Hello

I have a cable modem and I see my ISP is offering double the mbps download
speed now. Is there any way to "cheat" and tap into this?
By tweaking windows XP, or software??

Sounds silly but just wondering...

M1lkman wrote:
If they're offering double (as the same service you have), than you
should also get double. If they're offering another option of double
for more money, then you're out of luck if you don't want to pay the
increase.

I figured as much... Double the speed for almost double the money. I was
just wondering how they control the speed bottleneck with cable modems and
if there was room for me to move instead of having to shell out twice the
amount.

Thanks for the quick response!

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Depending on which modem... there maybe a way.

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M1lkman wrote:
service. Any other way is simply theft.

$Bill wrote:

My ISP recently went to 5 Mb/s, from 3. The price stays the same, but you
have to buy your own DOCSIS modem, to replace their non-DOCSIS. Currently,
they're $100 (CDN) but have a $20 rebate.

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Thanks for all the pointers. I will look into them all!

Lucas,

I have an RCA modem, MDL DCM305 if that helps

Thanks

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"M1lkman" <milkman@cogeco.ca.INVALID> wrote in message
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A "good" cable Internet company controls this on both the modem end and
their "head end" (when your cable modem connects). "Bad" cable companies
just control this on the modem end and its these cases where people have
reconfigured their modems in to giving them higher limits.

Yes,

I bit the bullet and upgraded. What the hell... instead of 5Mbps it is up to
10Mbps... I was told they control it at their end and do not need a new
modem.

Thanks for the info!

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