Benefits to upgrading to DOCSIS 2.0/3.0 cable modem?
I'm subscribing to cable internet service today after a hiatus of many years. I have an old Com21, DOCSIS 1.0 modem and want to know if I'd see any benefit from upgrading to a newer modem. I've signed up for the "premium" internet--10 Mb down/1 Mb up--and will be using it for streaming movies/gaming/etc and would like to get the most out of my internet service.
What makes DOCSIS 3.0 different from its predecessors is that it is able to support multiple channels and bind them together to increase performance. More channels means greater speed, and there is a 4-channel minimum requirement for DOCSIS 3.0 approved hardware. Each channel offers a familiar 38 Mbps downstream and 27 Mbps upstream, but there are no limits to how many channels can be used. This opens up a lot of performance possibilities, a great example of which is the 100 Mbps DOCSIS 3.x service available