[NMLUG] QWest DSL with Cisco 670 vs. Actiontec GT701 modem

[gonzales at thuntek.net (bg)]

On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 18:22 -0500, Peter Espen wrote:

> When I upgraded my QWest DSL last spring, I had a Cisco 
> 675 which only does CAP (Carrier-less Amplitude Phase 
> modulation), but the new and faster speeds offered by 
> QWest (with no price change) use DMT (Discrete Multi-Tone) 
> which is not supported with the Cisco 675.  Qwest updated 
> my DSL connection/lines to DMT and I had already purchased 
> a Cisco 678 off of eBay in anticipation of the upgrade. 
>  The Cisco 678 does both CAP and DMT, but needs to have a 
> relatively new firmware for the DMT support.  I have the 
> most recent firmware code for the Cisco 678.  I didn't 
> want to use the ActionTec simply cause I was used to the 
> Cisco 67x and had some utils already written for them. I 
> also already had wireless all setup with my Linksys 
> wireless boxes, so I didn't need the ActionTec wireless 
> stuff.
> 
> I've been very happy with my Ciscos since I started with 
> Qwest DSL in 1999.

If anyone's interested, I have both a 675 and 678 for sale. I originally
started my DSL service with the 675, but upgraded to 1.5mb and got the
678 on my ISP's advice. As it turns out, they didn't support the 678
afterall (grr, dumb phone help), so I bought the actiontek instead.

I was thinking of ebaying the 678 for $80 and the 675 for $20. If you're
sporty, you can find better deals, but this one has free 1 day
hand-carried shipping (to Albquerque NMLUGers) and letters of
authentification *cough* :)