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Re:Starlink User Terminal Teardown by bombela on Friday May 09, 2025 @04:45PM (#43940701)
For me, Comcast only allowed a few models. Because it requires full control. They uploaded a Comcast firmware on it. And they warned me that after that the device is basically stuck to only work with Comcast. This was around 2017.
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Re:Starlink User Terminal Teardown by devmor on Friday May 09, 2025 @09:22PM (#43942510)
That sounds odd - I wonder if it was a relic of your local infrastructure. I used my own DOCSIS modem with its own firmware on Comcast around the same time. It was a generic Arris Surfboard.
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Re:Starlink User Terminal Teardown by genocidicbunny on Saturday May 10, 2025 @05:46AM (#43944411)
Comcast's list of approved devices includes (or used to at least) some of the more common Arris Surfboards; I also used one when I had Comcast service. You probably also used one that was 'compatible'.
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Re:Starlink User Terminal Teardown by devmor on Sunday May 11, 2025 @06:06PM (#43957566)
The list of compatible devices was simply a list of all devices that supported DOCSIS 3.1 at the time.

At no point was my firmware swapped out, or anything of that nature.

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