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Originally Posted by Broadbandings
No technical reason why Virgin couldn't allow customers to bring their own modems more a matter of policy. In the US a number of MSOs still permit customers to provide their own modems and unless you're aware Virgin don't permit this you're not going to be any wiser about it.
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With the difference between DOCSIS, EuroDOCSIS and then versions 1/2 and the forthcoming 3 I can just imagine people screaming and shouting at VM saying "My Modem doesn;t work" all because they've gone out and bought the wrong modem.
VM supply the modems, no reason for a spare because if yours breaks down VM will send you a replacement... If you need your connection 24/7 then you should be on a business account with it's SLA which will get you a replacement a lot faster..
It's highlighted on here often enough that the eBay sold modems will NOT work (The same as the STB's) unless they've been hacked and are then totally illegal upto the point where you are committing theft of services.. (and no this isn;t the thread to go into the whole "It's not theft" routine, that's been covered in 101 other threads...)