Arris TM602G/CT Question

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I have been using an Arris TM602G/CT modem, which I bought on eBay with Comcast for years. I may now be moving to Brighthouse territory.

The Brighthouse web page and their chat support both show that the Arris TM602G is a compatible modem, but they know nothing about the TM602G/CT. I am beginning to wonder if if that "CT" at the end may indeed be code for ComcasT.
Does anybody know if there is an actual difference between these two model codes, and more important, will my TM602G/CT work with Brighthouse since the Arris TM602G is compatible with Brighthouse?
 
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I don't know the answer to the question but you may not want to use that device anyway. It is a older docsis2 device. If you are going to subscribe to one of there higher speed plans you will need a docsis3 device to make it work. My guess would be if the device was "special" to comcast it would be related to the telephone ports in the device. The data signally is going to use docsis which is a industry standard.
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I don't know the answer to the question but you may not want to use that device anyway. It is a older docsis2 device. If you are going to subscribe to one of there higher speed plans you will need a docsis3 device to make it work. My guess would be if the device was "special" to comcast it would be related to the telephone ports in the device. The data signally is going to use docsis which is a industry standard.
 
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Let me phrase my question a different way.

I built my current PC and it has far more capacity than I will really ever use. For instance, I am not a gamer, but it has more than enough internal build for a gamer. Yes, at times, a YouTube video may not fill as fast as I might like, but I am not sure if that is the fault of the modem. Currently, my VOIP telephone is Google Voice over an OBi100, which is directly connected to my wireless router (a mere Linksys E1000.) so the telephone port isn't even an issue. I can decide to buy a new Modem and change to Bright House Phone because Google Voice is dropping their support of XMPP at just about the time that I plan on moving. Otherwise, I may just "trick" GV to another second line at a different compatible service like CallCentric, so the telephone port would not be come into play. If I do this, Will my Arris TM602G/CT router then work for my Bright House needs?

As a side note, I have a Samsung SMART TV, but I never use the internet features available on it because It is too much of a pain top switch on one remote and switch off the other. Both Comcast and Bright House want you to use THEIR system and they make it miserable to use the one that came with the TV --- two remotes. It just isn't worth it for the little I use my Television. Would it make any difference in speed or ease of use if jumped to a DOCSIS 3.0 modem? That might be worthwhile, but would this mean changing my wireless router too?

I stumble along in my vague way, but I don't know this stuff. What would you suggest?

Thank you in advance for any enlightenment.

As a non-gamer, what makes a DOCSIS 3.0 worth it over the 2.0? Is there something on the horizon which will make DOCSIS 2.0 extremely dated? How soon?
 
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Gaming is not the reason for docsis3. Games use very little bandwidth most well under 1m/sec. The main reason people use docsis3 is to be able to transfer more data. With the huge increase of HD video from netflix and people running more simultaneous devices in their house it is just a way to get more data.

docsis3 has been around since about 2006 but I don't know many ISP that refuse to support docsis2. It is said that in addition to being more bandwidth the docsis3 shares the bandwidth better between you and your neighbors...but I have seen no technical reason why they think that is true.

I know some of the cable companies that twist your arm to go to docsis3 by pricing the subscriptions that require docsis3 only slightly more than the ones that can uses docsis2 but offer a huge increase in bandwidth.

 
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