Rating: 
Summary: Grab these before they replace it with the new model
Review: For a couple years we had one of those rental units from the CATV Company. When we found out that under the rental agreement, if it broke they had the right to charge us way too much cash for replacement, it was time to get our own unit. In rental fees alone, the RCA paid for itself in less than a year. The cable company itself has gone away from the expensive units of the past, and uses a black, lay-down only version of the RCA modem. The RCA model here can be used as an upright (which is the way we use it), or attach the rubber feet, and use it as a lay-down model. It features either USB connection, or the standard Ethernet. I have an older computer running Windows 98SE, and the generic Ethernet card did not seem to work. The USB option works well, and is a nice option. It also features a rear reset, and a front on-off button. One feature that's hard to appreciate if you didn't know about it is the placement of the cable connector. On the old rental unit it was high in the middle, and even with the large modem size it would sometimes tip the modem if the cable were disturbed. RCA places their connection right near the bottom when used in the upright position. This not only alleviates the problem with our old rental unit, but also helps prevent tipping of the much lighter RCA unit. We have used the RCA unit now for several months, and find it performs as well or better, than the old expensive rental unit. If we could ask for anything more (hence the four stars), we'd like units to show a simple display of the current connection speed, and activity. We realize this is available in software, but its nice to see it before attempting a download connection, or accessing Internet monitors. Currently the RCA unit flashes in response to changing speeds, but we'd like to see a simple numerical indication. As more CATV high-speed connections are installed, overall speed will decline. In the future, we'd like to try and hit the best times for fast downloads. Even over a CATV modem, a recent download of OS updates for my fathers Mac, took a few hours to complete. Now that video, media, and other files are getting ever bigger; its nice to know what speeds can be obtained.
Rating:
Summary: Grab these before they replace it with the new model
Review: For a couple years we had one of those rental units from the CATV Company. When we found out that under the rental agreement, if it broke they had the right to charge us way too much cash for replacement, it was time to get our own unit. In rental fees alone, the RCA paid for itself in less than a year. The cable company itself has gone away from the expensive units of the past, and uses a black, lay-down only version of the RCA modem. The RCA model here can be used as an upright (which is the way we use it), or attach the rubber feet, and use it as a lay-down model. It features either USB connection, or the standard Ethernet. I have an older computer running Windows 98SE, and the generic Ethernet card did not seem to work. The USB option works well, and is a nice option. It also features a rear reset, and a front on-off button. One feature that's hard to appreciate if you didn't know about it is the placement of the cable connector. On the old rental unit it was high in the middle, and even with the large modem size it would sometimes tip the modem if the cable were disturbed. RCA places their connection right near the bottom when used in the upright position. This not only alleviates the problem with our old rental unit, but also helps prevent tipping of the much lighter RCA unit. We have used the RCA unit now for several months, and find it performs as well or better, than the old expensive rental unit. If we could ask for anything more (hence the four stars), we'd like units to show a simple display of the current connection speed, and activity. We realize this is available in software, but its nice to see it before attempting a download connection, or accessing Internet monitors. Currently the RCA unit flashes in response to changing speeds, but we'd like to see a simple numerical indication. As more CATV high-speed connections are installed, overall speed will decline. In the future, we'd like to try and hit the best times for fast downloads. Even over a CATV modem, a recent download of OS updates for my fathers Mac, took a few hours to complete. Now that video, media, and other files are getting ever bigger; its nice to know what speeds can be obtained.
Rating:
Summary: A Nice Little Cable Modem
Review: I bought this item from e-bay new and unopened in the box.
When the internet cable technician installed it he said it
was a good one. So far I have had no problems and it seems
to be a nice little modem. The modem front displays are
easy to read and the installation is easy. The only drawback
in my case was that it didn't have an ethernet cable as part
of the system (USB cable was included in the box) and I had
to purchase one of these. No big deal.
Rating: 
Summary: Good Performer
Review: I have had this modem (provided by my cable company) for about 6 months now and I have had no problems at all. This modem has a MAC address which I needed to provide to my cable company so they could link my service to the modem (not sure if other cable providers operate the same way). The performance has been good and if I have lost my connection, it has been the fault of the company/lines, not the modem. In which case, a phone call usually gets the problem resolved within a couple hours at most.
Rating: 
Summary: High speed at 3Mbps?
Review: I thought I got a good deal when I bought this modem. As I was ready to get it hooked up and ready to run on my current broadband account I found out that it's MAC address needed to be registered first. This was rather time consuming.
Then as I was reading the booklet it stated that it had the capablity of 3000 Kbps. 3 Megs of data delivery? Of course this was hidden within the text and not part of the tech specs. At first I thought they were joking. So, I tried to get some more info on this modem off of the web. I went as far as to look up the tech specs on RCA.com. Guess what? This model is not even listed. I could not find anything about this model anywhere.
As for me, I wanted to network and at least have a viable amount of datastream available, but this did not cut it for me, so I returned it from whence I bought it the next day. At this point I will spend the extra few dollars for a modem that will run 42Mbps downstream, so I can at least run it with my Cisco router.
Buyer beware!!!
Rating:
Summary: Excellent product
Review: I was leasing this modem for almost two years and decided to purchase my own. I bought Lynksys modem because it looked better and cheaper; however, it was a terrible product.I returned Lynksys and purchased RCA modem. RCA modem is a solid performer and reliable work horse.... I should have gone with this product in first place.
Rating:
Summary: Great Modem!
Review: I was renting a DCM225R Cable modem from Charter - and when I saw this modem on sale, I decided it was time to stop renting. It installed with no hassles at all. Just wait and watch the lights telling you what it's doing (searching for the downstream connection, searching for the upstream connection, etc.) Then boot up your computer. I didn't have to do any configuration changes at all. And it might be me - but the link seems even faster now!
Rating:
Summary: Works great!
Review: I'm using this for my cable connection and it ably can supply Internet access to my wireless network which consists of a Linksys router and two PC's. I get incredibly low ping times and it makes online gameplay a real pleasure. Great deal.
Rating: 
Summary: Average performance, terrible reliability
Review: I've gone through 2 of these so far. The modem works great for 4 months then there is intermittent packet loss. Eventually it happens every 10-15 minutes. Since they are leased by the cable company they replace them for free. If I was to purchase one I'd go with a more trustworthy brand like Motorola.
Rating: 
Summary: "NOT FOR USB"
Review: It's okay for rj-45 connection but not for usb.
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