CM2050V firmware rolled back! ODFMA channel unlocked! No more higher upload speeds!

Yes it's true - I experienced this, and it's all over the Comcast and Reddit boards. I'll explain, but the hope is a FW fix for the 2050V is coming from Netgear.

The story - in my case - and it's happened to many in the last week - the modem restarted overnight, and as a result the FW version rolled back to 2.01.03 from 9.01. Also, the ODFMA upload channel is no longer locked. Since v. 9 was required for the mid-split higher upload speeds, as is an ODFMA locked channel, my service reverted back to 1400/35 from 1400/200.

I know many were seeing instability issues with the v. 9 FW on the 2050V, and there have been posts from installers etc. that Comcast has rolled that v 9 firmware out until NG provides a fix to the firmware that passes their tests. So in the mean time, no more higher speed upload. 

As a point, the "approved for next gen speed" list by Comcast has been greatly pruned - the Nov 30 list is here.

Maybe we will hear here about a FW update being given to Comcast?