and bilieve me I would LOVE to do it, but I am just gonna buy one. My brother-in-law has a new RCA DCM-225 and I don't see it listed here: http://www.rca.com/product/viewmodellist/browseproduct/1,1323,CI305,00.html? . Whats the difference between all of them I can't locate a difference.RCA Cable Modem
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iceman3233
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RCA Cable Modem
I was thinking about buying a new RCA cable modem. Right now I have this 3+ year old com21 bastard thats slow. Everyone else in my area has theese new fast modems. I called AT&T and they refuse to upgrade me. They said my current modem ethier has to die or I gotta resignup. So I poundered frying my current one and bilieve me I would LOVE to do it, but I am just gonna buy one. My brother-in-law has a new RCA DCM-225 and I don't see it listed here: http://www.rca.com/product/viewmodellist/browseproduct/1,1323,CI305,00.html? . Whats the difference between all of them I can't locate a difference.
and bilieve me I would LOVE to do it, but I am just gonna buy one. My brother-in-law has a new RCA DCM-225 and I don't see it listed here: http://www.rca.com/product/viewmodellist/browseproduct/1,1323,CI305,00.html? . Whats the difference between all of them I can't locate a difference.
The RCA225 is sold only to cable companies who then rent them out to customers.
The RCA226 is available to consumers.
As far as speed increase? Its doubtful that a new modem is going to make your speeds improve.
If the modem you have is probably rated at rates far superior to what you are getting. Unlike a dial up phone, there is no 14.4k / 28.8k, 33.6k or 56k versions of cable modems.
All cable modems are capable of faster speeds than you are able to achieve.
The RCA226 is available to consumers.
As far as speed increase? Its doubtful that a new modem is going to make your speeds improve.
If the modem you have is probably rated at rates far superior to what you are getting. Unlike a dial up phone, there is no 14.4k / 28.8k, 33.6k or 56k versions of cable modems.
All cable modems are capable of faster speeds than you are able to achieve.
RCA Cable Modem 225 - BEFSR41 Linksys router - DLINK USB 2.0 10/100 NIC - Linksys 10/100 16 port and 5 port Switches - Pentium PIV 2.0A CPU with a Thermaltake Volcano 7+ Copper Heatsink/Fan combo - 512 MB PC800 Rambus RAM - Intel D850MV motherboard - 240GB hard drive space, 2ea 40GB and 2ea 80GB as a 160GB ATA 133 Raid drive using a Promise TX2000 PCI Raid Controller, Just bought a Maxtor 160 GB 8mb buffer drive to add for more video editing - Buslink (oem Ricoh MP5125a) RW5125a DVD+RW/+R Burner and TDK 24x10x40x CDRW drives - ATI 64MB DDR All In Wonder Radeon-8500-DV with excellent MPEG2 Capture, TV, and Playback Accelerator Video Card - Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Audio with 4.1 Altec Lansing surround speakers - Enermax EG465P-VE (430 watt) Whisper Quiet Power Supply - Viewsonic VA800 17.4 Inch LCD Display (equivalent in size to a 19 inch Flat Screen CRT display) - Windows XP Pro (registered and activated) - Comcast cable service with 1.8mbit down / 256kbit up.
When I started 2 weeks ago, we were installing DCM 325 modems using USB conections. Two days later we were told not to use USB and install NICs when possible.
Since then I have not seen any RCA modems, just 3COM. The 3 COMs are good but all the other installers say the RCAs locked quicker, speeding up the install times.
Since then I have not seen any RCA modems, just 3COM. The 3 COMs are good but all the other installers say the RCAs locked quicker, speeding up the install times.
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iceman3233
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