Well, being the cable modem installer that I am....
Your cable provider will more than likely already have a modem that they
will rent to you.
We do this and so does the AT&T @home. In a few areas you may supply your
own modem.
Most external modems are about the size of a large paperback book. I would
definately stay away
from internal modems (cost).
All cable modems use a standard 10baseT ethernet (10Mbs). We have two basic
types of modems
here. One that requires an ethernet card in the computer and the other which
uses a built in USB network
adapter in the modem. I prefer the USB since we don't have to open the
customer's computer and I have
not noticed any speed decrease using USB as opposed to ethernet.
AT&T forces you through a proxy server (in Denver) which slows you down. We
have a local connection
to our provider here so we have almost complete fiber (except for the 1/2
mile or so of coax).
Our minimum requirements for an install is a Pentium 166 and 32M of RAM

Winston

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian L. Sanburn" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 10:47 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Cable Modem Recommendations


> Hello all,
>         Do I go internal (have slots available) or external (not much in
the way of
> desktop space available)?  What other features should I look for and/or
> avoid?  What BRANDS should I look for and/or avoid?  Anything else I
should
> be concerned about or otherwise lookout for?
>
>         I'm running a Compaq Presario w/450Mhz AMD processor, 64M RAM,
Win98/MSIE5.5.
>
>         (It's been working just fine for about 6 months and I'd like to
see that continue, please....)
>
>         Thanks for the suggestions (except for the ones about trashing the
Compaq...lol).
>
>         Brian

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