Why is it so difficult to buy a cable modem?

Why is it so difficult to buy a cable modem?

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Why is it so difficult to buy a cable modem? Alasdair 06-19-2007
Posted by David H. Lipman on June 19, 2007, 8:48 pm
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| I have internet service provided by Virgin Media which took over NTL,
| my previous provider. It provides the internet by way of a cable
| modem. My cable modem failed last week so I tried to buy another one
| from Maplins and PC World but they didn't sell them. I was stuck
| without internet while Virgin Media sent me one out in the post after
| several days.
|
| Can someone tell me why it isn't possible to buy these modems since,
| if I had ordinary ADSL service provided over my phone line, I could
| buy a big selection of modems.
|
| It seems most odd to me in the age of the free market that Virgin has
| a monopoly of supply of the modems.
|

Not true. Since there are many standards for DSL, you cant just buy a COTS xDSL
Modem and
believe all models will work with your provider. However, DOCSIS is different
and there are
many Cable Modems out there.

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Dave
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