speed test

It's QAM. 256QAM, 64, whatever.

Yes.

I also have Comcast Internet service, but I own the cable modem (an Arris SURFboard SB6183, and so I don't get the 15-minute delays, or a host of other fiddles.

I may upgrade the cable modem to get access to the free phone service (and phone number that comes with that service.

Joe Gwinn

I have Comcast cable plus the "free" phone thing. Modem reboots are fast. It's the fancy cable TV box that has the slow reboot.

I disconnected the phones because all the calls are spam.

Well, we still get valid phone calls, so everything that we don't recognize goes straight to the answering machine. Most of the spam leaves no message.

Sometimes I do answer a suspected spam call, but don't say hello or anything, just listen. If there is no sound coming from the caller, it's likely a robot mass dialer that switches a "salesman" in only if it hears a response such as hello.

Sometimes I do get what seems to be a person, but are not - the tell is that there is zero response to anything I say. It's basically a taped message. I've met human salesdroids like that. Just hang up.

Joe Gwinn