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Just curious, when the new docsis 3 standard comes in we will all need new modems to use it. I am just wondering who will pay for them. Will we get them for free or will we have to play for them. If we have to pay for them, roughly how much will it cost to get a docsis 3 compatible modem?
Just curious, when the new docsis 3 standard comes in we will all need new modems to use it. I am just wondering who will pay for them. Will we get them for free or will we have to play for them. If we have to pay for them, roughly how much will it cost to get a docsis 3 compatible modem?
eventually. but no, it won't be free..... btw, it doesn't work like that either.
I think that docsis 3 is for 20 and 50Mb users. So we all won't need to get a modem.
And as with the 10Mb upgrade if you do need a new modem (because you;re upgrading) the NTL should provide one especially as they always still own the modem.
Kymmy
I think that docsis 3 is for 20 and 50Mb users. So we all won't need to get a modem.
If it is the docsis 3 50 MB service then a new modem will be required as it is a channel bonded service. Ambit 250 and 255 modems are only capable of Docsis 2 and below, They also do not have the bonded channel capability. 250 and above modems will work on Docsis 3 platforms but only to docsis 2 standards. That is how i am led to believe they intend to allow 20 meg users on to the Docsis 3 platform, But NOT at 50 meg level.
Thanks for the input, much appreciated.
As has been said, you will need a new modem, but the cost to provide it to customers will be factored into the 50Mb monthly price.
As has been said, you will need a new modem, but the cost to provide it to customers will be factored into the 50Mb monthly price.
that's what i expect, the early adopters help pay for the technology being used and i also expect the monthly price to drop in a year or so
whydoIneedatech
30-07-2008, 21:14
that's what i expect, the early adopters help pay for the technology being used and i also expect the monthly price to drop in a year or so
The price will drop when you see a flying pig;)
that's what i expect, the early adopters help pay for the technology being used and i also expect the monthly price to drop in a year or so
But recent history shows that isn't what cable does with the broadband. Instead they increase the service for the price you pay.
I'm sure someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but even when ntl introduced modem broadband, there wasn't price drop for the existing STB broadband options, just a new cheaper/slower tier was introduced (at £17.99 rather than £24.99).
Graham M
31-07-2008, 00:32
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whydoIneedatech
31-07-2008, 07:09
http://www.gagglescape.com/images/uploads/Flying_Pig.jpg
I thought Kymmy would have beat you to post a flying pig.:)
Posting is not seeing one though;)
Graham M
31-07-2008, 10:05
I took that photo just before I posted it :p:
Hey, it's just been around here as well
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/03/38.gif
deed02392
05-08-2008, 23:06
Just curious, when the new docsis 3 standard comes in we will all need new modems to use it. I am just wondering who will pay for them. Will we get them for free or will we have to play for them. If we have to pay for them, roughly how much will it cost to get a docsis 3 compatible modem?
Yes! All your 20Mb Pirates must play for the right to own and become a 50Mb pirate! YOU TWO, FIGHT TO THE DEATH.
You want 50Mb, don't you ¬¬
Sorry bit confused, but are Virgin not already installing docsis 3 capable modems..
I will admit this comes from one of the few customers who pays for a 20mb line and gets it...
but i ave just recently moved and my service with it... i guessed the modems now support docsis 3...?
Nope. All the current modems Virgin suppy are a maximum of DOCSIS 2 only
The DOCSIS 3 version will only be issued to 50Mb customers to start with
If you are a 20Mb/XL customer and upgrade to 50Mb you would get a new modem as part of the upgrade.
I am assuming the DOCSIS 3 modems are backwards compatible, so you then wouldn't need yet another new modem if you went back to 20Mb or below
Impz2002
06-08-2008, 09:06
A DOCSIS 3 modem is capable of running on a DOCSIS 1 / 2 network too so if you downgraded you could keep the exsisting modem.
Impz
A DOCSIS 3 modem is capable of running on a DOCSIS 1 / 2 network too so if you downgraded you could keep the exsisting modem.
Impz
Of course. Which is probably what'll happen imo.
Zhadnost
06-08-2008, 18:16
Hows about, when they send out the new modems, they include packaging to send back the old modems, If I upgrade It'd mean that I have 2 unused modems sat in my loft that I don't want to bin because they don't belong to me.
(mind you, where I used to work I had a cupboard full of the bloody things that have presumably ended up in a landfill).
They already do that if they swap the modem for speed issues.
whydoIneedatech
06-08-2008, 19:03
Hows about, when they send out the new modems, they include packaging to send back the old modems, If I upgrade It'd mean that I have 2 unused modems sat in my loft that I don't want to bin because they don't belong to me.
(mind you, where I used to work I had a cupboard full of the bloody things that have presumably ended up in a landfill).
They will never ask for those modems back as they will be to old to be re-used, if you ever go to your local tip you can put them in the recycling skip for electronic devices.
Or you could just bin them.
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