The biggest advantage is that your 25Mbps comes from a bigger pool, minimizing the impact of any one channel becoming saturated. As it stands now, if the channel your D2 modem has selected becomes saturated, you may not see the full 25Mbps. Since each channel (in the US) is good for about 38Mbit, it doesn't take much. Four D3 channels yields about 150Mbit, and 8 about 300Mbit. My modem is a 16-channel model, so my 250Mbps package comes out of a 608Mbps pipe.
Carriers are mostly pushing to get D1.1 modems off the network so they can drop support for inefficient modulations, freeing the spectrum for other uses. D2 will likely follow, so this may just be a soft push to start the ball rolling. You will likely have years to act though, should you so choose. -----Original Message----- From: Hardware [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 4:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [H] DOCSIS 3.0 I got this email from COX today. <<<To get the fastest speed offered with your package, you should upgrade your modem. A DOCSIS 3.0 modem is the proven option, which utilizes our most advanced technology to support faster speeds than ever before for the best online experience.>>> I have a Motorolla Surfboard II DOCSIS 2.0 that seems to be working fine. My tier is not the fastest or even the second fastest. I am at 25Mbs down and 5 Mbs up and it seems fast to me. For a while I got their next tier up which I think was 50Mbs and I didn't notice any difference with what I use it for. So does anybody think I will even notice a difference if I buy a DOCSIS 3.0 modem?
