Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Looks like someone deleted a load of stuff includig my list of takeaways so far from the debate.

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

Hi RB2004

A fair amount of debate has passed through this thread. The VM guys rally round each other and some don't like the nitty-gritty stuff I'm saying about the underlying faults at VM that have jaded the SH's reputation.

I think that the takeaways so far from this debate in terms of the SH are as follows:

1/
R30 has made the SH into a decent cable modem. It isn't a piece of junk, therefore.

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The SH (albeit without a year's worth of hassle) is necessary to support foreseeable DOCSIS 3 deployments.

3/
There is still considerable division as to just how good/bad wireless is. On one hand people are reporting instability that goes away in modem mode; others are happy with SH wireless.

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VM's forum tech's advise people to switch to modem mode when some of the above mentioned troubles arise. They also say there there is an upcoming firmware release but are unable to say what it will fix.

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The SH does not live up to the superlatives that VM use to describe it on their web site. Slugging the SH to 145 Mbps wireless, though acceptable for Internet but awkward for LAN work, is a poor advert for its unbeatability.

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Eventually the SH will do what it's supposed to do although I have my own doubts that wireless will ever be "unbeatable" - the SH may just get you going.

7/
There is no doubt that the customer base would like to have an effective single gateway and VM recognises that much at least. Modem Mode recognises customers who want their own LAN kit.

So everything RB2004 has said as a starter for this debate has made sense. I hope that the vote attracts a lot more people so that its result can be regarded as statistically significant.