Cable Modems for Large Networks

[David Noel]

If someone knows a more appropriate forum/list/newsgroup/IRC channel
for this question please let me know. Comcast is of little use. I was
advised by their tech support to "ask someone at Best Buy", and the
CAPTCHA on forums.cable-modem.net is broken so I can't register and
ask there, soooo.. I don't really know where to go with this one.
-David

On 3/25/14, David Noel <david.i.noel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a DOCSIS-3 compatible cable modem that's designed
> for large networks? I'm guessing something that could support 10,000
> users would meet my needs.
>
> I'm doing some web crawling and it's overloading the standard SMC
> model Comcast is leasing me. I have 4 servers running 100 threads
> each, and combined they're making anywhere from 10-100 requests per
> second. I'm guessing that's around the load a 10,000-user network
> generates around peak? At any rate, my cable modem is completely
> crapping out and I'm barely able to use 1/10th of my 50/10 line.
>
> My only other option is to make a best-guess based on
> CPU/microcontroller specs, but I'd really rather not have to dig into
> the documentation for every DOCSIS-3 compatible cable modem on the
> market. It's either that, scale back my crawling, or fork over
> $3,000/mo for a leased line/co-lo bill. Neither of which I'd like to
> or am capable of doing. Surely there's hardware out there that will
> let me make the most of my $100/mo cable modem...?
>
> -David
>
> PS: if anyone in Houston has a spare T3 and room for 4 1U's that they
> wouldn't mind donating or leasing at a massive discount to a poor
> developer, that would work too. You know, because of all those "spare"
> T3's people have just lying around.
>