Extremely not bad

There are certain things that you don’t want to notice. Cable modems are one of those things. I like staying connected to the Internet and when I’m not, I tend to take notice. There are very few things that will prevent me from being online. Power outages will do it, as well as a cable outage. The only other potentially missing link is the aforementioned cable modem

What a cable modem does is to allow your computer to access the Internet using the same cable line that you watch TV over. The advantage of this is that you can access information at a much greater speed. I don’t know exactly how it works, but it does. (I’ve learned that some things, I just have to accept and not ask too many questions because it doesn’t really matter.)

One day, we decided to get Internet through Comcast. They had some special deal if you got a D-Link cable modem. We went for the DCM-202 because of some sort of rebate deal. (As rebates usually go, we didn’t get everything, but that‘s another story.) D-Link seemed to be a good brand.

As I said, you don’t want to notice the cable modem. It was fairly easy to get set up, but I recall having problems getting connected initially. After calling Comcast, we eventually got it working. During the first few months, we had a few intermittent problems with the Internet going out. I’d call and be told to unplug the modem and plug it back in. This would usually work, but not always. Not wanting to get a new modem, we were happy with getting service 95% of the time.

I’m now pretty convinced that the problems are on Comcast’s end, as we usually lose Internet whenever we lose the Cable. It’s been a few years and, aside from writing this review, I haven’t had much reason to think about the modem. When I can get a picture on TV, I can also access the Internet with very few exceptions.

We’ve had it for a few years now. I really couldn’t ask for more in terms of speed. Most pages load up without delay. (This makes posting, reading and rating reviews much easier.) I do occasionally get delays, but this could be due to many reasons, such as heavy user load. It’s been reliable since those first few months.

From what I see in other reviews, other people have had it suddenly stop working. I’d hate to see it go out, but I do think we’ve gotten our money’s worth out of it. It’s able to handle big downloads without crapping out. It’s able to stay connected for long periods of time. It’s way better than dialup. I’m surprised that the people reviewing it on Epinions either love or hate it. For the price, it’s very good.