I have a very limited number of cable outlets in my living room by 2009 standards. In fact, I only have one. I use an ordinary splitter so that I can use that outlet for my TV and my cable modem. I consistently got a week signal, that caused one or the other to work poorly. When I first ordered the Motorola Signal Booster, I thought that the price was rather steep. Now that I've had some time to assess the the quality, I'm very happy with it. I haven't had any signal loss since I installed it. And speaking of installation, it was a breeze. I only read the directions as a matter of protocol, its was actually quite obvious where things went.