On Jul 7, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Dan wrote:
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.
In the case of my ISP, they have a walk-in center less than a mile
from me.
I walked-in with my own personal Speedstream modem and their tech guy
checked it out on his test bench.
Their own Speedstreams are the same as mine, except mine is supposed
to be an extended range model.
I got it at a flea market for $10.
Anyway, I am within the range of a standard range modem and I did not
have to enable the extended range feature. It is set by a switch
block on the inside of the modem.
I have a backup modem which I bought new from Fry's Electronics, and
it works just the same.
Really, many such modems are commodity items and only in rare cases
are special modems necessary.
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