why replace modem with docsis 2.0?

why replace modem with docsis 2.0?
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why replace modem with docsis 2.0? trs80 04-19-2007
Posted by trs80 on April 19, 2007, 12:00 pm
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My cable company sent me a new modem. They say for free but Ill beleive it
when I see no charges on the monthly bill. Is a Motorola 5100 and I use a
Motorola 4100 right now. Why should I replace the 4100? Will the 5100 give
the cable company more visibility into my home LAN to be able to charge me
for the multiple PCs I have running?



Posted by Bit Twister on April 19, 2007, 1:04 pm
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:00:04 GMT, trs80 wrote:
> My cable company sent me a new modem. They say for free but Ill beleive it
> when I see no charges on the monthly bill. Is a Motorola 5100 and I use a
> Motorola 4100 right now. Why should I replace the 4100? Will the 5100 give
> the cable company more visibility into my home LAN to be able to charge me
> for the multiple PCs I have running?

You may find you get higher throughput. If you have a router between
your LAN pcs and the cable modem they would not be able to see past
your router.

Now if you have a hub, then only one pc could connect to the internet
untill you buy more connections.


Posted by Whomever on April 19, 2007, 5:55 pm
> My cable company sent me a new modem. They say for free but Ill beleive
> it when I see no charges on the monthly bill. Is a Motorola 5100 and I
> use a Motorola 4100 right now. Why should I replace the 4100? Will the
> 5100 give the cable company more visibility into my home LAN to be able to
> charge me for the multiple PCs I have running?

If your that paranoid about it then refuse it and keep your older modem.



Posted by f/fgeorge on April 19, 2007, 9:33 pm

>My cable company sent me a new modem. They say for free but Ill beleive it
>when I see no charges on the monthly bill. Is a Motorola 5100 and I use a
>Motorola 4100 right now. Why should I replace the 4100? Will the 5100 give
>the cable company more visibility into my home LAN to be able to charge me
>for the multiple PCs I have running?

No, DOCSIS 2.0 is described here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOCSIS

You know you can actually use yahoo or google for something good! They
are search tools!


Posted by f/fgeorge on April 19, 2007, 9:34 pm

>My cable company sent me a new modem. They say for free but Ill beleive it
>when I see no charges on the monthly bill. Is a Motorola 5100 and I use a
>Motorola 4100 right now. Why should I replace the 4100? Will the 5100 give
>the cable company more visibility into my home LAN to be able to charge me
>for the multiple PCs I have running?
>
Cable Companies have no interest in how many pc's you put on the
network. It is your speed that will go down, and when it does you will
be calling them for more of it. THEN they can sell you something new.


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