Any Experiences - - Good or Bad - - with Linksys BEFCMU10 Ver 3?

Any Experiences - - Good or Bad - - with Linksys BEFCMU10 Ver 3?

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Any Experiences - - Good or Bad - - with Linksys BEFCMU10 Ver 3? George Berger 02-11-2005
Posted by George Berger on February 11, 2005, 7:20 pm
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Hi, I'm still mucking around with going to Comcast, or remaining with
56K and watching the grass grow. You've been helpful in the past,
steering me away from no-win experiences.

I was given (New in Box) a Linksys Cable Modem (BECFMU10, Version 3) by
my neighbor. Why? I wish I knew! < g > (He owed me for running a trial
of his Federal Income Tax on my Turbo Tax to see whether he should stay
in the country, or defect to Mexico)

The Comcast web page lists this modem as supported; however, do any of
you have good, neutral, questionable or unfavorable words about this
modem. I'd rather not rent from Comcast, but I don't want to start out
with a marginal modem in the loop.

Running a late iMac G4 with OS 10.3.2

TIA

George

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Posted by Warren on February 11, 2005, 4:54 pm
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George Berger wrote:
> Hi, I'm still mucking around with going to Comcast, or remaining with
> 56K and watching the grass grow. You've been helpful in the past,
> steering me away from no-win experiences.
>
> I was given (New in Box) a Linksys Cable Modem (BECFMU10, Version 3)
> by
> my neighbor. Why? I wish I knew! < g > (He owed me for running a trial
> of his Federal Income Tax on my Turbo Tax to see whether he should
> stay
> in the country, or defect to Mexico)

Sounds like he's getting ready to run. ;)


> The Comcast web page lists this modem as supported; however, do any of
> you have good, neutral, questionable or unfavorable words about this
> modem. I'd rather not rent from Comcast, but I don't want to start
> out
> with a marginal modem in the loop.

IMHO, the biggest difference between a good modem and a bad modem is
workmanship: The ability to last in a dusty corner of the room, possibly
without great ventilation. Since you're getting the modem for free, that
becomes insignificant.

I say go for it. If the service doesn't meet your needs, it's far more
likely to be the service than the modem that's the problem.

--
Warren H.

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Posted by Dave on February 11, 2005, 8:59 pm
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I'm using a BECFMU10 version 1 and haven't had any problems with it at all.
It's worked perfectly for over 3 years. I know some have reported problems
with the version 1 and especially version 2. But I've heard that the
version 3 modems are pretty good.


> Hi, I'm still mucking around with going to Comcast, or remaining with
> 56K and watching the grass grow. You've been helpful in the past,
> steering me away from no-win experiences.
>
> I was given (New in Box) a Linksys Cable Modem (BECFMU10, Version 3) by
> my neighbor. Why? I wish I knew! < g > (He owed me for running a trial
> of his Federal Income Tax on my Turbo Tax to see whether he should stay
> in the country, or defect to Mexico)
>
> The Comcast web page lists this modem as supported; however, do any of
> you have good, neutral, questionable or unfavorable words about this
> modem. I'd rather not rent from Comcast, but I don't want to start out
> with a marginal modem in the loop.
>
> Running a late iMac G4 with OS 10.3.2
>
> TIA
>
> George
>
> --
> I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I
> am
> not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
> -- Robert McCloskey, State Department spokesman (attributed)




Posted by Dave C. on February 11, 2005, 11:06 pm
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> I'm using a BECFMU10 version 1 and haven't had any problems with it at
all.
> It's worked perfectly for over 3 years. I know some have reported
problems
> with the version 1 and especially version 2. But I've heard that the
> version 3 modems are pretty good.
>

I can confirm that. It works better than a motorola SB5100 on Comcast,
specifically. -Dave




Posted by Bill M. on February 12, 2005, 8:00 am
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>
>> I'm using a BECFMU10 version 1 and haven't had any problems with it at
>all.
>> It's worked perfectly for over 3 years. I know some have reported
>problems
>> with the version 1 and especially version 2. But I've heard that the
>> version 3 modems are pretty good.
>>
>
>I can confirm that. It works better than a motorola SB5100 on Comcast,
>specifically. -Dave

Works better how?

--
Bill


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