Finally on teksavvy

[James Knott]

Neil Watson wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 10:57:17PM -0400, Scott Sullivan wrote:
>> I'm not so optimistic. There is apparently a Bug in the DSLAMs Bell 
>> is using that makes the current model VDSL2 modem the only one that 
>> works with them. A co-worker of mine had made an attempt to use a 
>> independent VDSL2 modem with the service without success.
>
> I spoke with a colleague, who runs a small ISP.  He told me that the 
> modem lock-in is a Bell flimflam and that there will be a CRTC hearing
> about it later this year.
>

Hopefully that hearing will extend to Rogers.  They currently supply a 
couple of DOCSIS 3 modem/routers, which do not have a reputation for 
quality.  It is possible, but very difficult to get them to connect to 
other DOCSIS 3 modems.  Again, this is due to an arbitrary decision by 
Rogers and not due to technical reasons.  After all the driving force 
behind DOCSIS was to have a common standard and get away from supplier 
dependencies.

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