You need to check with your cable company. They send DOCSIS standard updates that do fun things like throttle down the bandwidth and tag your packets. http://stopthecap.com/2010/07/27/next-time-you-think-americans-dont-want-faster-better-broadband-read-this/ But I think a provider there has taken the revolutionary step toward DOCSIS 3.0! See DEFCON 18 materials on custom firmware for modems with 3.0, that you can use to TEST connections, etc. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBcQFjAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defcon.org%2Fimages%2Fdefcon-18%2Fdc-18-presentations%2FBlake-bitemytaco%2FDEFCON-18-Blake-bitemytaco-Hacking-DOCSIS.pdf&rct=j&q=docsis%203.0%20defcon%2018&ei=YEzITNW-EYa0lQe37IDoAQ&usg=AFQjCNHolfXvWbj5V58smjh96JF1HOsuiQ&cad=rja DISCLAIMER this is no way a suggestion that you steal any services or otherwise misuse the acceptable use agreement, Linux is fun to configure on everything and this is yet another example that will allow you to learn. We don't learn to hack, we hack to learn. You can update back to the original firmware. On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:49 PM, mike havens wrote: > that was probably a stupid quesxtion; is a cable modem a cable modem... > meaning any of them will work on any system? > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:34 PM, mike havens wrote: > >> what is the brand of cable modem they use in the area? >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:33 PM, mike havens wrote: >> >>> that would probably be me... is cox in that area or else who is the cable >>> company up there? >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:10 PM, mike Enriquez wrote: >>> >>>> Someone asked a question about living in Cottonwood and I lost that >>>> email. I have a ranch just outside of Cottonwood I spent summers and >>>> most of the summer up there. So if that person still has a question >>>> about Cottonwood, or PageSprings, or Sedona I would be glad to help >>>> out. >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Mike Enriquez >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Skype: 6022393392 ATT: 5037544452 GV: 6236883392 http://www.it-clowns.com Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. -Arthur C. Clark I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. -Heinlein