Comments for Should I upgrade my DSL modem?

Comment from chris jones on 2007-12-10

2007-12-11T00:43:31Z

My friend just recently purchased a combi dsl modem wireless router, he's really getting wound up with it not working.

Basically, he was using a usb modem supplied by his ISP, but he needed wireless networking for his other machine. We think we registered the address of the router/modem and after many attempts we seemed to get this to work, but when trying to use IE we had no internet connecton.

Should he call his ISP to check the compatiblity of the modem? or does it need to be registered with them? thanks.

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Comment from Jamie lynn Bodnar on 2007-02-12

2007-02-12T14:03:00Z

In the past 4 years we have gone through about 3 or4 Intel dial up modems. Is this normal? I have spoken to other people and they say that should be lasting longer then that. Could it be that we are in the country and the phone line is lame?
Thanks Jamie

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2007-02-11

2007-02-12T00:49:27Z

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Could you post the exact message. I've never heard of this. I would
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modems.

Leo
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Comment from Bob on 2007-02-11

2007-02-11T20:50:05Z

I have run the MS upgradeadvisor for Vista and it tells me that the 2-Wire DSL modem will not work with Vista. What is the process to replace this unit since I am putting together a new computer?
Thank you!

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Comment from Ronny on 2006-05-30

2006-05-30T20:43:38Z

My SpeedStream is going strong after more than five years.

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Comment from Leo on 2006-05-27

2006-05-27T16:37:19Z

I suspected as much, which is why I limited myself to talking about DSL modems.

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Comment from Richard on 2006-05-27

2006-05-27T15:37:11Z

When it comes to cable modems the answer may be different. My ISP is Cablevision's Optonline. They are one of the most technologically innovative ISPs. They recently upgraded their standard account to 15 MB/s and they added a premium account at 30 MB/s. To take advantage of either of these speeds I had to upgrade my old Motorola modem which topped out at about 10 MB/s.

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Comment from Greg Bulmash on 2006-05-24

2006-05-24T21:27:04Z

Funny that you mention ventilation. When I got my first DSL line in 1998, there were a lot of problems getting it provisioned. But when it was finally all set up properly, I still couldn't connect to the Internet.

Why? When the installer came out, he put the modem on the carpet under my desk. The modem's ventilation slots were on the underside and it needed to be on a hard surface to have enough clearance to get proper airflow. Being on the carpet basically plugged the ventilation slots and while I was fighting with Pacific Bell to get the line provisioned correctly, the modem fried itself. :-)

They sent out an installer two days later, swapped out the modem, and put it on a table. During the next 14 months, I never had a problem with the modem. PacBell's oversubscribed network was another story, though.

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