OT Cable Modem Woes

[koder]

Shouldn't Cox replace the modem?

In any case, I have a brand new modem, i think a Motorola, that would be 
happy to find a new home if it comes to that.

Harold

On 02/27/2015 11:50 PM, Michael Butash wrote:
> On 02/27/2015 11:20 PM, Michael Butash wrote:
>> I doubt you have a modem failure. I've never had a modem fail, and 
>> very few do - rather they are usually replaced because 1) someone 
>> missed a level issue somewhere, 2) they were blew out with lightning, 
>> or 3) you wanted a docsis 3.x modem for better speed.
> I take that back - buy either a cisco/scientific atlanta modem, or a 
> motorola, always.  Moto made the first docsis modems, and still 
> generally make the best, otherwise cisco (!linksys).  If not, it's a 
> firmware incompat between the cmts and it, it has happened.
>
> I don't know how much they allow crap to enter that market these days, 
> but you used to find the "Best Quality" Fry's special modems in the 
> docsis1.1-2.0 days that would literally degrade over time like an 
> hourglass running out of sand, but electronically.  Crap components, 
> capacitors, ic's and such break down electronically, incomplete 
> hand-solders from workforce sweatships, radio's modulating data on rf 
> freak out doing weird things the cmts doesn't like to enact mitigation 
> techniques.
>
> Caveat emptor, just buy a moto/cisco and be happy, cox uses cisco 
> cmts's upstream to terminate your connections.  They began 
> blacklisting "bad modems" specifically at one point, I think CableLabs 
> made them clean up to certify (vs. world+dog), maybe...
>
> -mb
>
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