I've also been wondering about this. My provider just wanted a docsis modem, so I paid $10 for the cheapest modem on ebay and am getting 6mbps. I'm going to see if that is the limit of the modem, or if that is my connection. Look on ebay though.
-Jonas On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 1:14 PM -0700 7/7/2010, John Carmonne wrote: > >> I'm having a discussion with my son who just got hooked up with Charter in >> northern Nevada and the lady at the cable company told him the speed he >> bought is 25 Mbps and she told him he had to have a double throw down modem >> for this and of coarse for a fee they will provide it. So I told him about a >> Zoom modem I could get at Fry's for $55.00. well he bought a Motorola at >> Best Buy for $95.00, >> > > First - No cable modem will be useful unless the ISP has provisioning data > for it. Iffa they don't support it, it won't talk - period. So make sure > whatever you get is on their "approved" list. > > Next - Strongly consider how much it will cost you when you have a problem, > if you own your modem. If you rent the modem and there's a problem, they'll > just swap it out as part of the troubleshooting process - minimal downtime. > If you own the modem, they'll point to (blame) it every time - and you'll > continue to pay for service while exchanging the modem by mail with whatever > company and at whatever costs to you - perhaps weeks of downtime. In my > experience, myself, and various friends and clients across the country -- it > NEVER pays to own your modem. YMMV. > > IF your cable system says they want DOCSIS 3 then get DOCSIS 3. They > aren't going to want to make the whole drop suffer because of a cheap > customer. > > > I told him the Zoom was faster than his cable and the DOCSIS 3.0 wasn't >> going to get him any more speed than a DOCSIS 2.0 unit. Who is right here? >> > > Moot. At those speeds, either modem is sufficient. But the cable company > may be doing temporary cap boosting and other flow control / quality of > service type things that require DOCSIS 3 features. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
