Re: RCN and an "unapproved" modem

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From: L Alpert
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 18:47

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Melvin Klassen wrote:
> 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".  :-)

Same with my Surfboard 3100.  I haven't turned it off for over a year.  It
sits upstairs in a closet with a router.

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