I wonder if that is just the Atl market which Comcast is taking to DOCSIS 3.0 - I use Comcast in the DC area and also have a SB5100 - a SB5101 in my case.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Paul Cartwright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale@pcartwright.com">ale@pcartwright.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Sat October 2 2010, Lightner, Jeff wrote:<br>
> I don’t think Comcast is just trying to get me to lease a new modem as the<br>
> letter says I can buy one at a retailer. I’ve already priced replacements<br>
> that do DOCSIS 3.0 (e.g. SB6120) that are listed as compatible on their<br>
> site. However, without them being able to give me good information I’m<br>
> loathe to do that because they can’t tell me why the current modem isn’t<br>
> adequate or why there is a need for a change on Oct 12th in the first<br>
> place.<br>
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</div>wouldn't you want a modem that can do DOCSIS 3.0 ? it says up to 4 times<br>
faster than DOCSIS 2.0...<br>
I see one on Amazon for $80:<br>
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Motorola SB6120 SURFboard DOCSIS 3.0 eXtreme Broadband Cable Modem by Motorola<br>
Buy new: $80.73<br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=SB6120&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=SB6120&x=0&y=0</a><br>
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