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Next week I'm moving into a downtown San Francisco apartment building
that's wired for RCN. I have ordered the new Mach 7 service, which
claims up to 7000Kbps downloads and 800Kbps uploads.

I'll believe it when I see it, but it occurs to me that should such
speeds prove real, choosing a particular make and model cable modem to
buy (as I'm considering in order to save the $5 rental fee) may be
important in a way that isn't so for the more common 1500Kbps or
3000Kbps speeds that I had through Comcast in the Peninsula.

RCN provides a list of compatible modems
(<URL:http://www.rcn.com/internet/highspeed/modem_purchase.php>), and
oddly recommends
(<URL:http://help.rcn.com/redirectprimus.asp?id=45d0229c-a36c-11d8-9741-0003ba0e8cdc>)
the discontinued Toshiba PXC2200 and 2500. Should I go to the extra
trouble of tracking one of these down, or can I just buy a Motorola
SB5100 or some other model on the approved list and expect to see the 
maximum possible performance?

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