2-Way cable splitter for TV/Internet?

[James]

I have "16 meg" high speed internet from Charter cable, and I generally run at about 10 - 12Mbps on http://www.speedtest.net/

The other day I split my cable so that I could hook up my modem and my TV up downstairs, so that in turn, I could hook up my Blu-Ray player to my network.

My question is this:

Will splitting like this slow down my connection? I am now getting speeds on the above site at around 4 - 5Mbps so it has slowed down a lot, and the internet is lagging over the past few days.

Could it be a low quality splitter, or is the act of splitting causing the problem?

I have not tried to unhook everything and try my internet without the splitter yet, because I'm tired of messing with the wires and it's 2:00am so I thought I would ask before I mess with all of this tomorrow.

Thanks, and if it is the splitter, will a higher quality splitter help? Mine was about $3 so it's pretty much just a simple splitter.
Edit: Speeds are Kbps, not Mbps


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[Tracy_L]

Anything that can cause signal loss will cause the drop. So the Splitter, quality of the cable you used, quality of the connections can all affect the signal. 

I would try a different splitter, if the cable and connections are of good quality. When I had charter, I had ours split to three TV's and the router and had no issues. I had one TV with issues, it was the cheap connector I crimped on the cable!


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