[SGVLUG] ATT DSL Gateway choices, which gateway do you like?

[Dan Buthusiem]

As long as it's a standard ADSL2+ modem with PPPoE, it'll work anywhere
(with the right settings).

A lot of people out there seem to hate Moto Surfboards. I figure as long as
it's what the telco uses, it *should* work. Haven't kept tabs on preferable
coax modems, though. As long as it's a true DOCSIS 3 modem with a GigE port
for your router, your throughput should be able to max around 160 Mbit down
(Charter only offers up to 100 last I checked).
On Aug 14, 2012 6:58 PM, "Scott Packard" <spackard at gmail.com> wrote:

> Charter DOCSIS 3:
> Close to a year ago I subscribed to Charter Internet only (20Mbps
> down/5Mbps up).
> I've only used my own modem, though I remember being asked when I
> signed up if I had a compatible modem.
>
> I was watching Slickdeals, picked up a MOTOROLA SBG6580 SURFBOARD
> modem by waiting until another store had a sale then price-matching to
> Staples.  If you don't need the wireless then there's a cheaper model.
>
>
> DSL gateway:
> I've used a Broadxent Briteport 8120 with Covad, which then was bought
> by Megapath.
> Sometime in there I tried AT&T.  I think the Broadxent worked with
> AT&T, but I can't remember for sure.
> I see Southwest Bell used to use the Broadxent.
> I've had a marginal line for years; AT&T didn't do anything to fix it.
> I used to have a cron job running that would detect the line getting
> problematic and reboot the gateway.
> The S/N level of the Charter service is much better than DSL was.
>
> Regards, Scott
>
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