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Re:Microwaves and the Internet by anonymousiam on Monday November 23, 2020 @02:02PM (#25190317)
It's entirely possible that the microwave oven is disrupting the cable service. Given that the cost of a modern replacement microwave oven is probably less than the time you've spent analyzing this, my recommendation is to just upgrade the oven and be done with it.

If you don't want to upgrade the oven, you could upgrade the cable to "quad shielded" RG6, and wrap a few layers of aluminum foil around the splitter.

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Re:Microwaves and the Internet by excubiarum on Monday November 23, 2020 @02:28PM (#25190644)
I have spent quite a bit of time but it was worth it to be able to keep the client as they think I'm making stuff up about microwaves. I'll ask the comcast contractor to see if a cable can be upgraded. I know the business owner will not buy a new microwave as they are a CPA firm and very tight with their money so I may just do that myself, thanks for the reply.
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