Broadband forum: Best Cable Modems

with cable no matter what modem you use.

Have you done any actual investigating on what's available? And I'll guarantee T3/45 Mb/s is going to cost more than 70 bucks a month.

Can you expand a little more on what you've done, what you have now, and what you expect?

Wayne

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A T-3 is a fully digital, optically transported, Pulse Code Modulated, data signal running at 45 Mb/s. It's also synchronous which means its 45 Mb/s in both directions.

Cable is in reality an analog signal and is asynchronous which means it has two different speeds. High speed for downloading and a slower speed for uploading.

Now.

FIOS is available in the speed range you are looking for. It's an optically transported signal (fiber). You'll need to contact a local vendor (Verizon, AT&T) and see if it's available in your area. But the speed you're wanting will cost you.

I've never had the connection going off on me like this before. It just started few weeks ago. I dunno why. I'll try to get a modem replacement or call them again about what else I can do.

I forgot to say: the cable modem is a Motorola SB5101. Also, i hope they can keep their heads out of their nether regions and keep things on their end working right.

Cox Communication is the one I'm with.

I've heard that people having satellite Internet and having speeds faster than cable. Well, I checked online and it seem the highest satellite can offer is 1.5 MBPS download for same price of 15 MBPS on cable.

Anyone know great listing of satellite companies?

one second loss about 1 to 3 times aday? golly he must watch it closely then Bob. And if he went Satelite he would really be complaining..lol.. Cause with satelite thru dish network you would have to connect using phone line. them small dishs only receive not transmit. and with bad weather he would lose the downlink signal.... And yes it might be comparative to DSL or Cable in price. And there are Satelite internet providers that do offer 2 way satelite internet but the equipment is total cost uneffective.. the receiver tranmitter can run from 600.00 on up which he would have to purchase with a monthy sevice of 99.00 on up.. A friend of mine did that and bo was he upset with their service it took them 3 months to get there and set it up after he bought and recieved the system. And after a month of actual use he was not happy with his and tried to return it with their so called 30 customer satisfaction quarantee they told him he had the system beyond the 30 day return policy so he had to take them to court to get his money back and even though he won and got his money back of 650 dollars back it cost him 800 to hire a lawyer so he was still out 650.00 plus 150.00 so when all said and done he still paid 800.00 for a service he did not like. LOL, So you are right he should stick with what he has.. Also he should check with his provider.. it could be his modem might be going bad or the isp provider is working those particular times on their system...

I hate my cable company. I hate knowing how much I spend a month on communications. Its scary to think and I piece out my features to the bare bones.

Anyway, so I can make my modem/internet be faster? I pay $50 a month to have it at 5mbs

What do I do to make it faster?