When I had my cable modem installed (toshiba pcx1100u) the genius installing it told me when and if I cancel service it's like a 10 dollar fee if you "don't return the modem". So if you're planning to move to a state where you can buy your own modem, you could just "fortet to return it" here first. Not that I would do this; just heard a rumor. --- H. P. Christianson 20 NE Second St. #1005 Minneapolis, MN 55413 (612) 327-6654 hans at friedchicken.org On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Brian wrote: > On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Nate Straz wrote: > > > So what are the good cable modems out there? Are there any performance > > differences between them? It doesn't seem like the kind of thing you'd > > see reviewed in computer rags. > > Circuit City sells the Surfboard modems for ~$200. After going through 3 > RCAs, @Home gave me a Surfboard and my problems disappeared. Couldn't > convince them to give me a Cisco. :-( I don't know if all cable modems > are compatible with AT&T though. > > AFAIK, you won't see any performance hits from the modem. Your line will > max out likely around 300K/sec, the port is 10 Mbit so even if there was a > hit I doubt you'd ever see it. If I were buying, I'd go by (not > kidding) the thickness of the plastic. The RCAs use a flimsy cheap > plastic, the Surfboard and Cisco use a tougher plastic. To me, it shows > less corner-cutting in manufacturing so you're more likely to get a good > modem. It also looks to me like cable modems are a cheap loss leader type > product (kinda like getting a free phone when you sign up for a year of > cell service) so I'd have to be pretty convinced before I dropped $200 on > one. I highly doubt they cost anywhere near that to make. > > -Brian > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >