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Originally Posted by Jerrek
I had an old Samsung/Cisco InfoRanger from 1999 that capped out at 7 Mb down. It was quite annoying because we paid for 10 Mb down. They sent us a newer modem and I think most newer models utilize the entire channel or more. 40 or so Mb at least.
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All cable modems utilise the entire channel as they have to decode all the information coming down to a point to decide which bits are intended for them. It's how quickly they finish the rest of the process that is the limiting factor really.
You can't use greater than the entire channel on any current cable modem or network right now, you're limited in the case of Cogeco to a 6MHz wide 27 or 38Mbit channel depending if you're in a QAM64 or QAM256 area - you are in a QAM64 area
