 MacLeechThe one and onlyPremium
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Re: Does this means new modems. said by Sharingan:
Does this mean people who have old modems have to buy the 2.0 modems or are the old modems still work.
2.0 modems are backwards compatible with 1.x CMTSs
2.0 CMTSs are backwards compatible with 1.x modems.
DOCSIS modems will work with DOCSIS CMTSs, doesn't matter which version is on either end. You can keep the modem you have.
On the other hand, for an cable provider to reap ALL the benefits of DOCSIS 2.0 it needs to have the majority (if not all) modems connected to a DOCSIS 2.0 CMTS to be DOCSIS 2.0 modems. So at some point in the future providers using 2.0 gear may require customers to have 2.0 modems, but its up to the provider to decide when that point is feasible and cost effective. Until that time, 1.0 and 1.1 modems work fine with 2.0 CMTSs.
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