Re: Modem DOCSIS speeds

2010-07-08 Thread Jonas Ulrich
We are on a very limited income, and have only recently been able to get high speed internet were we live. For me, it is $5 per month to rent a modem, and on ebay, about $10 to BUY a modem. Even if that modem were to break every few months, it would still be cheaper than renting. I would NEVER

Re: Modem DOCSIS speeds

2010-07-08 Thread Dan
At 9:21 AM -0700 7/8/2010, Jonas Ulrich wrote: We are on a very limited income, and have only recently been able to get high speed internet were we live. For me, it is $5 per month to rent a modem, and on ebay, about $10 to BUY a modem. Even if that modem were to break every few months, it

Modem DOCSIS speeds

2010-07-07 Thread John Carmonne
Hi All 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

Re: Modem DOCSIS speeds

2010-07-07 Thread Dan
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

Re: Modem DOCSIS speeds

2010-07-07 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jul 7, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Dan 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

Re: Modem DOCSIS speeds

2010-07-07 Thread Jonas Ulrich
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

Re: Modem DOCSIS speeds

2010-07-07 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 7, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: 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,

Re: Modem DOCSIS speeds

2010-07-07 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 7, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: On Jul 7, 2010, at 5:18 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: The key to successful support is ALWAYS Make it Someone Else's Problem; those are the rules they play by, those should be the rules YOU play by. Why do I get the hint of you being on both

Re: Modem DOCSIS speeds

2010-07-07 Thread Peter Haas
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

Re: Modem DOCSIS speeds

2010-07-07 Thread Dan
At 2:04 PM -0700 7/7/2010, Jonas Ulrich wrote: 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. Ok. Technically...