Upgrading Cable/Broadband Service? - 06/19/12 10:47 PM
My present broadband service is 10 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up. This service, by SuddenLink, is rock solid with no packet loss and essentially no down time.
SuddenLink has offered to upgrade my service to 20 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up for an additional $14.00 per month.
The present cable modem, owned by SuddenLink, is for both my broadband and telephone (one unit). Should I accept the upgrade, SuddenLink will provide a DOCIS modem for broadband and a separate telephone modem (Apparently, one must have two modems in cases such as this.)
But to my questions:
1. Should I accept the upgrade offer, am I likely to see any real life improvements in daily surfing, pages load faster, etc? (I rarely upload large files so the upload speed is not too important).
2. Will video chatting be improved?
3. Are DOCIS modems troublesome, drop packets, noisy, etc?
4. Do DOCIS modems play nice with Airport base stations?
Your thoughts, opinions, and musings are always appreciated.
SuddenLink has offered to upgrade my service to 20 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up for an additional $14.00 per month.
The present cable modem, owned by SuddenLink, is for both my broadband and telephone (one unit). Should I accept the upgrade, SuddenLink will provide a DOCIS modem for broadband and a separate telephone modem (Apparently, one must have two modems in cases such as this.)
But to my questions:
1. Should I accept the upgrade offer, am I likely to see any real life improvements in daily surfing, pages load faster, etc? (I rarely upload large files so the upload speed is not too important).
2. Will video chatting be improved?
3. Are DOCIS modems troublesome, drop packets, noisy, etc?
4. Do DOCIS modems play nice with Airport base stations?
Your thoughts, opinions, and musings are always appreciated.