Shawn; Charter (down here in Lakeville/Apple Valley/Rosemount) uses the Com21 stuff. I've had one for almost a year and a half now with no major problems. Seems to work fine with Linux. It's not a very exciting box, but sometimes boring is OK... -=[ Steve ]=- Shawn Fertch wrote: > Cable modem is "supposed" to be available in Forest Lake come October. I > called, and got details on it. From the sounds of it, they use an external > router. Com-21 or the like. Anyone know something about them? They told me > that I get 512 down and 128 up which sucks big time. However, it's either > that or 128 ISDN or 56k modem...