Re: RCN and an "unapproved" modem

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From: Melvin Klassen
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 02:51

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On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 18:31:27, "Grinch" <hobgoblin@penn.com> wrote:

> Cable modems NEED a boot file. If your provider does not have 
> the boot file for your modem then you are screwed...period.

Some cable-modems, e.g., the Terayon that Shaw Cable uses,
are *completely* provisioned remotely -- just power-cycle it to reset 
it.
But, I have only *once* in the last couple of years had to reset it;
it's just plain "rock-solid".  :-)

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