[TriLUG] TWC Cable Modem requirement for +30Mbps

[Ron Kelley]

Actually, I tried the new speed before upgrading the modem (after the TWC rep enabled the higher speed).  Both speed-test.net and the TWC speed page gave me the same readings:  20Mbps down and 2Mbps up.  So, the original modem would not give me any higher speeds.

Thanks,

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Ron Kelley
rkelleyrtp at gmail.com

On Jul 19, 2012, at 1:25 PM, Cristóbal Palmer wrote:

> On Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Ron Kelley wrote:
>> Thanks everyone. I picked up my new modem this morning and it is working great so far. I got the Motorola SBG6580 modem
> 
> Well, this is moot now, but:
> 
> http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Support/US-EN/Home-and-Office/Cable-Modems-and-Gateways/SB5101U-Series-SURFboard-Cable-Modems/Documents/Static-Files/SB5101_datasheet_706.pdf
> 
> Motorola says your old modem is "Euro-DOCSIS 2.0 compliant" and...
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOCSIS#Speed_tables
> 
> WP reports that "EuroDOCSIS 2.0" caps out at 50 Mbit/s.
> 
> So you didn't need to replace the modem if your only concern was speed.
> 
> Cheers,
> --  
> Cristóbal Palmer
> cmpalmer.org
> 
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