On Apr 14, 2016, at 1:24 PM, Dan Crutcher <[email protected]> wondered:
> I think there was some discussion of this a while back, but what cable > routers/models are recommended by people in this group that are capable of > the new TWC speeds? Thoughts on whether it’s better to purchase or lease from > TWC? It depends on how adept you are at setting up your own network. For most people, leasing is probably the right thing to do because it’s plug and play. But, let me remind you of the story I’ve told here several times before. A few years ago, after a TWC upgrade, I found myself with their Arris modem/router/WiFi combo box. My home network is tweaked a bit more than average, and I spent a lot of time whipping the TWC/Arris box into shape. However, I soon found out whenever the box was restarted, it went back to default settings, forgetting all the changes I’d made. After talking to several layers of TWC support about the problem, it turns out they replaced the standard Arris firmware by their own custom firmware with this reset “feature” baked in. They did this to avoid tech support hassles because they could just tell the poor confused customer to reboot the device in order to get it into a known state. I replaced the Arris box with my own modem and router and have been happy ever since.
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