Comcast: HA.
- makryger
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Comcast: HA.
I just got a message from comcast telling me that comcast has increased the speeds of their High speed internet service, and to take full advantage of those speeds, I "need" to replace my current modem with a DOCSIS 3.0 modem. My speed was 25/5... they've upped it to 50/5. Despite the fact that even 25/5 was overkill for me. So now they want me to spend $80 on a docsis 3.0 modem? No thank you. Especially since docsis 2.0 can handle up to 40/10 on it's own. Now the question is- if I unplug/plug back in my current modem... will it no longer be supported?
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Your current modem should work just fine. Comcast is correct that in order to take advantage of the 50 Mbps download speed, a DOCSIS 3.0 modem is required, but there's nothing that says you must use a DOCSIS 3.0 modem. A DOCSIS 2.0 modem will work, it'll just be restricted to about 38 Mbps.
- makryger
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Right, from a technical strandpoint, it should work fine. But comcast can just say they won't keep it activated and take it off my account, since it is no longer officially supported.
anyways, I did end up trying to reset it and see what speeds I got- now I am up to 31 download, and 10 upload. (on wireless laptop). Yikes, thats too fast for me! I'd almost want to downgrade if I weren't getting a promotional rate.
anyways, I did end up trying to reset it and see what speeds I got- now I am up to 31 download, and 10 upload. (on wireless laptop). Yikes, thats too fast for me! I'd almost want to downgrade if I weren't getting a promotional rate.
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- newfiend
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Wait..what? Internet too fast? No such Thing...lol
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