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Do UPC ever update modems?

  • 10-08-2015 10:59pm
    #1
    ezra_pound
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭


    I've got the same modem (Thompson) over 5 years now. It's still working fine I think but surprised that it hasn't been updated in this amount of time.

    Any opinions?


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  • #2
    Some_Person
    Closed Accounts Posts: 491 ✭✭Some_Person


    If it ain't broke, don't fix it.


  • #3
    ItHurtsWhenIP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,116 ✭✭✭ItHurtsWhenIP


    ezra_pound wrote: »
    I've got the same modem (Thompson) over 5 years now. It's still working fine I think but surprised that it hasn't been updated in this amount of time.

    Any opinions?

    I've a Linksys WRT54GS that is approx 12 years old and still working fine. I've only a 3Mbps connection and only 2 of us in the house, so there's no point in replacing it.

    Now when FTTH becomes a reality (pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease), then I'll splash out on something like an Archer C9. :P


  • #4
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    They only replace modems under two circumstances:

    1) Your modem breaks (the high heat of modems can sometimes kill them).
    2) They move to a new standard to offer higher speeds, that the old modems don't support. The last time they mass upgraded modems was when they moved from DOCSIS 2.0 (max 30Mb/s) to DOCSIS 3.0 (240Mb/s).

    As said above, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

    The next mass upgrade will likely be to modems that support either more channels on DOCSIS 3.0 or new DOCSIS 3.1 modems, in order to support speeds between 500Mb/s to 1Gb/s.

    In doing so hopefully the new modems will also support dual channel, dual radio, 802.11AC wifi, like the modems from their parent company Virgin Mobile do in the UK.


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