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Re:Busting Comcast's $250 installation fee for 105 Mbps by toomuchtodo on Sunday February 16, 2014 @02:26PM (#7248822)
Depending on the modem manufacturer, you can still poison them with your own locally-loaded TFTP configuration file to override the speed configured from your cable provider.

Disclaimer: The FBI was cracking down on people who were doing this.

https://www.google.com/search?q=tftp+hack+cable+modem

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Re:Busting Comcast's $250 installation fee for 105 Mbps by DannyBee on Sunday February 16, 2014 @07:57PM (#7250059)
Yes, and you could JTAG flash a bunch of them even after this.
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