OT: Cable Modem Upgrade
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Posted by WooHoo2You on May 16, 2007, 4:07 pm
Please log in for more thread options help me. I found a D-Link DCM-202 cable modem for 15 dollars (originally 60 at Target) currently I'm using a Motorola SB5100 SURFBoard modem that my cable company provided free of charge about three years ago. Would there be any real reason to switch to the newer D-Link, or should I just return the unopened package? Yes I have googled my a$$ off and all of that. The two products "seem" to have very similar specs, but the D-Link is much newer. Thanks. -- WooHoo2You | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by SteveH on May 16, 2007, 4:39 pm
Please log in for more thread options If you're getting the speed you're paying for from your old one, why change it. And will you cableco let you do it anyway? Here in the UK we have to use the CM that the cableco supplies to us, one reason being the connection is partly based on the MAC address of the CM SteveH | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Christopher Syn on May 16, 2007, 7:32 pm
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>I know this is OT however I could not find any populated NG better suited
>to help me. > > I found a D-Link DCM-202 cable modem for 15 dollars (originally 60 at > Target) currently I'm using a Motorola SB5100 SURFBoard modem that my > cable company provided free of charge about three years ago. Would there > be any real reason to switch to the newer D-Link, or should I just return > the unopened package? Yes I have googled my a$$ off and all of that. The > two products "seem" to have very similar specs, but the D-Link is much > newer. Thanks. > > -- > WooHoo2You > | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on May 17, 2007, 12:20 am
Please log in for more thread options On Wed, 16 May 2007 20:07:16 GMT, "WooHoo2You"
>I know this is OT however I could not find any populated NG better suited to
>help me. > >I found a D-Link DCM-202 cable modem for 15 dollars (originally 60 at >Target) currently I'm using a Motorola SB5100 SURFBoard modem that my cable >company provided free of charge about three years ago. Would there be any >real reason to switch to the newer D-Link, or should I just return the >unopened package? Yes I have googled my a$$ off and all of that. The two >products "seem" to have very similar specs, but the D-Link is much newer. >Thanks. The SB5100 is a good modem, I would return the D-Link, or maybe see what they're selling for on ebay as you might turn a profit on it, but I doubt it as the Surfboards have been near free after rebate at places like CircuitCity.com for months or longer (sometimes requiring new ISP activation but others not). I suppose you could keep the D-Link as a backup, it never hurts to have spare parts particularly when they can be had cheaply. I wouldn't bother using it though, might be worse but I don't think it's even worth the bother until you need to use it. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by WooHoo2You on May 17, 2007, 2:45 am
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> The SB5100 is a good modem, I would return the D-Link, or
> maybe see what they're selling for on ebay as you might turn > a profit on it, but I doubt it as the Surfboards have been > near free after rebate at places like CircuitCity.com for > months or longer (sometimes requiring new ISP activation but > others not). I have not had any issues with my old SB5100, the D-Link was just an impulse buy. (I also have a D-Link wireless router that serves me quite will for my laptop and Wii) I thought about Ebay already however, when Target starts clearancing stuff off at 50-75 percent eBay gets flooded with their leftovers. > I suppose you could keep the D-Link as a backup, it never
> hurts to have spare parts particularly when they can be had > cheaply. I wouldn't bother using it though, might be worse > but I don't think it's even worth the bother until you need > to use it. I want to try the D-Link on a couple of speed tests but then I cannot return it. Hell 15 dollars is...calculating exchange rate...well 15 dollars. -- WooHoo2You | ||||||||||||||||
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> suited to help me.
>
> I found a D-Link DCM-202 cable modem for 15 dollars (originally 60 at
> Target) currently I'm using a Motorola SB5100 SURFBoard modem that my
> cable company provided free of charge about three years ago. Would
> there be any real reason to switch to the newer D-Link, or should I
> just return the unopened package? Yes I have googled my a$$ off and
> all of that. The two products "seem" to have very similar specs, but
> the D-Link is much newer. Thanks.