Hacking the Surfboard > why should uncapping your own modem be wrong?

why should uncapping your own modem be wrong?

What the hell you talking about.... These people who uncap there cable modem give cable COs bad names, a main reason why people get slow speeds cause of uncapped cable modems/servers..... sigh

Um..I'd like you to show me where you got that info. A main reason people get slow speeds is not uncapping, in fact the amt of customers who can/do uncap is smaller then you'd think and the amt using sigma is even smaller.

The onyl thign I could see you saying is a main reason for slowdown is P2P running constantly..

Uncapping is NOT a main reason why you'd be getting slow speeds.
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reply to kd6cae
Cable providers are free to allow uncapping, it's just that none of them do. So it's against their AUP, and it can get you terminated. If there was sufficient demand for burstable upstream in the home, and it was feasible economically and technically, someone would offer it. But the fact is you are using their network, and uncapping without permission is a form of abuse - it is taking something you're not paying for.

and uncapping without permission is a form of abuse - it is taking something you're not paying for. true, except how can you take something you're not paying for when it's not even offered as a package to begin with? I pay for my 768K SDsL line, but how many cable companies offer 768K up as one of their packages, if they even offer packages at all? a cable internet connection has more ability than most cable ISP's give us! Look at Optimum online, how come their cable customers get decent speeds in both directions while every single last one of the other cable providers in this great country of ours only wants to give us 256K upload capacity? OK not every single provider is that bad, but you get my idea. Everyone gives us very nice download, but I guess thinks that the internet is one way and that we'll never want to use our outbound link. All I'm saying is cable companies should give users packages that suit their broadband needs like say 128/128 for those that want the convience of an always on connection but don't really use it that much to see 6MBPs/1MBPs or something like that for the broadband power user. We all use the internet differently, and cable companies should come to that realization!

reply to kd6cae
The thing about Optimum they only offer there service in high density area, and they re did all the wires there so they can offer that speed. Other places the wires are so old they can handle it, and are low density of population

reply to Qumahlin
YOu only need three to five people that have uncapped cable modems, they will be using all of the upload, that is the reason why the download goes down so much cause of the upload..

reply to kd6cae
Cable modems don't connect at a particular speed. They receive information from their particular "channel" (think frequency) at a very fast rate. (At one time I read it's like 35Mbps.) The DOCSIS specification is a "throttle" not unlike the handle on your water faucet.

Have you ever been in a crummy hotel where your spouse flushes the toilet and you get scalded in the shower? People who uncap their cable modems are like the toilets in cheap motels.

In reference to modifying owned equipment:

1) You cannot modify your auto to produce more power if doing so causes it to exceed emissions guidelines in effect when your car was produced.
2) You cannot modify any transmitting device that you own so that they interfere with a licensed spectrum
3) You cannot modify your cell phone and make free calls
4) You cannot modify your POTS telephone in such a manner that it causes network problems without subject to service termination and/or fines/jail time
5) In almost all subdivisions, the indentures read that you cannot modify your house in such a manner as to violates subdivision rules

I'm tired of thinking but I'm sure there are many, many more examples of not being able to modify stuff that you own in any manner you please.

reply to Qumahlin
and they oversell the nodes

reply to Healbot
Retype this again, and please INHALE this time...

reply to rradina

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People who uncap their cable modems are like the toilets in cheap motels.

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reply to kd6cae
I suggest you write a letter to your cable company then. If enough people are interested in tiered service with high upstreams, they'll offer it as a package.

Whatever they do, uncapping your modem is still illegal. The fact that something isn't offered for sale doesn't mean it's free for the taking. It's a ridiculous idea. I have a pot of soup in my fridge. Now you may want that soup, but it's good soup and I'm not selling it to you. This doesn't entitle you to break into my house and take my soup.

You say if enough folks were interested in service with higher upload, the cable companies would offer it. Then answer me this question then. How come a friend of mine who lives in Greensboro NC and only gets 384KBPS up even though he use to have 512KBPs upload? from what he says they totally did away with the Roadrunner extreme plan that he had when he had 512K upload. So he has 384K up again while his friend who's about 2 hours away by car has 512 as his stand package from what I hear! so why shouldn't my friend be able to uncap his upstream so he can get the service he's even willing to pay for, but that RR took away from that area? Again this is just my 2 cents on it all.