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Model CM1000 VDSL or ADSL support?(CenturyLinkSupport)
Hi, I was planning on buying this device but I couldn't find if it was VDSL or ADSL compatible and that's what CenturyLink needed to know to see if it was or not. Thanks in advance!
FYI, the C in CM is for Cable, thus Cable modem, thus not DSL support.
D in DM is for DSL, thus DSL modem, thus DSL supported.
Fer sure, I just needed to make sure because no matter what I'll have to get a cable modem to convey between my coaxial input and my actual Netgear router so I'd assumed that getting the CM1000 would work for that. Am I wrong in thinking this?
Yes as both DM or CM modems have RJ45 port in back for connections to a PC or a external router.
Just make sure that your ISP fully supports the make and model modem your looking to get into before making the jump.
> [...] CM1000 [...]
> [...] I couldn't find if it was VDSL or ADSL compatible [...]
It's neither; its a cable-TV modem, not any kind of DSL modem.
> [...] that's what CenturyLink needed to know [...]
So far as I know, CenturyLink is not a cable-TV ISP, making a CM1000
(or any other cable-TV modem) useless with CenturyLink.
> [...] no matter what I'll have to get a cable modem to convey between
> my coaxial input [...]
_What_ "my coaxial input"? "input" to what? Is CenturyLink giving
you a coaxial _anything_?
> [...] my actual Netgear router [...]
Which is?
> [...] so I'd assumed that getting the CM1000 would work for that.
> [...]
It might, if you actually had a coaxial cable coming from your
cable-TV ISP. Do you?
> [...] Am I wrong in thinking this?
I'd guess so, but I can't see any of your equipment, and I don't know
what CenturyLink might have told you. I'd also guess that CenturyLink
would be providing some kind of DSL service, not anything where
"coaxial" would appear in the conversation.
> My Setup [...]
Who cares? How is this helpful? (Especially for someone who's likely
to be concerned with DSL service?)I've never actually used CenturyLink before. I'm getting them on the 10th and was going to try and have a modem at hand to use for when I do get internet from them. When I had Xfinity it went through a coaxial modem and I had to have a separate router after that. So I assumed that CenturyLink went through coaxial inernet as well but I could be wrong. I guess I'll have to double check on their end.