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Re: [DSL] Speedstream 5260 - upgrade or not?

He's not going to see any speed changes on a capped line. That is the difference, IMHO. On a regular line there might be a small difference but when speeds are under the 3 Mbps range I doubt it would change anything due to the cap being in place. Only on a higher speed line that is not capped is where a noticeable change may be seen.
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A new chipset will raise the line's maxrate. If it raises it enough, then the cap would be lifted so he could get the full speed of the Pro plan.

It is possible, but it is not cast in stone. A newer Modem may very well make no difference at all if the cap has to remain because of too high Attenuation.
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We did a lot of these modem replacements a few years ago to enable people to move up to faster speed plans. There haven't been so many lately as pretty much all those old Alcatel chipset modems have been retired.

I'm pretty sure that every modem replacement with an AR7 modem gained at least a 200-300 kbps maxrate increase and that would be enough of a difference to get the faster speeds.

Fighterpilot has a minimum maxrate of at least 2700 or he wouldn't be able to have 2496 speeds. He probably has something over 3000. If his line is quiet, he could qualify for 3008 speeds with a maxrate higher than 3400 (at least on a trial basis to see if it is stable).