Slow Cable Modem
I just discovered this evening that my supposedly 7Mbit cable modem, which
historically never made it about 2.5 Mbit, has suddenly decided to go no
faster than about 500k. Of course, they want you to take a day off from work
and sit around, not making any money, so they can come around "some time
Thursday". So, either tomorrow I'm off to their office to see swap modems and
then hope it "just works" when I get it home. That is, if I can get away from
work to do it. They have Saturday hours, but I don't want to wait that long.
So, I looked into just buying a cable modem instead of renting it from Service
Electric. The price of a new SURFboard modem at Bestbuy is $80 So I called up
the tech support line only to learn that you pay the rental fee regardless of
if you own your modem or not. Owning your own does not reduce the price you
pay at all. Talk about complete bull.
I wish so much I could get Speakeasy here.