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hamish225

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#127344 7-Aug-2013 12:22
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whenever im at a friends house that has cable i always notice that Vodafone (TelstraClear) have been using the same black modems for at least 10 years. They dont have wifi built in or more than one Ethernet port (and they're really ugly) apparently in america they're light years ahead of us and you can use your own cable modem on your connection rather than an ISP supplied one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK-6EYwuKp8

is there anything stopping someone buying one of these and using it on their cable connection in NZ?




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  #873142 7-Aug-2013 12:24
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Yes there is. It won't work.




 

 

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  #873238 7-Aug-2013 14:46
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hamish225: i see where you're coming from there. I wonder why on US networks you're allowed to plug in your own then, do they have a different type of network that means it wont affect other customers or do they just not care about that?


Without having visibility into their networks & provisioning processes it's difficult to say, but I'd wager it's a side effect of how entrenched cable technologies are in the US. They've had cable TV since the year dot, it's a real institution, & using those networks for high speed internet was a reasonably natural progression - lots of interoperability to leverage on the hardware side.

I do understand that, if they do allow end users to bring their own modems, most cable network operators have a list of approved devices such as this one or this one. Customers would likely need to provide their ISPs with the serial numbers of the equipment to allow it to be provisioned, at the very least.

Here in NZ, we've only got the one cable network, so from a ground level perspective there's not a lot of sense in users spending a lot on their own cable modem if they can only ever use it with one provider. There's also the support factor, as it's much easier to troubleshoot when tech support knows exactly which equipment the end user has & have all the appropriate training & documentation at hand for that equipment. It's a combination of small market sensibilities and customer support, plus the costs of provisioning & implementing this sort of thing wouldn't be minor. Hope that helps.




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