I talked to Cox the weekend about buying a cable modem and returning the
one I am renting. The tech recommended Motorola and Toshiba. I have had
a Toshiba modem (PCX1100 - now out of date) for a couple of years of
continuous service and no problems. However, I went to Best Buy and
found the new Toshiba is $79 and the "same" Motorola unit was $59.00
after a $20 rebate. 

The only requirement from cox is that the modem must be DOCSIS 1.1
compliant. I heard a rumor that cox will be upgrading their modems to
DOCSIS 2.0 in about 6 months. Both the Toshiba and Motorola modems are
DOCSIS 2.0 compliant. 

Good luck!

Mark Phillips
Phillips Marketing, Inc.
602 524-0376 office
480 945-9197 fax
mark@phillipsmarketing.biz
 

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
[mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Eric
Richardson
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 8:11 AM
To: plug
Subject: Cable Modem Recommend

Hi,
My mother in law is getting Cox internet and I was wondering if anybody 
had cable modem recommendations.
She has a Mac using OSX if this matters. Do you have to use a USB serial

connection to set things up or will it just work by hooking it up?

I have DSL so I'm really not up on this subject. I saw some modems at 
Comp USA for 59.00 and 79.00 but didn't see much difference other than 
brand.

Thanks,
Eric

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