Comcast and Docsis 3.0 Rulez

I got a letter from Comcast telling me my cable modem was so old that they were going to drop support for it. Whaddaya talkin' about, I thought. It's only like 10 years old--the first rev of the Linksys BEFCMU10. I was getting 2-6 Mbps downloads according to speakeasy, so I figured what more could I need?

Just for shits and giggles, I went out and bought a Motorola Docsis 3.0 SB6120, since in my area Comcast has some crazy fast internet options. My old modem was only Docsis 1.0. After a fairly painless and short phone call to a special Comcast number (877 735 3499), I was up and running...at freakin 35Mbps!

I didn't change service plans. I just got a faster modem. And blamo, I got a 5-10 fold increase in throughput. I love Comcast. Even if their DNS shits the bed more often than one would like. Just plugin in Google's 8.8.8.8 DNS servers as your backup.

Comcast, I love you.