cable modem

Pedro JANE wrote:

>I just got cox high speed intenet about a month ago.
>it's good except every once in awhile it'll run at
>like 30kbps.then it'll run really fast. i dont know if
>it is a config problem or maybe the modem. I had them
>come out to my house and they said they couldnt give
>support on linux. anyone had this problem? also, what
>are good cable modems, i have the terayon tj715.
>
>
Some sites throttle their servers so broadband users can't hog the
bandwidth.