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"The dire need for CAT6 was primarily a marketing push to sell higher MSRP cable as the realizable performance gains don't happen until CAT6a." That part of your statement it totally wrong. "..., as it is now, CAT6 will not be the optimal choice" Again somewhat wrong. Folks that already have...

Incorrect. CAT6 will support 10GBASE-T at limited distances (55 meters ideally) while CAT5 will not support 10GBASE-T. The reduced distance is about to 55 meters (~180ft is fine for most residences). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable .

CAT6A is more resistant to interference that 5E and there are old fluorescent fixtures near by. The installer indicated that CAT6A would not work. I do not agree that someone who does internet installs for a living know next to nothing about Ethernet cables.

I had another Pico Brain from Charter install a business account and I used a CAT6a patch cable between their modem and our router. The Charter weenie said that CAT6A could not be used and replaced it with his CAT5E cable. After he left, I put the CAT6A back on.

According to a recent customer service rating by Consumer Reports, TWC, Comcast, and Charter are all bottom dwellers.

Probably not. Comcast has about 40% of the cable customers. A Charter TWC/BH merger would have 30% of cable customers. It was Comcast's already large size that had regulators concerned.

Most likely the old modem was a 4X4; the new Arris is 8x4 (8 bonded downstream channels) as is the SB6141 and the DPC3010.

That is not Comcast's lowest tier. The bit rates I stated are for Charter's lowest (standard) tier and lowest priced.

Just to set the record straight, many routers do support 100 Mbps and higher. I suggest folks go to smallnetbuilder.com to get WAN to LAN throughput figures for most routers. LAN to WAN figures are available too but are not usually an issue with Charter's low uplink speeds. I use a WD My Net...

I would NEVER use Charter's or any other ISP's email account. What happens if you quit them or move to a location where they do not provide service? Answer: You loose your email account. There are so many free email accounts available where this would not be an issue such as Gmail or Hotmail or...

I have my owned SB6141 with Charter and get 110 Mbps down and 4.5 Mbps with their standard tier.

"Thank you for that link. I looked at it and it displayed a lot of numbers, which I do not understand, I presume from Cisco?" The modem itself has diagnostic capability and provides the data. There should be some numbers labeled dBmV which will be your receive signal power levels for the...

I'm not sure how testmy.net can measure your receive levels but you should be able to log into your modem and look at the signal strength, SNR, etc. My SB6141 LAN address is http://192.168.100.1.

That is incredibly stupid. They installed a filter on my HSI service only drop and a couple of weeks later went all digital. What a waste of resources.

Exactly!! I never understood why they put a filter on my drop to attenuate the free QAM channels and a few weeks later went to 100% encrypted digital service. What a waste of money- -absolute proof Pico Brain runs management. (I have DirecTV so there was no theft of service anyway).

I downgraded from Ultra to the lower tier and price went from $103 to $55. Download speed (105.## Mbps) remained the same. Upload speed reduced from 5.## Mbps to 4.## Mbps. I'll suffer through the 1 Mbps difference for $48 a month. My service comes through Maryville IL. BTW, chat rep did not...

I have done a lot of research since starting this thread. You have standard DSL service with the Motorola modem and share the POTS cable pair with the DSL which by convention uses blue/blue-white. That is too slow and unavailable to me and the reason I will go with U-verse internet service...

I certainly hope that Charter sells out the Marysville IL service area. I might then consider going back to cable, but then again, I am quite satisfied with my U-Verse 12Mbps internet service as far as reliability, availability and throughput is concerned. Far superior to Charter's so called...

I intend to order U-Verse internet service and use the self-install option to save $150. According to the AT&T site, I will have to pay a one time $100 fee for the 2wire gateway modem/router. I already have AT&T POTS which I intend to keep and will be running Cat 5E from my utility/telecom room...

The abridged version of the CoBridge company profile is: "The goal of CoBridge is to purchase under-managed and under-marketed cable television properties that can be improved over time and bring these communities the latest in voice, video and broadband services." Based on my experience...

Charter just don't get it. See my thread where my internet service was disconnected by a Charter contractor while he was putting in service next door.

New neighbor had Charter installed today. We are both serviced by the same pedestal. When I booted up my PC I noticed my modem was not getting a signal. Looked inside the pedestal and the cable guy had disconnected my drop and connected the neighbor to the serviced port I had been on. I...

THANKS to both. I'll give it a shot. :up

No video service?? All the U-Verse junk mail I get indicates that I need a minimum of 3 services. I have AT&T POTS for about $21/month as I use my Vz cell for long distance. Charter cable presently is my ISP but their rates are astronomical. All I want from AT&T is POTS and internet service...

Well when I try to subscribe to U-Verse on the AT&T web site, (and it knows I have POTS because of the phone number I plugged in), it will not process unless I get U-Verse voice. I was using the internet for ordering service to take advantage of the internet discount. Your reply is not...