On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 10:36, Ben Pitzer wrote: > Jeremy, > > Just make sure you buy a DOCSIS 1.0+/1.1/2.0 compatible modem. DOCSIS 1.0 > modems won't perform as well, and will likely have firmware bugs that will > never get fixed. Find out from the cable company what modems they typically > use in the field, and try to buy one of those. I suggest Motorola SB4100 or > SB5100 or Toshiba PCX2600. That's assuming you are not getting VoIP > services, which would require a wholly different modem that they /would/ > likely make you get from them. Good luck!
No, I'm not getting voice over IP, so the cable company (Comcast) said I could just use "any cable modem available at your local computer store". So I assume this means they are fairly confident that their system is compatible with anything that's on the market today. Thanks for the warning though, in case I do manage to find a used one. Jeremy -- /---------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Jeremy Portzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] trilug.org/~jeremy | | GPG Fingerprint: 712D 77C7 AB2D 2130 989F E135 6F9F F7BC CC1A 7B92 | \---------------------------------------------------------------------/
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