Re: DSL modem recommendations

On 4/20/23 22:53, Odhiambo Washington wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:59 PM Gary Aitken
> <freebsd@dreamchaser.org <mailto:freebsd@dreamchaser.org>> wrote:
> 
> My Zyxel 642R appears to be dying; can't deal with a 10Mbps line. 
> Recommendation from my ISP is a Zyxel VMG 4005-B50B.
> 
> I'm wondering if others have different recommendations. Also 
> wondering what the difference between a B50B and a B50A are; it's
> not obvious to me looking at specs, other than the B50A supports
> G.993.1 VDSL which shouldn't be important I don't think.

> I'd go with something that is MODERN!
> 
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08N5C139T?tag=theapprovedmodems-20&linkCode=assoc-rails-rate-card-link-code-tw3&th=1&psc=1

Doesn't do much good when you live in a rural location where top speed
is 10 Mbps and they have to put a repeater on the line to get that.

Gary