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Posted by Bill M. on September 27, 2005, 7:35 pm
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>On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 02:12:47 +0100, Cableguy-ma
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>>George Wrote:
>>> I noticed that the current "on the shelf" Motorola modem is the sb5100
>>> and
>>> my ISP has the sb5120. The little bit I could find about the difference
>>> is
>>> that a different chipset is used in the sb5120. Is the sb5120 an
>>> actual
>>> replacement for the sb5100 or maybe just a lower cost unit made for
>>> the
>>> ISPs? If buying a new modem would there be any advantage getting the
>>> sb5120?
>>the difference is the chipset. the 5100 uses broadcom while the 5120
>>uses texas instruments. between the two, the 5120 is better...
>
>FYI, when I traded in my ancient SB3100 to Comcast, they gave me the 5120.
>Plugged it in, turned it on, got it provisioned and I immediately went from
>3000Mbs to 5400Mbs
I'm still using the ancient SB3100 that Comcast gave me when I started
the service with them in early 2001. My service level was just
upgraded to 6Mbps for the standard tier, but the best I've seen so far
is 5.5Mbps. I think I'm probably pushing the upper limits of this
modem, even though Comcast says it should be good for up to 6.3Mbps.
--
Bill
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