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More Tips to Improve Your Multifamily Broadband

 We recently came across an interesting problem that was causing the internet to disconnect at seemingly random times in a resident's apartment. These problems are frequently caused by electrical noise entering the cable system and less frequently by poor signal coming to the property. We started by inspecting the interior woring. All conections were good, splitters were of good quality, and unused outlets were properly terminated. This inspection didn't reveal any possible causes for the dropping internet. We checked the main tap for the property and found it to be in good condition and properly grounded. The modem status showed upstream and downstream power levels and signal to noise ratio within limits. We were left wondering what could be causing the intermittent connection issues that the resident was experiencing.  Having ruled out the possibility that noise was entering the system from the resident's wiring, we began to think about what else could be sending electric