple to install/use. Definitely worth the money I paid.

So I have spectrum internet, when they came and installed the coax lines in my house (house was older and had no existing internal lines) they ran 1 line into the house, split it 2 ways, one went to a bedroom for TV only, one went to living room, in the living room the coax line was split 2 ways again for the modem and TV box. After doing some research I discovered that this was not the best way to have a modem set up. So what I did was eliminate the 2-way sptlitter in my living room and replaced the FIRST 2- way with this 3-way Unbalanced splitter, ran a separate high quality coax line to my living room for the modem alone, leaving the existing line for the TV. hooked up the modem to the 3.5db port and the 2 Tvs to the 7db ports. Modem signal was improved and connection was more stable! Overall this is a great splitter! Solid build. The less splits you have in your coax lines the better!