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If you’re a gamer or stock trader and experience intermittent drops from your service provider, then you definitely want to read this review.
Comcast, Time Warner, and other providers are notorious for T3 timeouts errors. If you’re a casual internet user, you may seldom notice the T3 timeout errors; and when they do occur, you simply reboot your modem and surf on. However, if you’re a gamer or stock trader, a dropped connection will wreck your game, if not your day.
T3 timeout errors are caused by too much noise signal on the upstream channel . For those of you who are interested in a more technical description of T3 timeout errors, here it is:
The cable modem has sent 16 Ranging Request (RNG-REQ) messages without receiving a Ranging Response (RNG-RSP) message in reply from the cable modem termination system (CMTS). The cable modem is therefore resetting its cable interface and restarting the registration process. This typically is caused by noise on the upstream that causes the loss of MAC-layer messages. Noise could also reduce the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) on the upstream to a point where the cable modem’s power level is insufficient to transmit any messages. If the cable modem cannot raise its upstream transmit power level to a level that allows successful communication within the maximum timeout period, it resets its cable interface and restarts the registration process. This error message is DOCSIS event message is R03.0, Ranging Request.
Reporting these errors to your ISP typically results in the run around with their Customer Service reps suggesting endless modem resets, modem swaps, and numerous tech visits to your house only to say that they found nothing wrong . To get a provider to trace the problem upstream to its source (typically a malfunctioning amplifier somewhere between your house and the ISP headend server) is darn near impossible.
