[PLUG] Is it Comcast or Motorola?

[drew wymore]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:06 PM, m0gely <m0gely at gmail.com> wrote:

> John Jason Jordan wrote:
>
> > If Comcast is rolling out DOCSIS 3.0 on December 16, what happens to
> > all their current users who have DOCSIS 2.0 modems? Will they see a
> > speed boost? If so, what would be the point of getting a DOCSIS 3.0
> > modem? If not, why is Comcast making a big deal in their advertising
> > about impending speed increases?
>
> They're rolling out a service that doesn't yet have products to market
> that match it. That's why you can't buy the modems yet. Nothing will
> happen to the 2.0 modem users. They will get their speed boost as
> advertised.
>
> DOCSIS 2.0 supports speeds well beyond anything Comcast offers right
> now. I recommend getting a Toshiba. I had one when using Comcast for
> years and it was rock solid. I might have to move back over to them.
> They have a business package for $70 that is 12Mb/2Mb after the speed
> increase with 5 statics.
>
> --
> - m0gely
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Download an ISO via HTTP instead of Torrent and see what happens to the
connection or see if you can use a proxy for your traffic to hide it from
any sniffing Comcast is doing. You'll be taxing it then. Pick a fast mirror
like kernel.org.

Drew-