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okay for the past month my internet has been dying. My ISP has come out twice. The first time the guy had it going but then he put back the spliter and it dyed again. So he comes back out and gets it going again the next day. A couple days later it starts working only at night but in the day its down. It eventually died and never comes up. I took away the slitter and it works off of the main cable line but it's slower. Sometimes that meathod doesnt work. But usally after I rehook the splitter after a direct connect, it runs normally for a little while. Anyone have a clue whats wrong?  My network consists of 2 computers running XP and a Xbox.