We are on a very limited income, and have only recently been able to get high speed internet were we live. For me, it is $5 per month to rent a modem, and on ebay, about $10 to BUY a modem.
Even if that modem were to break every few months, it would still be cheaper than renting. I would NEVER pay over $20 for a modem, for two reasons. You can get cheap modems on ebay, and modems do break, and unless you have an insanely fast connection, you probably are not ever going to be bottlenecked by the cheapest modem out there. -Jonas On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: > At 2:04 PM -0700 7/7/2010, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > >> I've also been wondering about this. My provider just wanted a docsis >> modem, so I paid $10 for the cheapest modem on ebay and am getting 6mbps. >> I'm going to see if that is the limit of the modem, or if that is my >> connection. >> > > Ok. Technically... > > DOCSIS 2.0 == 40 Mbps per channel downstream, 30 Mbps up. > > DOCSIS 3.0 == 200 Mbps per channel downstream, 100 Mbps up. > > It is rare when a cable company lets you bond multiple channels, so the > "per channel" stuff is mostly moot from your POV. > > *However* > > Those are max speeds, based on high quality modems, a *great* > signal-to-noise ratio over the coax drop, very few other modems on your drop > (coax run down the street), AND a good quality CMTS. > > The CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System) is the so-called "Head End". > That is the router that your modem talks to, to make the hop into the cable > company's ethernet LAN. (Of course, this ignores various node > configurations, where they first convert your coax signal to fiber to get > down the big streets etc. It is this approach that makes them "Hybrid > Networks"). > > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
