# I got a cable modem.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-cable-modem/310787>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 2, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-cable-modem/310787 "2005-07-02T02:16:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-cable-modem/310787/1 "2005-07-02T02:16:48Z")

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Bold, yet tentative, steps into the 21st century continue at the 1505. Bye bye, landline, hello cable modem. Now I can download an e-mail attatchment in less than a week!

Jeez, are there seatbelts for this sort of speed?

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**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-cable-modem/310787/2 "2005-07-02T02:53:18Z")

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Congratulations! You’ll **never** go back. My modem died last night. It was terrible. I’ve considered having a land line option as a back-up, but I wouldn’t be able to stand it. Fortunately, I was able swap it for a new one at the cable company’s customer service office, so by late this afternoon, I was back in business.

GT

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-cable-modem/310787/3 "2005-07-02T20:26:58Z")

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I get 2.2 - 2.7 mbits download consistently with my cable modem. How fast are you? (Probably best to test several times in non-peak hours.)

[http://www.dslreports.com/stest](http://www.dslreports.com/stest)

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**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-cable-modem/310787/4 "2005-07-02T21:12:38Z")

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About the same as you. Isn’t it nice?

GT

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-cable-modem/310787/5 "2005-07-02T21:42:37Z")

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Yup, awesome. 😃

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-cable-modem/310787/6 "2005-07-02T21:55:04Z")

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[Wow! I got there fast.](http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm)