October 24, 2003
Modem go boom...

I had to say goodbye to another IP today. 69.140.240.116, I'll miss you too...

So, yeah, around 4:20pm, my cable modem bit the dust. It was an RCA DCM235 - rented out from Comcast since the day they came and installed the service. So, I guess it was about time for it to die - it's been giving me lots of warnings of its impending doom over the past few months, so I wasn't all too surprised when the tech support guy on the phone said that there were no problems with Comcast's line in my area, and that 76 of the 78 people on my node were online. (I guess someone else's modem died too?)

So, I ran out at 8:15 to Best Buy to pick up a new modem. I had actually done some research on the subject, and I had already decided on the Motorola SURFboard SB5100. Naturally, that happened to be the -only- model of cable modem Best Buy carries now, so it wasn't a hard choice, either. After seeing an amazing lack of other items I wanted to buy (other than Time Crisis 3, but that can wait), I headed home with the new modem.

I didn't get back online until just now. I called tech support again to give him the new serial number/MAC addy, and he said it would take 2-3 hours to get it into the system so Comcast would give it service. 3 and a half hours later, I had to call tech support again - bewilderingly, getting the 1st guy I had talked to again. He fixed the connection up pretty quick - I'm a bit bummed my IP changed, but at least service is back. I need to run some speed tests with this modem later, though I don't really expect anything different, with Comcast's bandwidth caps being as low as they are.

Now, I have to drop off the defunct modem at Comcast when they open tomorrow so they can stop charging me the rental fees. Bleh.

Posted at 01:44 AM
Comments:

Strange... the IP should change if the MAC address of the connected device changes. I didn't think that changing the modem would affect anything. Unless you've managed to pull down the new config for the 3.3 download cap. I've heard rumors of that hitting Gaithursburg now.

Posted by Crescens at October 24, 2003 11:10 AM

You spelled its correctly!! YOU GET A PRIZE!!!!
Ka ka ka, the evils of Comcast. *Sighs nostalgically*

Posted by Allison at October 26, 2003 08:59 PM

It's actually not that hard to use it's/its properly, if you use both in the same sentence. ^^;

Posted by StarCreator at October 27, 2003 12:16 AM
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