I presently rent a LanCity / Terayon modem from OOL and have been told that I need to exchange it for a DOCSIS compliant modem before July 15, 2000. Whats that all about?
If you have a LanCity modem, you should have received a letter from OOL explaining the situation. Basically, OOL is “upgrading” their system to the DOCSIS standard. Right now they are running more than one system, one IS DOCSIS compliant, and the others ARE NOT. Evidently, on July 15th., they plan on decommissioning the old system that is used with the LanCity, at which point those modems will no longer work. Evidently, if you have a Terayon TeraPro modem, it will continue to work past July 15, until they phase that one out too. Their goal is to become 100% DOCSIS compliant. From past posts, it seems that there are 4 modems available at the WIZ for outright purchase, or continued rental. The old style 3Com CMX, the newer 3Com “Shark Fin” (because of it’s looks), the the Motorola SurfBoard, and the Terayon TeraJet. Each costs the same, and from what is reported in the group, there seems to be no clear cut winner in terms of performance or reliability among the three. In other word, one
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