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mfhawn
Oct 03, 2025Aspirant
CAX30 - Mediacom switching to Fiber Optic.
I bought a CAX30 about eight months ago. Mediacom just called me to let me know they are installing fiber optic lines to the houses in the near future. From what I understand, I will not be able to...
plemans
Oct 07, 2025Guru - Experienced User
If it was me, I'd hold off and wait until they actually are doing the install. The number of times I've heard "it'll be installed shortly" and its actually a year later is quite a few. It could be next week, it could be a while.
But if you don't mind renewed, the RAX70 (actually have to search by its speed) has been extremely cheap on amazon renewed/refurbished. Its faster than your CAX30 and you could probably sell the CAX to recoup the cost.