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Originally Posted by craigj2k12
Qas' point was in terms of hardware, the Ambits tuner is capable of 16 channels and is only limited by firmware
the SH2 uses the same Puma 5 chip as the VMNG300, so in terms of being a modem, yeah about the same
As above.
As above, it is no improvement
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Right, I'm getting a bit confused by this one because apparently this debate has come up more than once and each time we seem to get a different answer. The last I seen, a few posts ago, it had apparently been proven that there is still a hardware limitation on the Ambit 300 that restricts it to 4 DS channels, even though the chip can do more - but this was supposedly proven the first time the debate came around and I wasn't here for that so I don't know where that is. I'm not sure if we reached a proper consensus on this one though? A few different theories have been thrown around and I'm not sure if one of them has been "definitive" yet?
Either way and for whatever reason, it's only capable of 4 DS channels. I do remember Virgin trialling 200Mbit years and years ago, long before the SH was a thing, and I doubt a regular Ambit 300 would be capable of that so perhaps they used a stock FW on that? Or the 200Mbit trial was more of a "max out 4 channels and see what happens" trial.
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Originally Posted by craigj2k12
Agreed, as you point out, it is entirely impractical to have engineers modifying the CPE at the customers house. As you suggested they could be refurbed at a lower cost than having an entirely new unit produced. In terms of the SH1 I am glad they scrapped it and started again, though
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I think we can definitely agree on this one.