said by NetFixer:If you have a standard residential Internet account, that symptom is normal unless you power cycle the modem each time you change the connected CPE device. If you want to do that test again, power cycle the modem after the laptop is connected.
Never did understand the reasoning behind that. I'd figure the previously-connected device sending a DHCPRELEASE before requesting a new lease would be sufficient.
As-is it's easy enough to just yank the cable, since the DOCSIS renegotiation is quick enough on my modem and I do it infrequently, but if I ever got around to setting up a always-on test gateway it'd be nice to have multiple swithched WAN gatetways before the modem and just release/renew to toggle between them. That said, the percentage of home users that would have that much lab setup is probably rather low.
Probably would make sense for me to just switch to business internet, since the cost for 50/10 is basically the same as what I currently pay for internet now that I've cut the cord and don't have whatever bundle promotional pricing gets thrown at residential customers. On the other hand, I've never had issues with residential not getting its rated speeds and I imagine the actual network is the same if I'm not getting a dedicated ethernet line, which is likely impossible as I rent my residence and would probably cost far more to run lines even if I did own the premises.
Maybe USI or CenturyLink will finally expand into Saint Paul with FTTH beyond the tiny bit of Como that CenturyLink currently does and the tiny blocks in Uptown that USI has service to now that the FCC flipped ISPs the title II bird--hell, maybe we'll even get municipal lines with that. One can only dream.