1) you cannot high jack your own thread and 2) docsis 3 is probably overkill for that service level however it might be required by your provider today or sometime in the future. -- Ryan Coleman > On Mar 15, 2014, at 19:28, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > > My download speed on http://www.speedtest.net/ is 11 mbps and my upload speed is 12 mbps. > > Thank you, > > no mean to hijack the post. > > From: pj.world at hotmail.com > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 19:16:47 -0500 > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Is a DOCSIS 3.0 necessary? > > I am currently paying for the very lowest basic internet speed. > > From: ryanjcole at me.com > Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 19:09:52 -0500 > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Is a DOCSIS 3.0 necessary? > > What service level are you paying for from your provider? > > -- > Ryan Coleman > > On Mar 15, 2014, at 19:06, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > > I recently purchased my own cable modem because the internet service provider I use was surcharging me a monthly fee for using their cable modem. I am wondering If I could have just purchased a lesser priced DOCSIS 2.0 cable modem? I ended up purchasing a DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem without a built in wireless router. > > Thank you, > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20140315/a67de706/attachment.html>