>> Having read those msgs, all I can say is "Jesus H.
Christ". It's a 
>> step worse than RPI. The host controls the datapump directly, no uC 
>> on the modem itself... what a goddamn NIGHTMARE of a product !

NB> Anyway, what I can't stand about those www client things, is that ever time 
NB> you turn them on they have to download their onboard software.  you'd think 
NB> they would atleast build a rom into it or something.  imagine peak hour in 
NB> the evenings when all families switch on their boxes and the networks get 
NB> hit with thousands of requests just for the boot up software

It'd never hit the net.  That would be common enough to always be in the
local cache of whatever ISP server you happened to be on.

Regards,
Dave Hatch.

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