BruceW wrote:
PeteC2 wrote: ... In all fairness to Comcast, they do not put out this product, ...
Sure they do. Just because they don't manufacture the stuff doesn't mean they're not culpable. By supplying these gateways Comcast represents that they are suitable for their intended purpose. They aren't. As wireless routers, they're junk. Buggy junk, at that. Companies that expect their customers to use junk should be called out for doing so.
... On top of that, Comcast limits user-adjustible settings in the firmware ...
That too.
I hear 'ya, but dream on. Customers who are scared to death with maintaining even one device, demand them. Companies build them, and tirelessly sell them to cable and dsl providers swearing that the public wants and needs them.
....and by the way...they do after all "work"...and some customers never have so much as a hic-up out of them. It simply has yet to be proven that you can put in several functions all in one enclosure and power supply, and have it perform optimally.
As far as the user-adjustable settings? Look, I want that level of control, but as the guy who has to fix most of my family, friends, and associates computer glitches...many of which are self-induced...I can absolutely understand Comcast's desire to follow the K.I.S.S. doctrine.
Their are exceptions, but far more issues are caused by users fiddling with settings that they do not understand, than not.
