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Originally Posted by popper
well lets look at it from a VM profit POV, the old sold kit was not using todays generic tryed and tested DS2 chipsets/SOC , hence the old max speed problem.
anything they might authorise today would be using this cheap yet capable DS2 tryed and tested chipsets/SOC so not a problem there.
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As ben noted, the modems that are sold now are fine for today's standards. What about 2 or 3 years down the line? What about 2012, when VM are talking about 100 meg services, and is still well within the lifespan of a modem? Do VM replace the modems? Do they risk losing customers by not replacing modems?
As you noted, both NTL and Telewest did allow customers to buy modems. They stopped. Why? I don't know, but I suspect it was costing them more than it was making, so got stopped.