Charter Firmware Update Kills SB6120 Cable Modems
A recent Charter cable firmware update bricks some Motorola Surfboard SB6120 cable modems!
After Charter pushes new firmware update, many customers report that their Motorola Surfboard SB6120 DOCSIS 3.0 cable modems refused to accept a IP address. Resetting or rebooting the modem would not fix the problem, and Charter’s solution was to replace the modem.
Amazon.com even halted sales of the popular Motorola SB6120 modems for several days until Charter resolved it’s problems.
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50Mbs DOCsis 3.0 Ultimate Cox High Speed Internet
Ultimate Cox High Speed Internet
Cox Communications recently launched Ultimate Cox High Speed Internet in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
According to Cox, Ultimate Internet offers customers download speeds up to a blazing 50Mbps and a respectable 5 Mbps upload speed. Powered by the new cable-exclusive DOCSIS 3.0 technology, Cox can now offer even faster speeds and more features to it’s high speed Internet service subscribers.
“We’ve listened to our customers, and they continue to tell us that speed and reliability are among the main reasons they choose their Internet service provider, so Cox has invested heavily in our network to ensure we continue to deliver on our commitment,” said Gary McCollum, Cox Senior Vice President and General Manager.
Cox Ultimate Internet comes with a free feature called PowerBoost, which provides a temporary extra burst of speed for file downloads and uploads when there’s extra capacity available on the network. The company added.
DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modems
The new DOCSIS 3.0 cable modems are required to obtain the super fast download speeds afforded by this new technology. We recently reviewed one of Motorola’s new offerings, the Motorola SB6120 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem.
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