Comcast flakeout--or was it an upgrade?

[Jerry Feldman]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:13:44 -0400
Anthony Gabrielson <agabrielpop at home.tzo.org> wrote:

> Its not the first time comcast has done this.  I think this is a big 
> part of the reason there is little difference in the price of cable 
> internet renting the box vs owning the box.  I had a Motorola shark fin 
> along time ago and they finally upgraded the firmware until it broke; 
> the tech admitted they do it from time to time to keep hardware more 
> consistent.

I recall seeing a written notice when Comcast started obsoleting DOCSIS
1.1. Note that Comcast sent me the new SSB5120 modem in May 2003. I
don't recall when they made the announcement, but it was a while ago.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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