I know it's hog wash but curiosity bums me to post this and seek a comment.

I had a cable modem that was so called an end of life. ISP provider informed
me I could take it to a payment center and exchange it at no charge.
The payment center he advised me to visit was not in the city where I live
but a suburb close by. At that center the female clerk told me I had to get
one from the payment center where I live since the modem from there payment
center only works for that particular suburb. Not to create a fuss I
departed knowing she was full of it.

Never knew cable modems were designed for a particular area.

Just had to vent my emotions.

Thanks for reading this. Any comments will be read and appreciated.

stasiu wrote:
> I know it's hog wash but curiosity bums me to post this and seek a
> comment.
> I had a cable modem that was so called an end of life. ISP provider
> informed me I could take it to a payment center and exchange it at
> no charge. The payment center he advised me to visit was not in the city
> where
> I live but a suburb close by. At that center the female clerk told
> me I had to get one from the payment center where I live since the
> modem from there payment center only works for that particular
> suburb. Not to create a fuss I departed knowing she was full of it.
>
> Never knew cable modems were designed for a particular area.
>
> Just had to vent my emotions.
>
> Thanks for reading this. Any comments will be read and appreciated.

The answer is fairly simple..

Any given provider *can* restrict their network to work with only particular
modems. It can and does occur. You now have experienced this.
The "end of life" jazz is just a polite way of saying that your modem will
not be supported and probably will not receive the signals being transmitted
by the ISP (perhaps there was an ownership change - or the company made a
deal with another cable modem hardware provider - etc.)

As long as there was no charge (ie: you had not purchased your modem
previously and had to now purchase another one) - I would trhink it was on
the up-and-up.. After all - getting everyone to bring in their old modem and
take a new one home would be an administrative nightmare as well.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Thanks for your comments.
It was a Comcast Modem, old one and new one. Comcast covers the country.?
"Shenan Stanley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> stasiu wrote:
>> I know it's hog wash but curiosity bums me to post this and seek a
>> comment.
>> I had a cable modem that was so called an end of life. ISP provider
>> informed me I could take it to a payment center and exchange it at
>> no charge. The payment center he advised me to visit was not in the city
>> where
>> I live but a suburb close by. At that center the female clerk told
>> me I had to get one from the payment center where I live since the
>> modem from there payment center only works for that particular
>> suburb. Not to create a fuss I departed knowing she was full of it.
>>
>> Never knew cable modems were designed for a particular area.
>>
>> Just had to vent my emotions.
>>
>> Thanks for reading this. Any comments will be read and appreciated.
>
> The answer is fairly simple..
>
> Any given provider *can* restrict their network to work with only
> particular modems. It can and does occur. You now have experienced this.
> The "end of life" jazz is just a polite way of saying that your modem will
> not be supported and probably will not receive the signals being
> transmitted by the ISP (perhaps there was an ownership change - or the
> company made a deal with another cable modem hardware provider - etc.)
>
> As long as there was no charge (ie: you had not purchased your modem
> previously and had to now purchase another one) - I would trhink it was on
> the up-and-up.. After all - getting everyone to bring in their old modem
> and take a new one home would be an administrative nightmare as well.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>

From: "stasiu" <(E-Mail Removed)>

| Thanks for your comments.
| It was a Comcast Modem, old one and new one. Comcast covers the country.?


COMCAST should allow you to purchase a DOCSIS compliant Cable Modem and use it on their
network.

You would own the modem and you would not have to "rent" a modem on a per month charge. All
you should have to do is Register the MAC address of the modem with COMCAST to make it work
with your subscription.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

Hi stasiu,

You can buy a new Motorola Surfboard Cable Modem and you will ever again
pay rent for a Cable Modem from Comcast.

If you decide to buy a new Cable Modem and are considering to add
another computer, then you might wish to get a Cable Modem that also
includes a Wireless Router built-in. This way, you only need one piece of
equipment, instead of two.


--
thecreator


"stasiu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for your comments.
> It was a Comcast Modem, old one and new one. Comcast covers the country.?
> "Shenan Stanley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> stasiu wrote:
>>> I know it's hog wash but curiosity bums me to post this and seek a
>>> comment.
>>> I had a cable modem that was so called an end of life. ISP provider
>>> informed me I could take it to a payment center and exchange it at
>>> no charge. The payment center he advised me to visit was not in the city
>>> where
>>> I live but a suburb close by. At that center the female clerk told
>>> me I had to get one from the payment center where I live since the
>>> modem from there payment center only works for that particular
>>> suburb. Not to create a fuss I departed knowing she was full of it.
>>>
>>> Never knew cable modems were designed for a particular area.
>>>
>>> Just had to vent my emotions.
>>>
>>> Thanks for reading this. Any comments will be read and appreciated.
>>
>> The answer is fairly simple..
>>
>> Any given provider *can* restrict their network to work with only
>> particular modems. It can and does occur. You now have experienced
>> this.
>> The "end of life" jazz is just a polite way of saying that your modem
>> will not be supported and probably will not receive the signals being
>> transmitted by the ISP (perhaps there was an ownership change - or the
>> company made a deal with another cable modem hardware provider - etc.)
>>
>> As long as there was no charge (ie: you had not purchased your modem
>> previously and had to now purchase another one) - I would trhink it was
>> on the up-and-up.. After all - getting everyone to bring in their old
>> modem and take a new one home would be an administrative nightmare as
>> well.
>>
>> --
>> Shenan Stanley
>> MS-MVP
>> --
>> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>
>

thecreator wrote:
> Hi stasiu,
>
> You can buy a new Motorola Surfboard Cable Modem and you will ever again
> pay rent for a Cable Modem from Comcast.
>
> If you decide to buy a new Cable Modem and are considering to add
> another computer, then you might wish to get a Cable Modem that also
> includes a Wireless Router built-in. This way, you only need one piece of
> equipment, instead of two.
>
>
your lucky
we can only rent our boxes and where I live there are over 4 different
boxes for the city

From: "thecreator" <(E-Mail Removed)>

| Hi stasiu,
|
| You can buy a new Motorola Surfboard Cable Modem and you will ever again
| pay rent for a Cable Modem from Comcast.
|
| If you decide to buy a new Cable Modem and are considering to add
| another computer, then you might wish to get a Cable Modem that also
| includes a Wireless Router built-in. This way, you only need one piece of
| equipment, instead of two.
|

If he doesn't know that he can purchase a DOCSIS modem then he certainly shlouldn't get a
wireless Router !

Otherwise he'll be the subject of War Driving or worse, identity theft !

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm